FG SHIFTS PARAMILITARY RECRUITMENT TO JULY 21 OVER PORTAL UPGRADE

FG SHIFTS PARAMILITARY RECRUITMENT TO JULY 21 OVER PORTAL UPGRADE

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced a shift in the online recruitment exercise for paramilitary job seekers, moving the start date to July 21, 2025. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Board’s Secretary, retired Major-General Abdulmalik Jubril, who explained that the delay was necessary to improve the performance of the recruitment portal — https://recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng. He said the upgrade will help […]

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FG MOVES TO END FISH IMPORTATION, TARGETS YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

The Federal Government has announced plans to stop the importation of fish into Nigeria by increasing local production and supporting youth and women with start-up grants in the fisheries sector. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, made this known on Wednesday during a consultative meeting with Fisheries Cooperative Groups in Abuja. He said the government is focused on turning aquaculture into a major contributor to food security, […]

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BAYELSA STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES SYMBOLS AND SONGS, AMENDMENT BILL 2025 FOR ITS SECOND READING

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed the Symbols and Songs, Amendment Bill 2025 for its second reading. The bill, sponsored by Dr. Monday Obolo, Leader of the House, and seconded by Hon. Werinipre Pamoh, member representing Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency 1, seeks to amend the Bayelsa State Symbols and Songs Law, 2012. It aims to enhance the uniqueness of the state anthem, flag, coat of arms, and other official symbols. […]

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BAYELSA ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY TRUST FUND BILL FOR SECOND READING

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed the Security Trust Fund, Repeal and Re-enactment Bill, 2025, for its second reading. The bill which was sponsored by Dr. Monday Obolo, Leader of the House, and seconded by Hon. Living Meeting, member representing Ekeremor Constituency 2, cited the constitutional responsibility of government to secure lives and property of the people, adding that no meaningful development can strive devoid of security. […]

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DELE MOMODU DUMPS PDP, JOINS ADC AHEAD OF 2027 ELECTIONS

Publisher of Ovation Magazine and veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). His resignation was conveyed in a letter dated July 17, 2025, and addressed to the Chairman of PDP Ward 4 in Ihievbe, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. Momodu said he was leaving the party due to what he described as the takeover […]

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ATIKU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS FROM PDP, CITES IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES

ATIKU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS FROM PDP, CITES IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has officially resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), ending his long-standing relationship with the party he helped to establish. In a letter dated July 14, 2025, and addressed to the Chairman of Jada 1 Ward in Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Atiku said he was stepping down from the party with immediate […]

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FORMER PRESIDENT BUHARI LAID TO REST IN DAURA

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried on Tuesday evening at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, after funeral prayers and a private interment witnessed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other high-profile dignitaries. Crowds filled the streets of Daura, gathering around the late President’s home to pay their last respects. His body had arrived earlier in the afternoon at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina from London. […]

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BAYELSA FIRST LADY SEEKS PROSECUTION OF PERPETRATORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Dr. Gloria Diri, Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, has called on relevant agencies to intensify efforts in arresting and prosecuting perpetrators of human trafficking and gender-based violence, irrespective of their standings in society. The Bayelsa First Lady, who made the call at a three-day Niger Delta summit on “Raising Teenage Ambassadors Against Traffickers and Propagators of Domestic Violence.”, urged the State and National Assemblies to further strengthen the existing […]

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BAYELSA HIGH COURT SENTENCES FOUR MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF TAXI DRIVER

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four men to death for the murder of Mr. Olanrewaju Ajayi, a taxi driver, during a trip to Onne, Rivers State. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at the Bayelsa State High Court 11 in Onopa, Yenagoa, Hon. Justice Patience Ama Zuofa Diri, the presiding judge, in the suit number YHC/21C/2021: The State v. Sunday Imoh Essien, […]

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