The Kano State Government has released a time table for re-opening of public and private schools for the third term academic year. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mr Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, who released the time table at a news conference on Thursday in Kano, disclosed that the schools would be re-opened in phases and that exit class students in public and private schools would resume between Oct. 11 and Oct. 12. He said that primary I and II pupils would attend classes on Mondays and Tuesdays while primary 3, 4 and 5 would attend classes on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The…
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By Elizabeth Carr, Bauchi Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has vowed to de-radicalise the youth in the state as well as empower them. The governor made this known at a covers-action with youth and women groups to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary in Bauchi on Thursday. According to Mohammed, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, responsible for youth empowerment have been directed to come up with necessary skills acquisition programs. This, he added, is in addition to the Kaura Empowerment program where one thousand tricycles were distributed. “The youths de-radicalization program has gained acceptance as government has engaged youths hitherto engaged…
By Gami Tadanyigbe The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called on the Federal Government to pay seven months salary areas owed them and the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, payment and mainstreaming of of earned academic allowances among others. ASUU also urged the government to release fund for revitalisation of the Nigerian university system, visitation panel to Federal Universities and proliferation of state universities for the development of the education sector. Prof. Theophilus Lagi, the ASUU, Abuja Zonal Coordinator, made the call during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, to commemorate the country’s 60th independence Day Celebration.…
By Gami Tadanyigbe, Abuja Hon. Micah Jiba, the lawmaker, representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency, has called on Nigerians for a collective and selfless support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, to move the country to greater height. Jiba, who made the call while reacting to President Muhammadu Buharis Independence Day speech on Thursday, also urged residents of the FCT, to always strive for peace and unity of the country. According to him, the issues of political, religious and ethnic sentiments should be kept aside by Nigerians if the country must grow and compete favourably with other developed nations. He acknowledged the fact that…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on Thursday reiterated his support for the Federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy, stressing that it was in the nation’s interest. He made the reiteration of the support at “The PlatformNG60” organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, anchored by Pastor Poju Oyemade. The Platform is non profit initiative by Covenant Christian Centre, which is aimed at empowering Nigerians with insights and skills needed for economic transformation and ensuring good governance. According to Sanusi, the reforms by the current government would give positive results…
Sokoto state government has inaugurated the distribution of palliatives donated by Coalition Against COVID-19 pandemic (CACOVID), as part of its effort to complement Federal and state governments’ commitment of cushioning the effects of the global pandemic on vulnerable persons in the state. Chairman of CACOVID committee, who is also the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mallam Saidu Umar assured that the committee, would discharge its responsibility diligently. Umar, who spoke in Binji and Silame local governments during the distribution of the palliative on Wednesday, said that Governor Aminu Tambuwal is committed to ensure that there will not be religious…
By Athena Aktipis, Joe Alcock Viruses walk a fine line between severity and transmissibility. If they are too virulent, they kill or incapacitate their hosts; this limits their ability to infect new hosts. Conversely, viruses that cause little harm may not be generating enough copies of themselves to be infectious. But SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, sidesteps this evolutionary trade-off. Symptoms often don’t appear until after infected people have been spreading the virus for several days. One study of SARS-CoV-2 estimated that the highest rate of viral shedding, and therefore transmissibility, was one to two days before the person infected begins to show…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN said the Federal Government is working round the clock to ensure that Nigerian legal system reflects nation’s existence in view of dynamism and contemporary realities. In a statement by the spokesperson of the Minister, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Thursday, Malami noted that Nigeria’s legislative and legal frameworks evolved and was developed from some inherited laws traced to period of colonialism. “Generally speaking, we are not only changing/amending the obsolete laws, but coming up with new ones that are dynamic, that can stand the…
Two persons were killed in a lone accident, which occurred at Awowo village on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Thursday. The spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the accident in Abeokuta. According to him, while six other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries,the accident occurred at about 11:53a.m. following loss of control by the driver who was on top speed. He disclosed that the eight passengers involved comprised of two males and six females, including the driver. He said one male and one female passenger died in the accident. “According to an eyewitness, the…
By Rachael Arukai, Dutse Hunger looms in Jigawa as unprecedented flood submerges hundreds of farmlands across the 27 local government areas of the state, leaving 41 persons dead and over 60,000 homeless. Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has declared that while 41 persons who died were pulled out of collapse houses, over 7,000 houses were washed away in the ravaging flood that affected many parts of the state. According to the Executive Secretary of SEMA, Alhaji Yusuf Sani told ASHENEWSONLINE in an exclusive interview in Dutse, that the floods were caused by torrential rainfall and overflow of river Hadeija.…