The management of Topfaith International Secondary School Mkpatak, in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has presented a cash prize of $1000 to sixteen-year-old Master Valour Mbre-Inyang, for his brilliant performance in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Mbre-Inyang harvested all the nine A1’s in the WAESSC result, a feat that is unparallel since the inception of the institution 20 years ago. The chairman, Board of Governors of the institution, Dr. Emmanuel Abraham, while presenting the prize in a ceremony on Monday in the school, lauded the awardee for making the school proud. Abraham added…
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The Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday, rejected an application filed by the Federal Government to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgement, noted that the extradition application FG filed through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, was incompetent and unmerited. Details later…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has again, extended its ongoing strike. The action of the nation’s public university lecturers’ union, came after its National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja. The meeting which began late Sunday at the University of Abuja’s headquarters of ASUU, ended early Monday morning with the resolution that the strike be extended.
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has refuted a statement credited to the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, which purportedly stated that the teachers in the state must enroll their children in public schools. Olabimtan, in a media report, condemned the attitude of some teachers taking their biological children to private schools and said that it had become an offence for public school teachers to take their wards to private schools. He said, “The teachers will, henceforth, be held responsible for any drop in primary schools’ enrolment.” However, the governor, in a statement…
Sequel to the partial restriction placed on subscribers that had not linked their subscriber identity numbers (SIMs) with their National Identity Numbers (NIN) by the Federal Government in April 4, this year, the number of enrollees into the National Identity Data Base (NIDB) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has continued to grow by leaps and bounds. According to NIMC, NIDB has recorded what it said is “over 85.59 million unique records” with the highest cumulative enrollment figure of over 9.7 million recorded in Lagos State while regional figures indicated an almost equal distribution across the North and South. According to…
Nigerian entrepreneur and Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Cubana, says his partnership with Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited for the development of a mixed housing project in Abuja will benefit low income earners. The partnership is designed to provide about 10,000 units of residential assets for low and middle income earners, civil servants and other classes of prospective homeowners. According to a statement, the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Hill City Community housing project is scheduled for September 1, 2022. Ahead of the sod turning ceremony, Obi stated that the partnership between Casa Cubana, owned by the Cubana Group, and…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has revealed that 894 cases of Lassa fever infections have been confirmed since the beginning of the year, with 168 deaths. The latest situation report released for week 33 by the NCDC showed that there are 6,392 suspected cases of the infection across 101 local government areas in 25 states. Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever and an acute viral illness and the zoonotic disease has a high morbidity and mortality rate and economic and health security implications. The report showed that 70 per cent of all the confirmed cases are from Ondo…
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has said the delay in the trial of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and others for terror-related crimes is undermining efforts at curtailing security threats in the country. Irabor spoke on the topic: Contemporary Security Environment and National Development: Efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) at the weekend in Lagos. Quoting activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), the CDS noted that only 359 out of the 5,359 suspected bandits, kidnappers and terrorists arrested by security forces in Northwest and Northeast zones between 2017 and 2020 have been…
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said sanctions await teachers in government employ who refuse to enrol their children in public schools. He said it had become an offence for public school teachers to take their children to private schools. Akeredolu said his administration would not relent in its efforts to upgrade schools’ standard and their personnel. The governor, who spoke through the Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr. Victor 0labimtan, said teachers would be held responsible for drop in school enrolment. A statement by the Head, Press and Information Services (SUBEB), Bisi Agboola, said Olabimtan spoke at an…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday blamed the delay in the completion of various road projects across the country on the series amendments on budgetary provisions presented to the National Assembly. The President spoke through the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, at the inauguration of the first phase of Gombe-Yola Road which terminates in Kaltungo at Kumo in Gombe State. President Buhari said on many occasions, the National Assembly, because of the power vested in the second arm of government, often amends the budgetary provisions which ultimately affect the implementation of many road projects. “One of the major…