​According to official statistics, and the latest data released by the nation’s Bureau of Statistics, over 28 million Nigerians are currently unemployed or underemployed. But what is more worrisome is that a large number of this unemployed population are young people between the age of 15 and 35 years. With social tension taking on terrifying forms, such large numbers of young people creates the possibility of imminent social implosion unless the justifiable anger is given a positive direction. There is therefore the need for ending the crisis of unemployment to be put into correct socialist perspectives, which offers long lasting solutions of economic expansion and job creation.

According to Premium Times (an online news medium) of 6 June, 2017, the latest unemployment rate of the country is 14.2 percent, and the data is from the fourth quarter of 2016. Based on this data, “a total of 28.58 million persons in the Nigerian labour force” were unemployed or underemployed. The Premium Times report, which was extracted from the latest quarterly report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Nigeria’s unemployment situation, further indicates that there is a steady growth in the workforce population (which increased from 108.03 million in the 3rd quarter to 108.59 million in the fourth quarter). As gloomy as the figure of unemployment looks, it could spell doom for the youth and the entire society. Business Day of Feb 14, 2017 declared that the scary statistics of youth unemployment “shows that young people of today face the likelihood of becoming victims of both unemployment and restiveness”. Emerging events in the country show that young people are not only victims of restiveness; they are becoming army of several forms of dangerously evolving social unrest from the violent ethnic clashes in parts of the North to separatist agitations in the South as well as kidnapping, cultism, prostitution and gangsterism.

The recession witnessed in the country’s economy has compounded the crisis of unemployment. Several big businesses faced with plummeting profits have no qualms resorting to mass retrenchment while underpaying ‘survivors’, despite overworking them and high inflation rate. But the recession which has become an overused excuse among political office holders is caused largely by the contradictions of the capitalist economic system which in its quest for profit at all cost inevitably enters periodic crises which manifests this time around in the form of low world economic growth, high crude inventory and crashing oil prices that induced the current recession, including creating a record-high unemployment rate and further throwing ordinary people into the abyss of poverty.

The Punch Newspaper of 18 May 2017 in its news article on Oxfam report on Inequality in Nigeria states the following in the clearest of terms: “Oxfam International on Wednesday in Abuja unveiled its ‘Inequality in Nigeria’ report, which revealed the harsh economic reality in a country where 112 million citizens live in abject poverty, stating that the combined wealth of five of her richest citizens (Aliko Dangote; Mike Adenuga; Femi Otedola; Folorunsho Alakija, and Abdulsamad Rabiu), put at about $29.9bn, could end extreme poverty in the nation.”

It is an open secret that these billionaires owe their wealth to exploitation of workers and the magnanimous government policies that exempt them from certain taxes, provide them with illicit loans and billions in bailout funds, and same polices that grant them monopolies in the business of producing crude oil, telecommunications, cement production and consumables. Assuming this recession ends tomorrow and oil becomes more profitable, the stranglehold of these billionaires on the economy would only end up increasing their wealth base and would not create sufficient jobs that can reverse current unemployment. Meanwhile, creating jobs is tied to any hope of exiting recession.

As a developing country in need of urgent infrastructural development, the situation of unemployment is an absurdity. Because the urgent need of the country for road and rail networks, electricity, safe water, expansion of schools, construction of health facilities, and equipping them etc., should normally create millions of living-wage paying jobs. This will require too that government puts an end to the “contract system” of executing government’s projects, which relies on privately owned big businesses to carry out projects on behalf of government. Aside the fact that government would create more permanent jobs by relying on its department of Public Works for construction of roads, housing and public facilities, it would also cut costs. What is needed is to bring the government’s works department to standard level of efficiency is standard equipment, proportionate personnel employment and training as well as giving workers the democratic control of these departments instead of bureaucrats and government appointees. However, the underling motive of cutbacks and pecuniary gains that politicians make from the ‘contract system’ bar them from taking a responsible control of the economy.

The Buhari/Osinbajo-led regime has proved that it is incapable of reversing the unemployment rate in the country. The administration’s signature response to unemployment is anchored on its Social Investment Programme, which is also known as the N-Power scheme. The scheme aims to employ graduates, on temporary basis, as teachers, tax collectors or agricultural extension workers, and non-graduates as artisan-trainees, with a payment of N30, 000 which is lesser than the N56, 000 that the organised labour is demanding as minimum wage in the wake of galloping inflation and recession. The impotency of the scheme is reflected in the remark of the nation’s Statistician General that Nigeria needs to create 2 million jobs annually to be able to reverse the growing rate of unemployment. (The Cable, 15 December, 2016).

The media widely reported the comment of President Buhari’s aide on Job Creation that within five days of opening the N-Power portal for registration of applicants, 753, 307 people applied to benefit from the scheme. And out of this huge and increasing figure of jobseekers, the government has made known its intention to hire only 350, 000 unemployed graduates under the N-Power volunteer Corps (Premium Times, 27 February, 2017). In reality, the programme is implemented for the purpose of propaganda rather than national planning; because there is simply no tinge of strategic planning in a programme that would employ hundreds of thousand teachers, who would end up without teaching materials and even classrooms.

It is wishful thinking that the Buhari/Osinbajo regime could take the drastic steps needed to create jobs, without pressure from the organised masses. This is why young people, who are first victims of this socio-economic crisis, must be ready to organise and fight for policies that would create decent jobs, and call for the abolition of policies that are known to compound unemployment crisis such as privatisation and tax holidays for the rich. It is unfortunate that most existing youth organisations, though with no mandate from ordinary young people, are not ready to confront government on questions related to political and economic policies. While some enthusiastic youths innocently flock to their fold, some others take to crimes and cyber frauds as way of expressing annoyance at being unemployed.

History has placed on the shoulders of the working class movement the responsibility to organise and mobilise workers and the youths on basis of clear perspectives and programmes that would abolish poverty and unemployment. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) must develop a strategy to organize the youth which could start from setting up branches of these labour centres in the communities and rolling out campaign action plans like mass meetings, leafleting and public demonstrations to begin to demand creation of decent jobs and opportunities for young people. But while resistance against polic ies that create unemployment may compel government to capitulate and temporarily grant some of the demands of a movement of young people, it would take the enthronement of a workers and poor people’s government anchored on socialist programmes to seriously build and diversify the economy and plan Nigeria for ordinary people. Such a government would bring the mainstream of the economy under democratic control and management of working and ordinary people, in their various workplaces and communities, for the benefit of every Nigerian, rather than to profit the wealthy billionaires.

http://fabinfos.com/youth-unemployment-in-nigeria-a-ticking-time-bomb/

Lalasticlala Ishilove Mynd44 Seun Dominique

The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to a post by one Chimex Chimezie Ejike seeking patronage of what he calls “NYSC white outfits” by Prospective Corps Members.

Management wishes to assure that adequate provision has been made for kitting (including whites) of Prospective Corps Members in all Orientation Camps free of charge and, as such, there is no need for patronage of any kit items other than those provided by the Scheme.

Prospective Corps Members are also to note that wearing of unapproved kit items, especially in the Orientation Camps, constitute an offence punishable under the NYSC Bye-Laws.

Please, be guided.

Signed:
Management

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​The NYSC Management today made a public statement as regard the 2017 BATCH A Stream 2 PCM orientation course.

The statement reads:

The NYSC Management wishes to inform Prospective Corps Members that preparation for the conduct of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course is at advanced stage.

Management appreciates your sense of patriotism as demonstrated in your eagerness to join other compatriots in national service.

While we enjoin you to sustain the patience shown so far, we wish to assure that the Orientation Course will commence in no distant time.

This statement supersedes any other information being circulated regarding the date for the commencement of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course.

Prospective Corps Members are to watch out for announcement of the commencement date through the following online communication platforms:

Website: www.nysc.gov.ng

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/officialnysc

Twitter handle: www.twitter.com/nysc_ng

Source: http://fabinfos.com/latest-official-information-nysc-2017-batch-stream-2-pcms/

Armed robbers earlier today intercepted a bullion van carrying cash from a new bank in Akure to another bank in Ondo town of Ondo State. Though the robbers were in the end unable to get any cash from the van.

The armed robbers, who were ten in number, injured some police escorts and bank officials at Ireje village in Ondo East local government area of the state around 1pm today, Wednesday 5th, July 2017.

An eye witness, who is a resident of the village narrated to Fabinfos that the armed robbers intercepted the bullion van, shot directly at the van and in the process wounded the police escorts in the other Hilux van.

He reported that police escorts responded to the attack while some of the hoodlums were hit with bullets in the process, and had to bow to the superior weapons of the policemen, escaping through an alternative route to Ile Oluji.

The eye witnness said;

“The robbers were unable to break into the bullion van, they shot at the bullion van but could not gain entry and had to leave after some fifteen minutes of heavy shooting.”

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Femi Joseph said the robbers were unable to carry the money inside the bullion van away.

He said no policeman was killed in the attack but confirmed that some of the policemen escorting the bullion van to Ondo town were injured.

Joseph said “Our men engaged the robbers in gun duel but we were able to over-power them; the robbers escaped with bullet injuries and we are already on their trail.”

It will be recalled that similar attack took place some few meters from the scene of the incident last year, in Elemosho community.

http://fabinfos.com/armed-robbers-intercept-bullion-van-in-ondo/

A very popular Philantrophist, Ezeugo Okechukwu, has declared that 70% of failed marriages in Nigeria come from girls that bleach their skin.

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The Sun is still the Best photo Filter , makes your Skin Flawless, spotless and Blemish Free. It is Nigerian girls Bleaching Association(NGBA) worst Enemy.

Keep bleaching from black to yellow my sister, but don’t Forget that 70% of failed Marriages in Nigeria comes from girls that Bleach. After they’ll write Cowbell Milk Essay competition about how their Marriage Crashed and their fellow Bleaching Mama’s Comment “Awww you’re such a Strong woman” Umu Iberibe..

Shout out to all the Beautiful dark skin ladies and the Original God made light skin girls. God bless y’all for being Original.

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Lalasticlala Ishilove Mynd44 Seun Dominique

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stated that electricity consumers

that were not provided with prepaid meters as at​ March 1 to stop paying electricity bills presented by Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on the basis of estimated billing methodology.

The commission also ordered the DISCOs not to disconnect any such customer that refuses to pay the bills and further advised such customers to report to the commission if disconnected.

NERC in​ a statement on its website​ at the weekend​​, said​ in line with its mandate of protecting the rights of customers, NERC had in June 2016 after consultation with the operators, directed DISCOs to conclude metering of all customers before November 30, 2016.

NERC added that the sanction was sequel to the expiration of the initial directives by NERC and the moratorium period given to DISCOs to meter consumers.

The statement reads in part:​ “A directive was issued to distribution companies by the Commission in June 2016 for all MD customers to be metered by 30 November 2016.

“The Commission received appeals on compliance deadline from distribution companies prior to the expiration of the 30 November 2016 deadline. The deadline was extended to 1 March 2017 after consideration of appeals received from distribution companies.

“Upon due consideration of facts above and the expiration of the compliance deadline granted to distribution companies on the metering of MD customers; the Commission hereby directs as follows;

“1. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 shall not pay any electricity bill presented by a distribution company on the basis of estimated billing methodology and these customers are advised to report this to the Commission.

“2. No distribution company shall disconnect any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 on the basis of the customer’s refusal to pay a bill issued after the compliance deadline on the basis of estimated billing methodology.

“3. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 should notify the Commission directly on:

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Adamawa Plaza
Plot 1099 First Avenue
Off Shehu Shagari Way
Central Business District​, Abuja

info@nerc.gov.ng
complaints@nerc.gov.ng
234 9 462 1424
234 9 462 1414

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Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

The Nigerian Law School has released summary of the final examination results conducted from April 22 to 28.

The Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Mr Olarewaju Onadeko, (SAN), made this known in a statement on Saturday in Bwari, FCT.

He said that 2,125 students participated at the examinations while 1,393 were successful.

The statement noted candidates with conditional Pass are 196 while 596 failed.

Further breakdown of the results showed that candidates with Pass accounted for 65.6 per cent, those with conditional Pass represented 6.4 per cent.

Those who failed were 28 per cent.

Onadeko said that the ‘Call to the Bar’ ceremony for the successful candidates will hold on July 13 in Abuja.

http://fabinfos.com/nigeria-law-school-results-show-28-per-cent-failure/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed reports which claim that it has fixed 24th June, 2017 as date for the commencement of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course.

According to a statement issued during the weekend by its Director of Public Relations, Bose Aderibigbe, NYSC said: “The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to an online statement, which claims that the 2017 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course has been scheduled to commence on 24th June, 2017.

“We wish to state that the information is false and, to say the least, misleading.

“Management assures Prospective Corps Members and other stakeholders that the date of commencement of the 2017 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course will be made public through our official channels in due course.”

It could be recalled that the NYSC had earlier said that the 2017 Batch A Orientation course for stream I, which commenced on Tuesday, 23rd May will end on Monday, 12th June, 2017 nationwide. It however remained silent on the date for the Orientation course for stream II.

http://fabinfos.com/we-have-not-fixed-date-for-2017-batch-a-stream-ii-orientation-course-nysc/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

Here is the page to get full details on how to apply for the 2017 BUA Group Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO) massive recruitment process. On this page, we are going to share with you details on how to apply for this job and also the recruitment portal.

Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO), a subsidiary of BUA Group, a leading Foods & Infrastructure Conglomerate in Nigeria with diversified investments spanning key sectors of the Nigerian sector.

Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO) was established as a joint venture between the Federal Government and Mehta Group of India. The multi- billion naira sugar company is located in Lafiagi, headquarters of Edu local government area of Kwara State.

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that the pressure on some school principals to increase the performance of their pupils in external examinations is responsible for the upsurge in the number of examination malpractice cases in the country.

This was stated in a communiqué issued by the Nigeria Examination’s Committee (NEC) of WAEC at the end of its 63rd meeting.

The examination body, therefore, called on the All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) to “act as a whistleblower to the council by reporting acts of examination malpractice during WASSCE.’’

The NEC called on government and all stakeholders to intensify the fight against exam malpractice by sanctioning reported erring supervisors and invigilators.”

It commended the Benue State Government for issuing queries to principals indicted for aiding and abetting examination malpractice, adding that other state governments, “should set up machinery to sanction erring supervisors and invigilators to serve as deterrent to others.”

The committee also said that examination centres caught engaging in examination malpractice would be delisted, while candidates would be barred from sitting for WASSCE for an unspecified number of years.

The communiqué read in part, “The committee approved that the entire results of candidates involved in proven cases of exam malpractice, which attracted the cancellation of the entire results be cancelled while the subject results of those involved in proven cases, which attracted cancellation of subject results, be similarly cancelled.

“In addition, some candidates will also suffer other sanctions, such as barring them from sitting for the council’s examination for a certain number of years, while some examination centres will be delisted.”

The NEC is the highest decision-making organ of WAEC on examination-related matters in Nigeria. The communiqué was signed by the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu.

http://fabinfos.com/why-cases-of-examination-malpractice-are-rising-waec/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

I started blogging as passion and from my experience so far, I think blogging is what students should do. Blogging is very interesting and I recommend that students should blog.

In this article, I will be listing the 30 reasons why students should blog.

Top 30 Reasons Why Students Should Blog

1. Having a blog is an investment of your time and it will change things drastically for you.

2. Looking for money to pay some of your bills in school? Starting a blog to make money will help.

3. Blogging helps you to improve on your writing.

4. As a blogger, you become very popular in your class, school, and may even become known worldwide.

5. With the trend of unemployment, starting a blog as a student will make it very easy for you to go professional after school.

6. Blogging boosts your passion for writing

7. It will boost your confidence exponentially

8. It makes it very easy for you to answer comprehension and summary questions

9. Blogging makes it easier for you to convince your friends and lecturers to get favor.

10. You become an authority.

11. You can add it as your job experience in your CV.

12. Your posts are permanently stored and can be accessed anytime.

13. It helps you to write a perfect practical report as an engineering students

14. Blogging exposes you to new terms and concepts like SEO, webmaster tools, Google Panda, etc.

15. It increases your relationship with the internet.

16. Blogging makes you more popular than your lecturers.

17. The more you blog, the more your vocabulary improves.

18. Through blogging you can impress girls or guys in your class.

19. Blogging makes you express yourself freely so the whole world to hear your views.

20. You can change bad things happening in your faculty by crying out through your blog.

21. You become a solution to problems.

22. As a blogger, you will have people that will look up to you.

23. Your parents will be proud of you.

24. You will have the opportunity to partner with Google via Google AdSense.

25. The company you dream to work with might meet you to help them advertise in your blog.

25. Owning a blog automatically makes you a CEO, like me (lol)

26. It will help you engage more on critical thinking.

27. Blogging will make you as current as CNN.

28. You can have fun blogging.

29. Blogging boosts your creativity.

30. Blogging drastically increase your exposure.

http://fabinfos.com/30-important-reasons-why-students-should-blog/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from a social media account on Facebook calling on candidates to come for their UTME score upgrade.

The board warn the public and desperate candidates against falling victim of this scam and being defrauded of their hard earned money.

According to a statement by the Board’s Head of Media, “We wish to state unequivocally that the statement was not from JAMB, its Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede , or any of its offices nor has he authorized any persons or group to post such an inglorious request and statement.

“JAMB therefore want to state that the results gotten by candidates from the 2017 UTME were the true reflection of their performance after going through a full proof scoring mechanisms. As such, it did not intend to review the scores or commissioned any body to do that. JAMB has also not been directed by any organ of government to so.

“JAMB wants to use this opportunity to state that its examination is not a fail or pass examination as there are other variables that are considered outside the examination to arrive at a successful admission.

There is no need for this desperation as getting “high” scores as being touted by fraudulent characters is not a guarantee for admission.

He finally stated that effort are being made to arrest the perpetrators of this scam, and called on the public to visit the closes JAMB office if they have enquiries.

http://fabinfos.com/jamb-warns-candidates-against-seeking-utme-score-upgrade/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique

​Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso have demanded the transfer of ownership of the school from the Osun and Oyo state governments to the Federal Government.

The students said this on Thursday when they stormed the National Assembly to protest the closure of their school for over 10 months.

They urged the lawmakers to intervene in the disagreement between the members of staff and the Osun and Oyo governments.

In their petition, the students said both states now have their own institutions and have abandoned LAUTECH.

“It is pertinent, we also bring to your notice sir, that Osun State had a separate state university, just as Oyo State recently inaugurated hers, leaving LAUTECH in a dilemma,” they stated.

Leader of House, Femi Gbajabiamila received the students on behalf of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

According to his media aide, the lawmaker promised that a solution to the problem will be found.

He however explained that it might not be exactly possible for the Federal Government to take over the school without passing through some rigorous process.

“When we received your petition to the House, we hurriedly left the chambers to listen to you because we understand your plight.

“Education is a priority for us in the National Assembly and we will look into this matter.

“Let me bring to your attention that Honourable Segun Odebunmi from Oyo State, had brought a motion on the floor of the House and a resolution was passed for the House Committee on Education to look into this matter and come up with recommendations that will guide the House because there are many unintended consequences that can come out of students’ absence from school,” the statement quoted Gbajabiamila as saying.

He was also quoted to have said, “You are not fatherless or an orphan; you have a government with your interest at heart.

“But, there are complications here because we run a constitutional democracy; your institution was established by two state governments and from your request, it is not that easy for the Federal Government to take over a state-owned institution because we run a democracy.

“But there are ways we can come in because the welfare of citizens is our primary responsibility and the issue of education is shared among the three tiers of government.”

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​Students drawn from various faculties of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Thursday, stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the federal government should takeover the funding and administration of the institution.

The students also decried the prolonged industrial action, which had kept them in one level for almost 2 years.

Fabinfos recalls that, LAUTECH was established in 1990 under the old Oyo state. One year later, the state of Osun was created and, with Ogbomosho carved into the present Osun state, the institution has been at the mercies of both states.

“It is pertinent, we also bring to your notice Sir, that Osun state had, had a separate state university, just as Oyo state recently commissioned hers, leaving LAUTECH in more dilemma,” one of the protesters told this reporter.

Consequently, the institution has been entangled with frequent strike actions, which is prominently anchored on poor funding.

President of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution, Comrade Bakare Solace Olateinde, while addressing the press, said, leaving the school in the hands of Osun or Oyo state would practically spell doom for the students.

He said, non-payment of salaries, allowances and arrears accounted to the incessant industrial actions which has made students to outgrow their age, in their academic pursuit.

“The 500 level and other students in junior levels have remained in the same level since 2015”, Olateinde said.

Speaking further, the SUG President said, “our alumni always recount their experiences to us as they are always being faced with genuine shock and barefaced humbling, that despite their good results and the standard of the institution from which they had graduated from, they are always being met with rejection at the labour market, due to age factor, which was solemnly due to time wastage and delay before completion of their academic education.”

“We hereby, passionately appeal to the federal government to consider our appeal to save the lives and future of over thirty five thousand (35,000) students of this citadel of learning, ” he submitted.

http://fabinfos.com/nigerian-students-barricade-nassembly-want-fg-to-take-over-lautech/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique Fynestboi

UNKNOWN to most, the late and beloved Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili (OFR) was born in Markurdi, Benue State on July 14, 1954 to Chief and Mrs. Paul Young Edemobi. She was blessed with six children and three grandchildren. Akunyili died in India on June 7, 2014 after a long battle with cancer.

Akunyili was an internationally renowned pharmacist, pharmacologist, erudite scholar, seasoned administrator and a visionary leader. She had her early elementary education at St. Patrick’s Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra in 1966 and then proceeded to Queen of Rosary Secondary School, Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973.

Her exceptional grades in the First School Leaving Certificate and West African School Certificate earned her the Eastern Government Post Primary Scholarship and the Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate scholarship. She obtained her first degree in Pharmacology in 1978 and got her Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Dora Akunyili was a post graduate fellow of University of London and a fellow of the West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists. She was also a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, member of the New York Academy of Science, International Narcotics Control Board, United States Pharmacopeia Expert Committee, Association of African Medicinal Plant Standards, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Medicines for Malaria Venture and International Council Control.

She served as director general of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) from 2001-2008 where she recorded outstanding successes. She brought in a new culture of excellence and honesty and as a result, the level of fake and counterfeit drugs in circulation dropped by a measurable degree.

Akunyili also worked as the Minister of Information and Communication between 2008- 2010 where she anchored the Re-branding Nigeria Project. Dora Akunyili, during her life time had the highest number of awards received by any Nigerian living or dead.

http://fabinfos.com/full-biography-of-late-prof-dora-akunyili/

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure has boosted that the scheme with its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED Programme is turning corp members to employers of labour in the country.

Brig-Gen. Kazaure stated this while on inspection visit to the 2017 Batch A (Stream 1) corp members orientation camp in Katsina State.

The Director General represented by his Director, Information, Communication and Technology, ICT, Christiana Ubah said with the programme in place, the NYSC has been excelling as many corp members come out as employers of labour.

According to her, “in 2012, we started the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED, and we’ve been excelling. Many corp members come out as employers of labour.

“And that is why immediately the orientation camp starts, we kick start the SAED training and we sensitize and exposed them to the various skill training sets.

“And NYSC has also made arrangement for those trainers to subsidize the cost to enable them improve themselves and start up something. And there is also loan provision, the BOI and CBN has provided some loans. So we are mindful of the lack of white collar jobs,” she said.

Ubah described Katsina state as NYSC friendly while urging the corp members to be open minded to explore from opportunities readily available for them in the state.

She thanked the state government for providing a conducive atmosphere for the corp members saying the state have gone miles ahead beyond what it used to be.

Earlier, the State Coordinator, NYSC, Katsina State, Mr. Okpo John A. said it has a total number of 2083 with a break down of 945 and 1138, male and females respectively while also noting that their welfare is adequately and well catered for.

http://fabinfos.com/nyscs-saed-programme-is-turning-corp-members-to-employers-of-labour-dg-nysc/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique Ishilove

​The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, HRM Frederick Obateru Akinruntan was named the richest monarch in Nigeria.

Oba Akinruntan beat the likes of the Alaafin of Oyo, the Sultan of Sokoto, the Ooni of Ife and the likes to emerge the wealthiest monarch.

In the list which has the Ooni of Ife and the Alaafin, Oba Akinruntan was rated to have an estimated net worth of $300 million, while Oba Sijuade’s estimated net worth is about $75 million.

The Ooni of Ife has investments in construction, landed properties and oil while Oba Akinruntan is mostly into oil.

Oba Akinruntan is owner of the largest petroleum depot in Africa.

He also owns Obat Oil Company which he founded in 1981 alongside a gas station which has grown to over 60 gas stations across the nation.

Apart from Oil business, the Oba is also into real estate, with Hotels in Abuja, buildings both home and abroad.

He entered the history books in 2012 when he became the first black person to buy the 2014 model of Bentley which was accustomed only for Queen Elizabeth of England.

http://fabinfos.com/forbes-reveals-the-richest-king-in-nigeria/

Lalasticlala Seun mynd44 Dominique Ishilove

The death has been announced of immediate-past chairman of the Governing Board, National Youth Service Corps, Chief Gordon Bozimo.

Bozimo, who is also a Board of Trustees’ member of the Peoples Democratic Party, died on Monday at Arkansas State Hospital in the United States at the age of 67.

The Delta State-born business mogul had struggled with an undisclosed illness in recent times.

A statement signed by the senior son, Preye Bozimo, on Tuesday said burial details would be communicated soon.

Preye said, “…The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bozgomero Nigeria Ltd., Port Harcourt, Chief Gordon Bozimo, passed on after a brief illness yesterday, 5th June, 2017, at the Arkansas State Hospital in the United States at the age of 67.

“Survived by two wives, Megan and Tari, and many children, grandchildren and many relations, Chief Gordon Bozimo hailed from Bayelsa and Delta states. Burial arrangements will be announced by the family soon.”

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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that online portal of the Federal Government’s job initiative, N-Power, be re-opened on June 17.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Tuesday in Abuja.

Ahmed said the FG will ensure the programme accommodated more beneficiaries this year, while encouraging youths to apply for the programme.

She also stated that the government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), has empowered over 1.6 million Nigerians so far.

“For example, in N-Power Scheme that 200,000 beneficiaries have been employed, we are supposed to increase it to 500,000 beneficiaries in 2017.

“There is opportunity in the N-Power Programme for employment. There is opportunity in the GEEP for you to get finances to be able to start businesses.

Please, this is real, it is working, join the process and be a beneficiary,” the Minister said.

Ahmed added that the programme has not attained its set target, because of the delay in implementation.

“The deployment, release of funds didn’t start till October 2016; and it is so because we want to make sure that the programme is planned properly.

“We want to make sure that each beneficiary has bank account linked to BVN; we are targeting the right people, not just people nominated by big people.

“That took a lot of time, but we thank God that the programme is going on well and it is now easier to upscale it,” she explained.

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Slot price.... And slot phones are even more expensive than other outlets.

Kindly beat the price down sir.

The Nigeria Senate on Tuesday rose in condemnation of poor services rendered by GSM network operators in the country.

In a motion sponsored by Senator Andy Uba (APC), representing Anambra South Senatorial district, he expressed concern over increasing rate of dropped calls and other unwholesome practices, saying GSM operators in Nigeria have robbed Nigerians in billions of naira.

Explaining experiences of poor services, Uba said, “Nigerians encountered incomprehensible speech and voice quality that sounds like speaking from the bottom of a fish tank.”

He was emphatic that GSM operators were reaping billions from subscribers for services not provided.

Uba’s motion also pointed that it was wrong for subscribers to be charged per minute which he said had given undue advantage to operators as they ended up charging the whole minute if they were drop calls.

He further maintained that GSM operators were recalcitrant to the regulatory body’s directives in the past, hence, he urged the upper chamber to prevail on service providers to refund for disrupted calls henceforth.

Part of the prayers sustained was the directive that Nigeria Communications Commission and other relevant agencies should investigate the causes of dropped calls and see to improving on it.

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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged the Federal Government to make its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) compulsory for all corps members in the country.

Mrs Chinyere Ekwe, Head of SAED in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) office of NYSC, made the call in an interview in Abuja on Saturday.

She said that making the training compulsory to all corps members would increase the number of youths trained in various skills targeted at growth and development of the nation.

Ekwe explained that SAED was introduced by the scheme to enable corps members to learn and develop one or more skills for self-reliance.

According to her, the initiative was introduced to support Federal Government’s efforts at addressing unemployment in the country, but presently, it is not compulsory for the corps members.

“This defeats the aim of introducing the programme, because if more youths participate in skills training, more youths will become self-employed, self-reliant and employers of labour

“If more youths are trained, they will in turn train many others, but in a situation where this programme is not compulsory for them, you find that a lot of them may show lackadaisical attitude towards it.

“I also think that there is need to reduce the training fee to a minimal rate so that more corps members can participate.

“The FCT Coordinator, Mr Salawu Abdulrazak, has tried to bring down the training fee to N10, 000 for six-month training and for corps members can to pay in installments.

“If more is done to support the corps members by bringing down the fee, it will encourage more of them to join,” Ekwe said.

She also urged the government to support the scheme with provision of materials, saying that training large number of corps members yearly in various skills without materials was a major challenge to the scheme.

According to her, right now in the camp, hands-on training is free, but there are no materials for corps members to use in the training. We also do not have well-equipped skills centres in the area councils.

Ekwe commended the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for its effort in providing an ICT center at the orientation camp for training of corps members.

She urged serving corps members to make use of the opportunity to learn one or more skills in order to become skillful, self-reliant and productive.

She said that emphasis on certificate was waning in Nigeria, adding that it was therefore why learning a skill or more had become necessary.

“You will be empowering yourself and other youths by doing this”.

The NYSC official said that many corps members who had passed through the programme had established businesses, adding that SAED’s partners had also continued to support corps members with start-up capital.

She said that partners like Bank of Industry (BoI) gave corps members loan as much as N2 million, while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) also had a loan scheme that could give N3 million to a corps member.

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The 2017 Children’s Day celebration is one that several children across the country will not forget in a hurry as leading smartphone manufacturer TECNO Mobile decided to take their annual Children’s Day celebration to major cities across Nigeria.

This year’s activity marked the brand’s fourth consecutive year of awarding scholarships to top performing kids. Though previous editions of the scholarship focused on rewarding highflying kids across the country one city at a time, however this year, the mobile brand resolved to simultaneously reward youngsters in government primary and secondary schools across the country.

The activity was titled “I Am The Future” greeted selected schools across the country where the brand distributed books and other stationary to the pupils. Interestingly, exams were conducted for the children and the most outstanding ones were immediately awarded a N100, 000 scholarship award.

Among the winners for this year’s N100,000 scholarship award were Tom Divine of Ilupeju Primary School and Hamzat Quadri of Community Primary School Ilupeju, Mushin LGA of Lagos.

Asides the cash prizes given to the pupils in Lagos, winners from schools in Delta state were rewarded with some mobile devices. The winners from secondary school got a TECNO W3 device while the 1st runner-ups each went home with a TECNO Y2 and then the 2nd runner-ups got iFlux lamps.

The contribution of private and government stakeholders in the educational sector should never be exhausted due to the dynamic nature of education and its importance to nation building.

Thus, it is important to mention that while the government is expected to assume more responsibilities for the growth and development of our children, private entities should also play a more inclusive role in salvaging the future of these young ones like TECNO Mobile is already doing so that they will be able to compete with their counterparts in other parts of the world.

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Checkout the new style NYSC members cook now that the Federal Government has delayed their monthly allowee.

Gone are the days youth corpers had enough money to spend, N19,800 is peanuts, and is not enough to cater for all the basic needs of a youth. But the new trend of delay in the payment of this stipends is something that needs to stop.

This corps members have resorted to cooking with firewood, and as you can see, they are cooking corn which must have been gotten from a farm nearby. Recession corpers. Checkout more images below….





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National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Kwara state have complained about the kind of food they are being served during the orientation camp.

In an exclusive report sent by a corp member in the state on the condition of anonymity, he said they have been served substandard food.

He noted that the situation was different when the director-general of NYSC paid them a visit as they were served very good food.

Read the report below:

"This is a sample of tea given at NYSC camp yikpata Kwara where NYSC officials embezzle money with pen and make substandard food for corps members.

"This is totally uncalled for. The director general came for a visit and that very day a good meal was prepared and since he left the condition has worsen.

"A situation that someone who picked a phone has been judged and punished by the camp court and still brought outside for a public disgrace that is totally not acceptable. It would result to stigma and total isolation as long as he would remain in camp.
"While some NYSC officials have been embezzling money and yet not charged, we were told that 500 naira was allocated by the government for daily feeding.

"Considering the total population of the camp which is 1900 making a multiplication is 950 000 for daily feeding and yet we are served junks, something need to be done."

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Attah, the coordinator of the NYSC said 49 corps members have been sent back home over health issues.

According to reports, Attah disclosed this information in Ede camp, Osun state.

Attah made this known on Wednesday, May 31, during the inspection of the permanent orientation by Brigadier General Sule Zakari Kazaure, the director-general of the NYSC.

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