The United Nations Children and Education Fund (UNICEF) has facilitated the enrolment of 964,325 out-of-school children from 2012 till date in Sokoto and Zamfara states. UNICEF’s Chief Field Officer in Sokoto, Dr Maryam Darwesh-Said, said this at a three-day Media Dialogue on Girls’ Education Project (GEP3), on Tuesday in Sokoto. Darwesh-Said said that the figure represented 44 per cent in Sokoto and 62 per cent in Zamfara, based on progressive annual school census data. She said that during the period, the capacities of no fewer than 11,593 teachers were enhanced, out of whom 486 were females in the two states.…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended collective efforts of nations towards tackling security challenges across the globe, and within Nigeria, urging more collaboration to check terrorism, banditry and insurgency. The president gave the commendation when he received Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb James Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Oritz, on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian leader told the diplomats that successes in taming insecurity had been recorded through collaboration across borders, and more could be achieved. “The devastating effect of global insecurity, climate change and the post COVID-19 era has devastated global economies.…
A civil servant, Aisha Ari has urged a Kubwa Grade I Area Court to dissolve her two-year-old marriage, saying that she has fallen out of love with her husband, Ibrahim Hassan. Ari said that she was married to Hassan according to the Islamic Personal Law. ”I do not feel comfortable around Hassan and beg the court to dissolve my marriage on grounds of dislikeness,” she said. Responding, Hassan, urged the court to grant him two weeks to consult with his parents and in-laws over the issue. Ari, then broke down in tears and told the court that she does not want…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said none of its university lecturers has been paid since the union embarked on industrial action in February. Speaking during an interview on ChannelsTV’s Sunrise Daily, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the federal government of using hunger as a tool to force the striking lecturers into returning to their classrooms. While noting that lecturers’ salaries have been held for the past six months, Osodeke said the current administration cannot use the force of hunger to pull the striking union members. According to him, the Federal Government thinks that depriving the lecturers…
As moves for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening security situation in the country rage, another senator of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Bulkachuwa has declared his support for the plan while giving his reasons for it. A similar APC lawmaker from Adamawa state, Elisha Abbo had earlier faulted the President’s handling of the nation’s security challenges, publicly endorsing the impeachment moves being driven by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the Senate. Bulkachuwa, who represents Bauchi North in the National Assembly, was a guest on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today, saying he and his colleagues…
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) says no fewer than 14,836 pensioners are overpaid monthly pensions based on the inherited payroll. Mr Gbenga Ajayi, PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said PTAD had implemented the outcome of the expanded computation project and revalidation of pensioner’s career documents for Civil Service Pension Department (CSPD). He said in June, the Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, the management team of PTAD, the Executive members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch (FCSPB) jointly held a…
An NGO, the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), has urged the three tiers of government to extend maternity leave to six months to enable mothers exclusively breastfeed their children. The Secretary CS-SUNN, Ms Dabis Mwalike, made the call while addressing newsmen in Bauchi, as part activities marking the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) which holds from August 1 to 7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. Mwalike said that scaling up of breastfeeding practices to almost universal level could save the lives of 820,000 children every year. ”We are advocating for breastfeeding corners in workplaces with…
New FC Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane says he does not see himself as a global star in spite of his long success run with Liverpool FC and Africa Cup of Nations title with Senegal. Mane told Bayern’s club magazine in an interview published Tuesday that all that counts for him is the team which also shows in Bayern’s motto Mia san mia (We are who we are). “People say that about me, but I don’t see myself as a global star at all. I don’t know where to start with that phrase. “All I care about is being part…
Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the payment of N619.5 million for local government pensions and gratuities. Buni, in a statement by his Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu, said the payment was for batch 45. He said N449.6 million of the amounts would be paid to 274 retirees, while N169.9 was for the next-of-kin of 93 deceased civil servants. Meanwhile, the governor has also approved the placement of 102 allied healthcare students on a Grade Level 05 in the state’s civil service. Buni listed the beneficiaries to include students studying physiotherapy, pharmacy,…
Paucity of funds, security challenges are some of the problems making night flights impracticable in Nigeria. Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) made the declaration on in Ikeja on Tuesday. Quoting statistics provided by the African Development Bank in 2019, Nuhu said Nigeria would require more than N1.5 trillion to fix airport infrastructures gap. He said poor infrastructure also contributed to the challenges faced in night flight operations in Nigeria’s airports. Nuhu explained that any airport planning to operate beyond dusk required large financial outlay and compliance with important conditions for safe landing and take-off…