The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has conducted the Professional Qualifying Examinations (PQE) for 11,629 teachers across the country. The TRCN’s Acting Director of Certification and Licensing, Dr Jacinta Ogboso, disclosed this in Abuja while supervising the examination at SASCON International School. She said a total of 982 participated in the exercise in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ogboso praised the conduct of the exercise as very smooth because TRCN started the exam since 2017 and kept improving on the processes. On the fight against malpractice in the conduct of the exercise, she said TRCN had put in place…
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…Distraught parents seek Irabor, Monguno’s interventions Following child-birth by a 16-year old abducted female student of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri in Kebbi state, the terrorists have organized naming ceremony in favour of the new born, PRNigeria has reported. The young mother who is still in the terrorists’ captivity, is one of the 11 remaining female of the over 100 students and eight teachers abducted on June 17, 2021. A few days after the abduction, security operatives succeeded in rescuing some of the students, while others escaped from the gunmen in the process of taking them away. The bandits also…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state, says its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar will win the 2023 general election in the state. The state chairman of the party, Fatai Adams said this while speaking on Sunday in Akure. Adams said that the PDP won the state in the 2019 presidential election in spite of the fact that the All Progressive Congress (APC) was in control of the state. He expressed confidence that the party is capable of repeating the feat in the forthcoming general election. According to the party chairman, the 2019 election results showed that the PDP did…
Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday said 437,354 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet uncollected in Osun. Agboke stated this while speaking at the Union Baptist Church, Osogbo, as part of the Commission’s public sensitisation exercise. He said, “Before you are eligible to vote, you need to have your Permanent Voter Card. “Most people have refused to collect their PVCs. “In Osun State, as I talk to you, we have 437,354 PVCs uncollected. This number of PVCs is sufficient to make somebody a governor in Osun state. “I…
It was all glitz and glamour at the seventh edition of the Beatz Awards, held at Muson Centre in Lagos on Saturday, where Davido, DJ Lambo, Cohbams Asuquo and others won awards in different categories. Aderombi Adedayo, known as ‘Dee-One’, of the Big Brother Naija fame and Ghanian female rapper, Nana Amporful, known as ‘Phronesis’, hosted the show and thrilled guests with jokes and entertainment. Hip-hop music star, Davido, won the best songwriter award. Disc jokey, Olawunmi Okerayi, known as DJ Lambo, of Chocolate City, won the female Dj of the year for the second consecutive year, while Blaise Beat won…
By Justina Auta Stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector have called on governments and other partners to evolve more measures aimed at promoting reading and vocabulary skills development amongst children. The stakeholders said this at a Vocabulary Bee competition and launch of the ‘Great Minds’ magazine on Saturday in Abuja. They said that such measures would entrench standards in the nation’s education sector. Ms Olamibo Balogun, Creative Director, Great Minds Literacy Readers, said that the initiative was aimed at helping children improve their vocabulary skills and mastery of English Language at a young age. “We discovered amongst pupils that some can…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has written a condolence letter to the United Nations following the killing of a humanitarian worker by an unruly soldier, on Thursday in Damboa. Zulum addressed the letter to the UN’s resident representative in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale. The letter, titled “condolence and solidarity” was dated Friday, November 18, 2022. “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the incident that happened in Damboa yesterday (Thursday). My condolence goes to the family of Mrs Alem Muluseta, her colleagues at Medicine de Monde (DM), the whole Humanitarian Community and the United Nations, who continually make huge…
The International Press Centre (IPC), the lead partner of component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria-Phase II (EUSDGN II) project has launched a four-series specialized skill-enhancing sessions to equip and enable female journalists to report public interest issues around the 2023 electoral process from a deepened gender perspective and using data skills and investigative methods to challenge stereotypical reporting of the electoral process. Organised in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), the first leg of the training was held in in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, on 7 November, 2022 with…
The UK government has advised the Nigeria to improve the standards of its products to enable the country export 99 per cent of its goods to the UK, tariff free by 2023. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing gave the advice in an interview in Abuja. The UK government on August 17 announced the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) where 999 per cent of goods from Nigeria will be eligible to enter U.K duty-free by 2023. Laing said producing standard products for export would enable Nigeria to reap bountifully from the UK’s new trade scheme in 2023 which would…
Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola says he has no doubt in his mind that he will reclaim his mandate at the ongoing election petition tribunal. Oyetola said this on Saturday during the 31st Iragbiji day in Iragbiji, Boripe local government area of the state. The governor said he is optimistic that he would grace the 32nd celebration of the annual celebration as the governor of the state. “I congratulate us all on this memorable and rewarding 31st Iragbiji Day even as we pray to God for a more eventful 32nd version. “By the special grace of Allah, Insha Allah, be…