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Thursday, 06 December 2018 04:31

60m Nigerians can’t read nor write - FG

Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday in Kano said Nigeria has about 60 million illiterate youth and adults. With an estimated population of 180 million Nigerians, this roughly translates to about one in three Nigerians. Adamu, represented by Mr Prinzo James, Deputy Director, Basic and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, said this at 2018 International Literacy Day celebration. He said out of this figure, females accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the population, with 11 million children out of school. According to him, the increasing low level of literacy skills achieved by the millions of learners who…

Thursday, 06 December 2018 04:29

Lecturers in colleges of education suspend two-month strike

Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has suspended its two months old strike. COEASU national president, Mr Nuhu Ogirima, disclosed this while briefing journalists after its expanded National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. Ogirima said the suspension follows reassurances from government to meet some of the workers’ key demands and implementation of agreements. The union had embarked on strike on October 9 over non-implementation of agreements especially NEEDS assessment report. Ogirima said the union will reconvene in January to reassess government’s commitment and “will not hesitate to stay away from work again if it reneges on the…

Thursday, 06 December 2018 04:26

Nigeria consulate in South Africa dismantles passport racketeers

Nigeria consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has dismantled the “web of powerful passport racketeers” that had operated around its premises for many years. Consequently, applicants for Nigerian passports at the consulate can now collect the document within one week, according to Consul-General, Mr Godwin Adama. Addressing newsmen in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Adama said before now the scammers were charging applicants between 400 U.S. dollar (N144,00) and 1,000 dollars (N360,000) without any assurance of getting their passports. “I had a serious running battle with these touts, who attempted to intimidate and blackmail me to the extent of threatening physical assaults, but…

Thursday, 06 December 2018 04:24

2 US warplanes crash off Japan; 1 rescued, 6 missing

A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after a midair collision early Thursday, and rescuers found one of the seven crew members in stable condition while searching for the others, officials said. The U.S. Marine Corps said that the 2 a.m. crash involved an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft during regular training after the planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima in western Japan. The crash took place 320 kilometers (200 miles) off the coast. Japan’s Defense Ministry said the aircraft carrying seven crew…

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 05:21

Why I avoided my village for 13 years — Adeboye

General overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr Enoch Adeboye, on Tuesday revealed how he ran away from his native village for 13 years. Preaching about the power of the light of God over the darkness of evil forces on the first day of the Church’s 2018 Holy Ghost Congress at Redemption Camp, he disclosed that in the early 1960s, he ran away from Ifewara, then a village in Osun State, where he was born and raised because his father’s enemies threatened to kill him – an only son. But he said after 13 years in exile, during which…

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 05:20

Macron caves in to French protesters – too late, they say

French government caved in after Paris’ worst rioting in decades and delayed an increase in energy taxes Tuesday — but it was seen as “too little, too late” by many protesters whose anger seems increasingly focused on embattled President Emmanuel Macron. Demonstrators were back in the streets wearing their signature yellow vests. They blocked several fuel depots and, on a highway near the southern city of Aubagne, commandeered a toll booth to let motorists pass for free near a sign reading “Macron dictator.” The protests began Nov. 17 with motorists upset over the fuel tax increase, but have grown to…

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 05:17

Workers shut down National Assembly over pay

Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) members yesterday made good their threat to disrupt activities at National Assembly. The workers, in their numbers, shutdown National Assembly over alleged non-payment of their salary and other allowances. The two chambers of the National Assembly were barricaded by placards’ bearing workers as they stopped senators and House of Representatives members from accessing their offices. Principal officers, including Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Speaker House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and his deputy, Lasun Yusuff, were not left out. Some of the protesting workers took over the National Assembly lobby chanting…

Wednesday, 05 December 2018 05:15

Dozens killed as violence erupts in Cross River communities

A violence that broke out in four communities in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State has left dozens killed and many more injured. Hundreds of women and children have also been displaced by the violence which broke out on Monday in Urugbam, Egbor, Ipene, and Abanwan, four of the 10 communities that make up Erei clan, which predominantly occupies southwestern tip of Cross River near the border with Abia State. An indigene traced the violence to the sale of a parcel of land, used to cultivate palm fruits since 1973. The land reportedly belonged to Urugbam and Egbor…

Tuesday, 04 December 2018 05:21

I’ll not complain again about Nigeria’s problems - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday promised that he will no longer complain about the problems his administration met at its inception. According to him, lamenting Nigeria’s history of corruption and mismanagement of resources has not helped his administration much. The President spoke during his interaction with Nigerians at Kraków Holiday Inn, Poland, an event put together by Abike Dabiri, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, as part of his engagements on the sidelines of the global summit on Climate Change taking place in Poland. Instead of complaining, Mr Buhari said, he will face the challenges…

Monday, 03 December 2018 04:46

I’m not Jubril from Sudan, it’s real me – Buhari

‘‘It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.’’ Those were the words of President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday in Krakow, Poland, at an interactive session with Nigerian community in the country. Responding to a question from a Nigerian in the Diaspora who wanted to know if he was real or the much talked about ‘‘Jubril from Sudan’’ – his supposed double - Mr Buhari described authors of the confusion about him as ‘‘ignorant and irreligious.’’ ‘‘A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health. Some even reached…

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Monday, 03 December 2018 04:45

Fuel crisis looms as marketers give FG 7-day ultimatum

Oil marketers on Sunday in Lagos gave federal government seven-day ultimatum to settle outstanding debts totalling N800 billion, failing which depots would cease operations across the country. Although the state firm, NNPC, is currently the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria, it relies on the depots of oil marketers to store and transfer petrol. Any closure of the depots by the marketers could thus lead to a fresh round of fuel scarcity similar to that witnessed in December last year. The marketers, comprising Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) and Independent Petroleum…

Monday, 03 December 2018 04:42

RCCG inaugurates foundation, plans to feed 50m people in December

Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Sunday inaugurated its global charity arm, “His Love Foundation,’’ to address critical needs in education, health, prisons, hunger, social enterprise and rehabilitation. Special Assistant to General Overseer on Christian Social Responsibility (CSR), Mr Idowu Iluyomade, made the announcement at a media conference in Lagos. Iluyomade said the foundation had active participation from 42,796 operating centres/parishes in Nigeria alone and in 197 countries worldwide. “RCCG has successfully implemented in Nigeria from March 2018 to date over 30,626 projects nationwide, with hundreds of thousands of projects being done in the nations of the world where…

Monday, 03 December 2018 04:41

A look at what happened at G-20 summit in Argentina

Leaders of the world’s largest economic powers have agreed to overhaul the global body that regulates trade disputes, but they faced resistance from President Donald Trump over the Paris accord on climate change. Here are some of the main developments at the Group of 20 summit, which wrapped up Saturday: ___ WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION All G-20 leaders called for reforming the World Trade Organization and the issue will be discussed during the group’s next summit in Osaka, Japan, in June. The gathering’s final statement, however, did not mention protectionism after negotiators said the U.S. objected to the wording. Trump has…

Monday, 03 December 2018 04:37

7 killed, houses razed in fight over Benue land

No fewer than seven persons were feared dead in a bloody communal land conflict between Okwiji clan in Edikwu district and Ugbobi community in Apa local government area of Benue State. However, Benue State Police Command disclosed that it recorded two deaths in the crisis. The victims were killed in Okwiji by suspected militia allegedly hired by Ugbobi community over a disputed parcel of land said to be rich in oil deposit. According to an eyewitness, crisis between the two communities which dated back several years was renewed recently after a middle aged man was murdered in Edikwu by armed…

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