Daily Post Nigeria
Published
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The presidency, yesterday, alleged that the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry (AMEN), Ejike Mbaka had visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House seeking for contract. This was contained in a statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, assured Nigerians that the nation will overcome the current security challenges. Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), National Security Adviser, made this known yesterday after a parley the President summoned.
3. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday approved Pfizer-BionTech COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in Nigeria. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye announced this yesterday in Lagos State.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. mission in Nigeria, on Friday announced plans to prioritise student visa applicants.
This, the mission said in a statement, was to ensure that Nigerian students resuming in the fall of 2021 got visa interview appointments in advance of their programme start date.
Susan Tuller, U.S. mission Country Consular Coordinator said that the Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos would make efforts to assist student visa applicants in a timely fashion while keeping personnel and customers safe.
“As we continue to prioritise the health and safety of our staff and customers, processing student visas remain a high priority for the U.S. mission in Nigeria.
All student visa appointments must be booked through the US Travel Docs website.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 30, 2021
The United States Mission in Nigeria has said it will prioritise visa applications from students and speed up the process for Nigerians looking to resume in September.
The Country Consular Coordinator, Susan Tuller, US offices in Lagos and Abuja on Friday said in a statement that the Mission will help student visa applicants to get their applications treated on time.
She said, “As we continue to prioritise the health and safety of our staff and customers, processing student visas remains a high priority for the US Mission in Nigeria.
Daily Post Nigeria
Published
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of the consequential adjustment to pensioners.
Buhari’s approval of the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) is in line with the minimum wage approved in 2019.
Chioma Ejikeme, the Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), confirmed the development to reporters in Abuja.
Ejikeme said PTAD was now empowered to start the upward adjustment of all pensioners’ benefits according to the approved template.
The payment would start from May 2021 and the arrears would cover the period of the implementation of the minimum wage.
“The arrears from April 2019 will be paid along with the pensioners’ monthly benefit starting from May 2021 payroll”, she said