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Bayelsa plans education summit to revamp sector

Bayelsa plans education summit to revamp sector

By Emem Idio – Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government is planning an education summit to provide an appropriate and adequate education delivery system capable of continuously propelling the system to be functional, efficient, effective and goal driven. The proposed summit has been described as an “all embracing education summit towards a 15-year plan and a […]

Midnight raids: DSS should not behave like outlaws

Midnight raids: DSS should not behave like outlaws

ON Thursday, July 1, 2021, the Soka, Ibadan home of Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo (also known as Sunday Igboho) was attacked for the second time in six months. The first was on January 26, 2021 when hoodlums burnt the same house in what was seen as a retaliation by suspected Fulani assailants. Three weeks earlier, […]

ND publisher Adegbola honoured in diaspora

ND publisher Adegbola honoured in diaspora

Itr was another landmark gesture for Cameroon-based Nigeria publisher Ismael Adegbola after he was presented a Merit Award in appreciation towards immense support to the Nigerian community in Cameroon.

WHO concerned as Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in 25 years

WHO concerned as Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in 25 years

By Sola Ogundipe  The World Health Organisation, WHO, has expressed concern over the outbreak of Ebola in Cote d’Ivoire more than 25 years after the last outbreak.  The outbreak which was confirmed by the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire as the country’s first case in 25 years was earlier confirmed by the Institut Pasteur […]

Flood destroys 170 houses, displaces 1,000 in Kirfi, Bauchi

Flood destroys 170 houses, displaces 1,000 in Kirfi, Bauchi

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, on Saturday, commiserated with the victims of flood  disaster which destroyed over 170 houses at Cheledi community in Kirfi Local Government Area of the State. Flood triggered by torrential rain on Friday resulted to the over flow of water from the surrounding mountains to submerged the community, destroyed houses a […]

Buhari pledges to increase education budget by 50 per cent

Buhari pledges to increase education budget by 50 per cent

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, returned to Nigeria from London, the United Kingdom after joining world leaders in making firm commitment to increase funding of education sector at the recent Global Education Summit in London, United Kingdom.

Plateau killings: These kinds of attacks are heinous, unacceptable – Presidency

Plateau killings: These kinds of attacks are heinous, unacceptable – Presidency

By Emmanuel Okogba The Presidency has condemned in strong terms the attack on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, the Plateau State Capital by hoodlums on Saturday. The condemnation is contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity which also regrets the […]

Flood sacks Adamawa community, destroys 150 farmlands, 66 houses  – ADSEMA

Flood sacks Adamawa community, destroys 150 farmlands, 66 houses – ADSEMA

Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), says  66 houses and  150 farmlands  were destroyed by flood in Lababiri village, Bakta district in Shelleng Local Government Area of the state. Dr Mohamed Sulaiman, Executive Secretary, ADSEMA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Saturday in Yola. Sulaiman said the catastrophe occurred […]