The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, says the new retirement age of 70 years for teachers and the new years of service of 40 years will take effect from January 1. Adamu made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He, however, said that there would not be a uniform take-off date for all the other policies approved by President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2020 World Teachers Day. He said that effective dates for other policies would be announced subsequently after the submission of the report of the National Coordinating Committee. Prior to the approval…
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has distanced itself from a report credited to one of its member and governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello that the coronavirus vaccines which Nigeria is expecting delivery, are meant to kill. The NGF in a communiqué signed by its chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, at the end of its virtual meeting on Wednesday, said it categorically dissociated itself from the governor’s statement. “On the ill-fated pronouncement made by a member of the forum regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in a national daily, the forum totally and categorically dissociated itself from the statement.” “The NGF will…
U.S President Joe Biden, has issued executive orders undoing some of former President Donald Trump’s policies, on his first day in office. On Wednesday, he signed 17 executive orders and presidential actions, including that to free Nigeria, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan and others from travel restrictions and immigration, imposed by Trump. “There’s no time to waste,” Biden said before signing the executive orders in the White House. “These are all just starting points,” he added while describing the policy as discriminatory and an affront to the country’s values. In a related development, Biden has also sent a bill to Congress to…
U.S. President Joe Biden has written the United Nations, to retract former President Donald Trump’s earlier letter on the country’s intention to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, WHO. Trump had notified the UN that the government of the United States, intended to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), effective July 6, 2021. However, Biden’s letter dated January 20, 2021 and addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, signified U.S retraction and continued membership of the global health organisation. “This letter constitutes a retraction by the Government of the United States of the letter…
The Governing Council, Federal University Wukari, in Taraba has announced Prof. Jude Rabo as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution. Mr Laurence Ngbale, the Chairman of the Governing Council, disclosed at a press conference on Thursday in Wukari that Rabo, a Professor of Veterinary Medicine, emerged as the new vice chancellor after scoring the highest points ahead of two other eminent professors that keenly contested for the position. Ngbale said the 59-year-old professor had served as Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi for two terms. Ngbale, who handed the new vice chancellor his appointment letter,…
The Police in Yola on Thursday confirmed the arrest of three members of a gang, notoriously known as “Shilla Boys”. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sulaiman Nguroje, who is the Police Spokesman in the state, confirmed the arrest in a statement. Nguroje said that the suspects were between the ages of 18 year and 35 years and had been terrorising people with dangerous weapons in some areas of Yola North local government area. He said that the criminal gang usually disguised as commercial tricycles operators to rob innocent passengers. He said on the Jan. 20 the police received information about…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Osun on Thursday confirmed the death of two persons in an accident involving a truck and Toyota Hiace bus at Iwaraja junction on Ipetu-Ijesa highway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim said this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi in Osogbo. Ibrahim said the accident occurred about 4km from Iwaraja junction on Ipetu-Ijesa highway on Wednesday at 10:0p.m. “A Truck with registration number XP 817 EPE collided with another Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number DKA 597 BQ involving six persons. “Two persons lost their lives in the…
The Kebbi governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu has approved N468.5 million for the execution of projects and empowerment programmes under the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. Hajiya Aisha Maikurata, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, made this known while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. She said,”As part of Gov. Atiku Bagudu’s continuous efforts to reduce poverty and uplift the standard of living of the people, especially the vulnerable in the state, the governor has approved the execution of projects worth N468.5 million for the ministry. “The ministry of women affairs and social development…
A local office of global pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. is expected to submit an application for the approval of its COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea’s drug safety agency, industry sources said on Thursday. The company is planning to submit the application to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety before the end of this month, they said. Approval would mark the country’s first batch of vaccines as part of a procurement program. Earlier, the government signed a COVID-19 vaccine procurement contract with Pfizer for 10 million people. About 50,000 doses are highly likely to be part of the first batch,…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, has sympathised with the Sokoto state government and the victims of the inferno, which razed the Shehu Shagari Modern Market. Fintiri, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Yola by Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, Press Secretary to the Governor, described the fire incident as unfortunate and a great loss. He urged the victims to regard it as “an act of God’’. “I was disturbed by the news of the disaster, more so at a time that Nigeria is confronted by the twin problems of coronavirus pandemic and biting economic challenges,” he said. The governor, however, expressed regrets…