The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday, said it has
shortlisted 80,724 from its screening exercise conducted for
applicants for employment into the Constable Cadre in the Nigeria
Police Force, nation-wide.
PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani in a statement said the shortlisted
candidates have been scheduled to sit for an aptitude test on
Saturday, 3rd August 2019, in the 36 States of the Federation and
the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
He said the Commission was mandated by President Muhammadu
Buhari to recruit 10,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Police Force
for the year 2019.
He said 210,150 applicants had earlier been shortlisted for the
screening exercise from the applications received online by the
Commission.
He explained that at the close of the Commission’s recruitment
portal on January 11th, 2019, a total of 315,032 applications were
received.
He said the Commission is currently sending text messages to the
given numbers of the shortlisted candidates inviting them for the
aptitude test which is scheduled to start by 8 am.
“Candidates can also check the comprehensive list from the
Commission’s website,www.psc.org.ng. They can also visit the State
Command Headquarters in their states where the comprehensive list
will be pasted.”
“The candidates are warned to avoid any form of examination
malpractice as culprits will be apprehended and punished
accordingly, ” Ani stated.
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FG Appoints Dr. Shaba as Boss of Space Development
Agency NASRDA
The Federal Government has appointed Dr. Halilu Shaba Ahmad as
the acting Director-General of the National Space Research and
Development Agency (NASRDA), following the expiration of the
two-term tenure of Professor Seidu Mohammed.
PRNigeria gathered that Dr. Shaba is one of the most senior
directors in the Space Research agency. A graduate of Geography
from Bayero University Kano with Masters Degree from Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria, he obtained and Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from the
Federal University of Technology, Minna in 2000.
He started his career as a cartographer at the National
Population Commission in 1989, before he returned to the Federal
University of Technology, Minna where he was a lecturer and Deputy
Dean. He was also Deputy Director Planning and Research at the
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) before he was appointed
Director of Strategic Space Applications at the National Space
Research and Development Agency since 2009 before his current
appointment.
An expert in Geosciences and Geomatics, specializing in
Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, Dr.
Shaba has been a Member of Nigerian Delegation to United Nations
Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS); Joint Expert
Group (JEG8) on the implementation of an integrated AU-EU Joint
Strategy under the 8th Partnership on Science, Information Society
and Space; Extended Coordinating Team of Global Monitoring of the
Environment & Africa (GMES & Africa); and Executive
Committee Member & GEO Principal for Nigeria, Group on Earth
Observation (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland.
He is also Member of Nigerian Delegation to United Nations
Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), Joint Expert
Group (JEG8) on the implementation of an integrated AU-EU Joint
Strategy under the 8th Partnership on Science, Information Society
and Space, Extended Coordinating Team of Global Monitoring of the
Environment & Africa (GMES & Africa), and Executive
Committee Member & GEO Principal for Nigeria, Group on Earth
Observation (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland.
By PRNigeria