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Nigeria:
Immigration Tragedy - I Take Full Responsibility - Moro
Leadership, 28 March 2014
Embattled minister of interior, Mr Abba Moro, yesterday accepted full responsibility for the ill-fated recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service held on Saturday,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Orders Fresh Advertisement for Immigration Jobs
Daily Trust, 27 March 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered fresh advertisement for vacancies into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) by the new committee he instituted after the he… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Only N45 Million Released for Deadly Immigration Screening, As Comptroller General, Parradang, Denies Knowledge of Recruitment
Premium Times, 27 March 2014
"For all my years in the service, no one had ever taken away from us the right to recruit the Cadre B officials. And that was why I protested very vehemently," Mr. Parradang said. Read more »
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Nigeria:
NIS Aptitude Test Massacre - One Step to Darkness
Fahamu, 20 March 2014
The death of jobless youth last weekend brings to the fore the crisis of unemployment in Nigeria. Successive government of Africa's most populous nation, a leading oil producer,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NIS Recruitment Tragedy - Comptroller General Parradang Warns Staff Against Unguarded Utterances
Premium Times, 26 March 2014
The comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, David Parradang, on Wednesday warned officers of the service to refrain from making unguarded comments over the NIS… Read more »
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Nigeria:
The NIS Debacle - Harvesting the Dead
Vanguard, 27 March 2014
TRAGICALLY, somebody must now die for other members of his family to be offered jobs. The policeman must be cut down by the assassin's bullet for his children to get scholarship to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Immigration Tragedy - Youths Blacklists Moro, Paradang, Splash Red Paint On Ministry
Leadership, 26 March 2014
A mild drama ensued yesterday at the Ministry of Interior as 40 aggrieved unemployed youths splashed red paint at the building housing the ministry, crippling official activities… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Immigration Tragedy - Mark Orders 'Thorough' Probe
Daily Trust, 26 March 2014
Senate President David Mark has given orders to the Senate committee on Interior to ensure that it conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Immigration - Protesters Storm Moro's Office, Seek His Head
Daily Trust, 26 March 2014
A group of youths yesterday stormed the Ministry of Interior to protest the deaths of 16 job applicants during the Nigerian Immigration recruitment exercise on March 15. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Recruitment Tragedy - Protesters Clash in Abuja Over Calls for Moro's Resignation, Prosecution
This Day, 26 March 2014
Some youths Tuesday marched on the Ministry of Interior, demanding the resignation and prosecution of the Minister, Mr. Abba Moro, for allegedly contributing to the circumstances… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abba Moro and the War On the Poor
Premium Times, 25 March 2014
I was going to title this piece, "Why is Abba Moro Still a Minister?" but changed my mind. In the context of Nigeria, the answer to the question seemed rather obvious. Nigeria is… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Immigration Tragedy - Activists Call Moro's Prosecution
Daily Trust, 25 March 2014
A group of youths Tuesday stormed the Ministry of Interior in protest against the needless deaths recorded in the tragic Immigration recruitment exercise calling for prosecution of… Read more »