Education: Zamfara gov’t screens 242 private schools
The Zamfara government has certified 123 private schools to pass the minimum operational teaching and learning standard test for children in the state. The state government had identified 508 schools operating under private ownership, and 242 were tested in various areas to ensure compliance with the state’s minimum learning and teaching standards for kids. Hajiya […]
Electrocution: Group proposes bill on building plan
FOLLOWING the latest electrocution accident in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, the Initiative for Better Power Supply, IBPS, a non-governmental organisation, is to propose a bill to the National Assembly making it an offence punishable with a five-year jail term for anybody building under power lines.
PDP: Anti-Ogbulafor forces ‘re dictatorial, says IBB
FORMER military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Sunday, reviewed the crisis within the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and urged the party to follow due process in all its dealings.
Land speculators, fraudsters threaten Lagos megacity project
The Lagos State government has issued stern warning to some groups identified as land speculators and fraudsters who engage in the illegal sale and development of land within the state to desist or risk jail terms, even as it has arrested 79 people and impounded 16 vehicles found on the road during weekend environmental sanitation exercise.
Fuel crisis looms as controversy trails 2nd qtr import approval
THE nation may be heading for another round of fuel crisis as withdrawal and review of the second quarter import permit by the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, one week after the approval was issued to importers of petroleum products appears to be generating controversies amongst marketers.
Bayelsa AC flays plans to withdraw corps members
Action Congress, AC, in Bayelsa State has described as worrisome, the planned withdrawal of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members serving in Okolobiri area of the state over alleged insecurity.
