Author: TheScrutinyNG

The welfare of teachers in Nigeria is top priority of the Federal Government as the government has reiterated its stance on improving their wellbeing. Professor Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, said this, noting that it was time teachers begin to reap their benefits directly alongside the services they render against the notion that their rewards come later. Speaking through the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu,during a conference organised by the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU ,as part of activities to celebrate the 2024 International Teachers Day, Mamman said his ministry’s current policy was…

The hassle associated with processing and issuance of Nigerian passports to individuals will soon be over as the citizens will soon start processing their passports right from their homes. However, only Nigerians who are 18 years and above, and those who are applying for re-issue of their expired passports will be able to process and obtain the contactless passports while fresh applicants will need to appear and register their biometrics at a passport processing centre for their passports. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the new strategy at a stakeholders’ forum where the contactless passport processing App was…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has described as unconstitutional, the decision of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, not to provide security for the Local Government elections scheduled to hold in Rivers State on Saturday. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, in a statement that was signed by its President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, maintained that police have a statutory responsibility to ensure adequate security in the state, during and after the elections. It argued that the responsibility of the police to ensure peace and security “is constitutional and cannot be restrained by any court.”…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops on operations across the country killed 118, arrested 97 suspected criminals, and rescued 96 kidnap victims in the past week. It said troops destroyed 44 illegal refineries and seized 602,200 litres of stolen crude, 64,900 litres of illegally refined diesel, 12,690 litres of petrol, and arrested oil thieves in the Niger Delta region. The military high command announced this in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations Maj-Gen Edward Buba, on Friday, October 4. According to Gen. Buba, in the past week, troops recovered 87 assorted weapons comprising one PKT gun,…

A former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, said the amendment of Section 7 (6) of the Police Act 2020 to allow for a four-year tenure for the office of the IG would stabilise the police system. Okiro who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja, added that the amendment would afford the IG adequate time to execute programmes initiated within the period. “The four-year tenure will ensure stability within the Nigeria Police. This will help sustain institutional knowledge and prevent disruptions. “The four-year tenure will also ensure increased productivity and efficiency in…

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeem Christain Church of God (RCCG), has apologised for one of his past teachings on tithing. The cleric had said in one of his messages that anybody who does not pay tithe will not make heaven. However, while ministering at the ongoing youth convention on Thursday, Adeboye apologised for his position on the issue.  He said: “I am sorry for saying that if you don’t pay tithe you won’t go to heaven. That is not in the Bible. What the Bible says is, follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man will make…

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has empowered 8,000 youths and women with N100,000 Livelihood Support Grants for their existing and new businesses. Ododo flagged off the cash grants to the beneficiaries on Thursday at the Banquet Hall, Government House Lokoja, the state capital. The beneficiaries cut across all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. According to Ododo, the cash distribution marks a significant milestone in the lives of the women and youths of the state, towards a more equitable and prosperous livelihood. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Joel Oyibo, said the empowerment was in collaboration…

Israel’s military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country. Israel announced this week that its troops had started “ground raids” into parts of southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, after days of heavy bombardment of areas across the country where the group holds sway, AFP reports. The bombing has killed more than 1,000 people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in a country already mired in economic and political crisis. Israel,…

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, disbursed N150,000 grants to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Enugu. The Vice President revealed that he was directed to distribute the fund by President Bola Tinubu to business owners in Enugu State. Shettima also inaugurated Nigeria’s largest Ultra-Modern MSME Fashion Hub in the Enugu State capital. He said President Tinubu’s commitment to creating a business environment that provides incentives and opportunities to transform MSMEs into formidable enterprises is unyielding. Shettima affirmed  the President’s commitment to bridging the infrastructure gap and ending the erosion menace in the Southeast geo-political zone.  He hailed Governor…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has read the riot act to bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements in Nigeria, charging them to either surrender and stop their nefarious acts or they should be ready to be neutralised. Tinubu gave the warning in Abuja during a lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “Enough is enough. This has to stop. And it will stop. This is a warning to them. They have limited time,” the President added. He was represented by National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. The lecture with the theme: “Insecurity in the Sahel (2008-2024): Dissecting Nigeria’s…