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Nigeria accommodating 138,154 refugees in 33 states, FCT - FG

1 week ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |20th Jun 2025 | 11By JACINTA NWACHUKWUThe Federal Government on Friday reiterated its commitment toward protecting and assisting all the 138,154 refugees in the country to rebuild their lives. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), expressed the commitment at the 2025 World Refugee Day in Abuja.
Addressing irregular migration via youths’ education and innovation

1 week ago | wabusinessnewsng.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

BY JACINTA NWACHUKWUThe increasing number of young people engaging in irregular migration around the world is eliciting concerns from critical stakeholders. Conceptually, irregular migration is the movement of persons that takes place outside the laws, regulations, or international agreements governing entry into or exit from the state of origin, transit, or destination.
National Mathematical Centre workers protest exclusion from N50bn earned allowance

1 week ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |16th Jun 2025 | 18By JACINTA NWACHUKWUStaff members of National Mathematical Centre (NMC) have protested their exclusion from the N50 billion Earned Academic Allowances (EAAs) approved by the Federal Government for University workers. The workers, under the auspices of Congress of University Academics, NMC chapter (CONUA-NMC), raised their complaints in a letter to the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa.
Refugees’ Commission rename resettlement city after President Tinubu’s wife

1 week ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |15th Jun 2025 | 5First Lady, Senator Oluremi TinubuFirst Lady, Senator Oluremi TinubuBy JACINTA NWACHUKWUThe National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), has renamed a resettlement city for persons of concerned after the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu.
Wage award: FG should have paid N175,000 at once - Federal workers

1 month ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |29th May 2025 | 5By JACINTA NWACHUKWUSome Federal civil servants within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed dissatisfaction with the mode of payment of the arrears of N35,000 wage award by the Federal Government. Some of the workers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said the federal government should have paid the outstanding N175,000 wage award once rather than paying it over a period of five months.
FG pledges youth-centered policies to end irregular migration

1 month ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |15th May 2025 | 12 Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty ReductionBy Jacinta NwachukwuThe Federal Government has pledged to implement sustained youth-centered policies to end irregular migration and its attendant dangers. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof.
FG to repatriate 15,000 Nigerians stranded abroad

1 month ago | newsexpressngr.com | Jacinta Nwachukwu

News Express |9th May 2025 | 12NCFRMI Federal Commissioner, Tijani AhmedNCFRMI Federal Commissioner, Tijani AhmedBy JACINTA NWACHUKWUThe Federal Government says discussions are ongoing on how 15,000 Nigerians stranded in Cameroon, Niger, Chad and other parts of the world will be returned to Nigeria in safety and dignity.
Nigerian medical doctor bags US award

2 months ago | nannews.ng | Jacinta Nwachukwu |Magdalene Ukuedojor |Tosin Kolade |Folashade Adeniran

By Jacinta NwachukwuDr Olufunso Ojo, a US based Nigerian Medical Doctor, has been conferred with the honour of Outstanding Georgia Citizen for his exceptional contributions to Medicine. In a Certificate of Award signed by Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, US, Ojo was honoured for his compassionate patient care and philanthropic leadership.
This is what happened to this Nigerian doctor in the U.S.

2 months ago | pmnewsnigeria.com | Kazeem Ugbodaga |Jacinta Nwachukwu

By Jacinta NwachukwuDr. Olufunso Ojo, a U.S.-based Nigerian medical doctor, has been conferred with the title of Outstanding Georgia Citizen in recognition of his exceptional contributions to medicine and philanthropic leadership.
JAMB Dissociates Self From False, Misleading Messages On UTME

2 months ago | newsngr.com.ng | Jacinta Nwachukwu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidatesBy Jacinta NwachukwuThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates that registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).