Month: March 2021

PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL : A PANACEA FOR STRENGTHENING THE EDUCATION SECTOR AT THE FOUNDATION A BRIEF TALK GIVEN BY ALHAJI G.A BABALOLA AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ST ANDREWS COLLEGE OYO(THE FIRST TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTION IN NIGERIA).

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The Talk was organized by Ogbomosho Branch of the SACOBA on 18th March 2021 at Bishop Osunade Hall,St David Anglican Cathedral Ogbomosho.   As an Adrian trained as a Primary School Teacher at St Andrews College Oyo several years ago, I feel greatly troubled with what our public Primary Schools are today. All those who can afford it send their children to fee paying Private Schools and they include the not so well-to-do who have to struggle very hard to pay the fees. Truly speaking, people have lost confidence in…

Friday Sermon : How Greediness Destroys Us And Our Nations! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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  In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his Companions. Dear brothers and sisters, if you search Google Images for “greed,” you will encounter many depictions of rather pompous individuals – typically men – hoarding money. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “greed” as: “A selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed.” While Ragheb Isfahani defined greed…

INSECURITY : Experts hold strategic workshop to reduce violence in Northeast

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A one-day workshop geared at reducing all forms of violence and work with governments and communities to end conflict and insecurity especially in the North East has taken place in Abuja. The workshop which is sponsored by TETFUND in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan has as its title ” Developing Standards for Monitoring, Assessment and Evaluation of Peace and Conflict Management Projects in Nigeria. In his welcome address, Prof . Tajudeen Àkànjí, who is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute gave…

Nasarawa signs MoU with housing firm to develop Peninsula Estate

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Nasarawa State Government has signed a joint venture agreement with a top notch housing firm, Affinity Continental Reality Limited, for the development of the Peninsula Estate, first created 30 years ago, with the investor expressing willingness to sink N30bn in the project. The landmark Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement was signed at a brief ceremony that held at the Nasarawa State Governor’s Lodge, in Asokoro, Abuja, on Wednesday. Speaking shortly after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two parties, Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, said the venture…

Blocked Petition: NiDCOM Boss, Dabiri-Erewa sues for calm

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Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM),Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has appealed once again to all stakeholders, especially Nigerians living abroad to remain calm as the controversial issue of the presentation of a petition by Hon Mark Gbillah from Benue State on behalf of Mzough U Tiv Amerika (MUTA) which was rejected by the Deputy Speaker,Idris Ahmed, who presided over the day’s plenary session. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Hon.Dabiri-Erewa said that the Commission has intimated the Speaker of the house,Hon Femi Gbajabiamila ,as well as the Chairman , House…

160 stranded Nigerians arrive from Libya

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A new batch of one hundred and sixty (160) stranded Nigerian nationals arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja, from Tripoli, Libya, in the wee hour of Wednesday, 17th March 2021. The return of the stranded Nigerians was facilitated by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Returnees who were aboard a chartered flight comprised of 98 adults and 62 children. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NIDCOM, NIS and NCDC, were on hand to receive the returnees and ensure…

My Life In Danger – Former House Leader, Mulikat-Akande cries out, says Auxiliary after her life

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Former Majority Leader,Federal House of Representatives, Hon.Mulikat Akande-Adeola said she got information from multiple sources that, politicians close to governor Seyi Makinde have ordered one Lamidi Mukaila, aka Auxiliary to kill her. Hon.Mulikat-Akande in an interview with our correspondent on phone, said, she got security reports from Ogbomoso and Ibadan that, unidentified men have been parading her houses at night for days now. She said though, she was presently in Abuja, her security men and political associates have implored her to stay away for now due to strange faces parading…

Women ,Youths participation in Politics, imperative to National Development – Gov Bello

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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has charged All Progressives Congress,APC Constitutional Review Committee to come forth with enabling provisions that would be favourable and attract Nigerian youths and women to the party. The Governor stated this on Tuesday at the opening of the APC North Central Constitutional Review Town hall meeting held in Lokoja the state capital Governor Bello stressed that recent events and demographic spreads indicated that the youths were ready to speak up and take up the mantle of leadership to participate directly in nation-building. He also…

Let’s record zero crime during your stay, Gov Bello urges New Army Commandant

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has charged the new Commandant of the Nigerian Army Records, Chari Megumeri Barracks Lokoja, Major General Gbolahan to ensure the state record no crime or maintain a near-zero crime rate during his stay as head of the military formations in Kogi. Governor Bello while receiving General Gbolahan on Wednesday in Lokoja, disclosed that the role of the military in providing security cannot be overemphasized. He said when he came into office in 2015, he inherited a state where crimes reigned supreme, noted that it was…

FG yet to pay burial expenses of APO six 15 years after

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A senior lawyer, Amobi Nzelu on Wednesday pleaded with the IIP-SARS to revisit the case of Apo six where young traders were alleged to have been extra-judicially killed by some police officer on the 8th of June 2005… Nzelu, counsel to the complainants, (Mr. Elvis Ozor and Edwin Meniru) on behalf of Ifeanyi Ozor and five other (now deceased) informed the IIP-SARS Panel that the order of the then panel led by Justice Olasunbo Goodluck which directed that N500, 000 naira be paid to each of the deceased family for…