LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The Federal Government on Monday approved a comprehensive reform of the National Youth Service Corps since its establishment in 1973, replacing military leadership with a civilian Director-General. It also restructured the one-year scheme into 11 specialised skills-based streams, redesigned the orientation camp programme and uniform, and directed the amendment of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has closed the study permit pathway for international students to get permanent residency under its latest immigration policies. This new regulation mandates that international students return to their home countries upon the expiration of their study visas in Canada. Canada is also terminating the Student Direct Stream (SDS) program and halting…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu and Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the decisions were taken at the meeting of…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has scrapped plans to distribute monthly cash of N8,000 to 12 million households as part of efforts to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal, PODIUM REPORTERS can reliably report. Sources in the Villa confirmed the development to this publication today, citing concerns over the ability of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped and do not exist anymore, the Federal Government said on Monday. It also said while workers of the three agencies would be protected, their chief executives had been relieved of their various…