A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook as one of the world’s amazing virtual community managers for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers’’. The platform said that the award by Facebook makes Ogudoro a member of the multinational corporation’s elite group of 131 outstanding community managers in the world. The platform, the statement said, focuses on online teacher-training and attitude modification, has over 240,000 teachers from around the world, and provides free continuous professional development opportunities to them. “The platform is a peer-support community for teachers, who use the platform…
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he Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bayelsa Sector Command, has flagged off its ember months campaigns against night travels. The command is also sensitising road users on safety measures to forestall crashes and road traffic-related incidents during the campaign. Bayelsa Sector Commander Ibrahim Usman stated this on Wednesday at Ekeki motor park, Yenagoa, while flagging off the 2021 ember months campaigns. The theme of the campaign is: “Maintain Safe Speed, avoid night travels and enjoy quality road experience”. Mr Usman said that the essence of starting the campaign early is to educate the motoring public to make 2021 ember months…
Tolu Ogunlesi, a new media aide to PresidentMuhammadu Buhari, tried unsuccessfully to defend the regime’s illegal and indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Mr Ogunlesi appeared on a CNN segment with Larry Madowo on Wednesday, where he was asked whether he was in support of the ban or not. “Ahm well, so I, I, I, you know, I’m not, you know, the government of Nigeria has made a decision. You know aah.. and for me, no it’s so, I’m not sure that’s the question you should be asking me,” Mr Ogunlesi said as the host pushed him to give a…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, October 5, signed the Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law (ACJL) 2021. The ACJL was first passed in Lagos State in 2007 and amended in 2011 to ensure the fundamental rights of suspects and persons that come into contact with the justice system, as enshrined in the constitution are protected. The provisions in the new law include conducting criminal proceedings through audio and video conferencing platform, powers of Chief Magistrate to visit Police Stations, prohibition of media parade of suspects, compensation to victims of crime, protective measures for victims and…
Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore say despite their exit from the South-East and the implementation of the anti-open grazing law, the region has continued to witness insecurity. The spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, stated this during a chat with PUNCH Live on Tuesday, adding that the development was evidence that Fulani herders were never the problem. He said that there was no more open grazing in most parts of the South-East but only cattle trading, adding that the cows being sold in the South-East mostly belong to Igbo traders. Alhassan stated, “That nonsense you see…
he Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed fear that those attacking and burning public facilities in the South-East do not want the November 6 Anambra governorship election to take place. “From the reports we have received, the stated goal of many of the attackers is that the Governorship election scheduled for 6th November 2021 must not hold,” Mr Yakubu said at a meeting with heads of security agencies on Tuesday in Abuja. “This is worrisome for the Commission. We are deeply concerned that specific electoral facilities and materials could once more become targets of attack,” he…
A House of Representatives member representing Ethiope East and West in Delta state, Ben Igbapka, says Ghana has placed members of the national assembly on terrorism watch list following President Muhammadu Buhari’s independence day address. Mr Igbapka said he was detained for four hours at an airport in Ghana, where he had visited for a wedding, over Mr Buhari’s comment that a national assembly member was sponsoring secessionist agitations in the country. The lawmaker said after being detained, a Ghanaian immigration official apologised saying, following Mr Buhari’s indictment of Nigerian lawmakers, that they were “put on red alert…
The people of Nekede-Ihiagwa communities have heaved a sigh of relief as the shared prosperity Government of Gov. Hope Uzodimma has completed and commissioned the construction of the first phase of Nekede-Ihiagwa road. It is on record that the previous administration in the state only performed the flag off of the road with so much media hype and left no contractor on site. This singular act further launched the road into a deplorable state and became a nightmare for both motorists and commuters as well as business owners around the area. In addition, it became a scene of comical displays…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigeria is ready to extend a helping hand to South Sudan towards the political and economic stability of the country. President Buhari made the promise in Addis Ababa during a bilateral meeting with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan. Buhari further assured the full support of Nigeria to put all efforts into bringing long-term stability and prosperity to the entire continent. ‘‘Nigeria will contribute its quota as much as possible to the development of South Sudan. Take us into confidence and ask us what we can do,’’ Buhari told the South Sudanese leader. He…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians against consuming frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin. Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve the human body in mortuaries. NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, who gave the word of advice in an interview with NAN, said unscrupulous business owners had been using formalin to preserve poultry products, chicken and turkey, in particular. Formalin is capable of preserving such products for weeks before they get to consumers, he warned. “NAFDAC is alerting Nigerians to this practice. There…