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The Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state government to reduce the number of state-owned technical colleges from six to three in order to attract more development. This was part of the resolutions of the House after adopting the report of its Committee on Education and Human Capital Development on a memorandum to revamp technical and vocational education. The Chairman of the committee, Mohammed Baba-Salihu, while presenting the report, said the number of state-owned technical colleges might be increased in the future after a thorough impact assessment of the three. Baba-Salihu (APC-Okuta-Yashikira) said the committee also recommended that…
Alhaji Sagir Madaki, Director, Kano State Fire Service, is dead. Madaki, aged 56, died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano on Tuesday. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, spokesman of the fire fighting outfit, while confirming Madaki’s demise in a telephone interview, said that he had been on admission in the hospital for three days before he passed on. He said that the deceased joined the services of the Kano State Fire Service in1985 and rose to the rank of a Director in October, 2017. “He has already been buried in Kano according to Islamic rites,” Muhammmed told NAN.
The people of Akaibite-Agu Community in Ugbene-Ajima, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State have hailed Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for granting autonomy to the community after 61 years of agitation. Speaking at his coronation on Tuesday as the maiden Traditional Ruler of the community, Igwe Romanus Eze, thanked the governor for the gesture. Eze conveyed the community’s gratitude to Ugwuanyi for bringing respite to the people after what they considered to be the most protracted quest for autonomy in the history of the state. He said that the community started the agitation for autonomy in 1951. He said: “It is…
No fewer than 30 distinguished personalities were on Tuesday honoured with chieftaincy titles and merit awards by Erinmope community in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The awardees received their paraphernalia of office, certificates, and plaque at a ceremony marking the 30th year of coronation of Oba Julius Abiodun, the Elerin of Erinmope in Kwara. NAN reports that the programme also included the launching of the Erinmope N50 million appeal fund for the building of an ultra-modern Erinmope palace. The breakdown of the awards showed that 11 personalities bagged honorary chieftaincy titles, 11…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has sworn in four new judges into the judiciary of the state and charged them to show more commitment in the administration of justice. He made the call at the swearing-in of four judges, which comprised three judges of the State High Courts and one Customary Court of Appeal judge on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. The governor urged the judges to adhere to their oath of office while performing their duties. He said, “It is easy to take an oath of office and difficult to abide by the oath of office. “Wherever you serve, it…
The year 2019 was an interesting year for Civil Society Organisations who constantly interface directly or indirectly with relatively unwilling state and non-state actors in a bid to entrench democratic values in every facets of governance. Ranging from advocacies on credible elections, political inclusion and transformative leadership, accountability, and social justice, CSOs through various tools of campaign and movement building, made appreciable impact during the year. One major impact was the appreciable increase in the number of young people who contested for various elective office after the historic passage of the age reduction bill into law. This is despite a…
The Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed increase in electricity tariffs, enforceable from April by the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and to be completed by the end of 2021, with the full backing of the regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). What happened? I am in a state of shock. What we knew, what we saw, before now, indeed what we were told, was that the electricity distribution companies were the weakest links in the electricity supply chain. They were accused of different infractions by the…
A private military contractor, Eeben Barlow, has provided a fresh insight as to why the war against Boko Haram insurgents still persists almost five years after incumbent Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, assumed office in 2015 He said the BH terrorists are still on the prowl and launching deadly attacks on innocent civilians and towns in the North East because of foreign interests. The South African military consultant spoke during an interview with Aljazeera. Watch the Video: https://prnigeria.com/2020/01/06/buhari-america-military-contractor/ Barlow, who is the Chairman of Specialized Tasks Training Equipment and Protection International, a foreign private Army, said their security outfit had successfully…
There are strong indications the South-West states will train vigilantes, hunters and members of the Oodua Peoples Congress who will take part in the Western Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard), which will be launched on Thursday. The training, The PUNCH learned on Monday, would enhance the relationship between the groups and security agencies that would be directly involved in the operation. It was gathered that although members of the Yoruba groups, including the OPC, hunters, and vigilantes, would not join the patrols by security agencies, they had been slated for intelligence gathering. A source, who confided in The…
Hundreds of Adamawa youths on Tuesday blocked the federal highway passing through the Girei community to Yola, the state capital, and other parts of the state to protest against incessant kidnappings in the area. The youths, who are from Girei Local Government Area, rendered many travelers and motorists stranded. They vowed that they would not open the road until the authorities, particularly the Governor or Commissioner of Police, address them and commit to addressing the menace. Alhaji Saidu Hamman-Girei, the spokesman of the youth, also the youth leader, (Sarkin Matasa) of Girei District, said recently about 10 persons in the…