Month: January 2020

Niger SUBEB to release appointment letters to 2,600 applicants – Chairman

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The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board will soon release appointment letters to 2,600 applicants for teaching jobs in the state. The Chairman of NSUBEB, Dr. Isa Adamu, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Thursday. According to him, the successful applicants are to teach in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in all the 25 local government areas of the state. Adamu said the board arrived at that number after series of tests it administered on the prospective employees to weed out the…

FIRE : Sports Minister visits Akesan Market ,donates relief materials

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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has said that the priority of all tiers of government should be tto ensure that victims of the Akesan Market fire get the needed assistance to enable them get back on their feet. He stated this in Oyo Town on Thursday when he visited the Palace of Alaafin Oyo to present relief materials to victims of the fire. Dare said he was in the ancient town to also commiserate with the people on the fire disaster that razed Akesan market in…

BREAKING:JAMB Orders ABU To Offer Candidate Medicine Following Admission Row

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The Ahmadu Bello University has been ordered by JAMB to offer a young female candidate medicine to study as a course. According to The Nation, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has ordered Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) to admit a female candidate from Niger State , Thomas Goodness Shekwobyalo medicine instead of the Anatomy she was offered. But it is left to Shekwobyalo to either accept or reject. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the directive in Bwari, Abuja at a review meeting with the representative of the Commissioner…

Information Minister Directs NBC To Implement Measures To Re-position Broadcast Industry, Create Jobs

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately implement measures aimed at re-positioning the broadcast industry with a view to sanitizing the industry, creating jobs, promoting local content, boosting the advert industry and bringing the broadcast industry up to par with the best practices from around the world. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister said the directive becomes necessary following the submission of the report of the committee which he set up to work out the…

RE: BEFORE PRESIDENT SIGNS VIGILANTE BILL INTO LAW By Rogers Edor Ochela

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Our attention has been drawn to a recent publication in Daily Trust of 2nd January, 2020 and we wish to correct certain misrepresentations contained therein about the Peace Corps of Nigeria, PCN. From all intents and purposes, the aforementioned publication contained some facts and certain obvious misrepresentations. Of course the misrepresentations ought to be quickly corrected lest it assumes the status of truth in the minds of unsuspecting members of the public. First and foremost, I agree with the author in his assertion that the Bill for the National Community…

Technical University appoints Olayinka Balogun as Registrar

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The First Technical University in Nigeria has announced the appointment of the Mrs Olayinka Balogun as first substantive Registrar for the University . Balogun hails from Igboora, in Ibarapa Central Local Government, Oyo Central Senatorial District, Oyo State. Until her appointment, Mrs. Balogun was on sabbatical leave at Tech-U as the Deputy Registrar/Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Office. She had, before, been Principal Assistant Registrar at the University of Ibadan. As the Principal Assistant Registrar at UI, Balogun was the Head, Senate Unit of the Academic Division of the Registry. She also previously…

Oyo Govt’ll rebuild Akesan Market, provide support to victims, says Gov Makinde

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the State Government would rebuild the Akesan Market, Oyo and also provide support to all victims of last Sunday’s fire incident, which razed the popular 400 year old market. The Governor, who stated this at the site of the inferno and at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, said that rather than engage in buck-passing over the failure of the past administration to provide necessary fire-fighting tools, he would take responsibility for the failure of the system. A statement…

Dabiri-Erewa describes Young Nigerian Inventors as great patriots

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Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission(NiDCOM) ,Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the duo of Nigerian-origin inventors, Messrs Stephen Osawaru and Anthony Osawere, as great patriots and good ambassadors of Nigeria. She gave the commendation in a statement by NiDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja. The duo were among the 14 recipients, recognised by President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi of Egypt during the 2019 World Youth Forum held in Egypt for inventing a medical mobile app, 24/7 Medic, for Nigerians especially in rural areas. The NIDCOM boss stated that their contributions in improving…

Senate President commiserates with Yobe fire victims

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the family of the mother and her three daughters who died on Tuesday night in a fire disaster at Red Bricks Quarters on Maiduguri road, Damaturu in Yobe State. Lawan commended the head of the family who bravely rescued his five-year-old son before escaping from the inferno. The Senate President also condoled with the Government and people of Yobe State over the tragic incident. Lawan enjoined the people to take seriously tips for prevention of fire disaster in homes and offices,…

Stop using paracetamol, bleach to cook, process Gaari – Osun Govt warns …begins state-wide campaign

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The State Government of Osun has called on caterers and food vendors in the state to stop the dangerous act of using paracetamol to tenderise meat and also the use of ‘hypo’ a bleaching detergent for cassava processing to induce ‘whiteness of fufu and gaari.’ The warning was issued in Osogbo during a joint press conference, addressed by the Special Adviser on Public Health, Pharmacist Siji Olamiju and the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode on the harmful effect of the illicit acts on vital organs…