Abuja—Over 14 million Nigerians are directly affected by humanitarian crises in the North-east region of the country, two international humanitarian groups have reported.

ABUJA—THE House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session yesterday, following a motion by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Orker Jev, over alleged infringement of members’ right and privileges by the former chairman of Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin.

Professor Olu Akeusola is a Professor of Comparative Grammar and Provost of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, MOCPED. In this interview with Vanguard, he speaks on sundry issues bedevilling the Education sector, positing that ever since priority was placed on certificate, the love for college education declined. Excerpts:

TO fast track Nigeria’s recovery from economic recession, some Senators, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack or redeploy some of his ministers, who are currently saddled with the onerous task of managing the economy.

The PDP Reform Group has raised the alarm over an alleged plan to introduce compromised ballot papers to rig the poll in favour of the APC.

THE National leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance [APGA] has constituted a three-man disciplinary committee to investigate anti-party allegations levelled against the suspended Edo State chairman of the party, Elder Godfrey Ehimen.

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has denied reports that she slumped during her two-day visit to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp at Fulfure Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC and Labour Party, LP, in the state, yesterday, engaged in war of words over a court case involving the two of them.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change has demonstrated Nigeria’s commitment to a global effort to reverse the effects of the negative trend.

MERCYLAND International College Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been commended for their excellent performance in the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate exam.

These days when the in -thing is to go green and avoid contact with harmful chemicals as much as possible, some students of Yola, Adamawa State-based American University of Nigeria have devised a wood and electricity-free oven for rural dwellers who depend solely on firewood for cooking usually obtained by felling trees with its attendant consequences on the environment. Instead of felling trees and encouraging desert encroachment, the students decided to make use of the abundant sun in the state. The oven and chicken tractor were fabricated using a design first developed at a Kenyan refugee camp. Talk about bringing something good out of a bad situation!

James Bala Ngilari, the former governor of Adamawa state, has been charged and remanded in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody.

SENATOR Mao Ohuabunwa, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has accused ex-Governor Orji Uzor-Kalu of working to manipulate Appeal Court judges to deliver judgement on Abia North Senatorial district election case pending before it in his favour.

There was confusion in Benin yesterday after the Igie-Ohen, or Chief Priests endorsed the two leading candidates separately.

The two military officers who appeared before the Justice Mohammed Mohammed Commission of Inquiry investigating the recent clash between the military and some communities in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State could not hold back tears, while testifying in Minna, yesterday, on how their colleagues were murdered while on an official duty.