Ayade harps on retraining of teachers for quality education
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has emphasised the importance of training and retraining of teachers, insisting that the quality of teachers and teaching invariably rubbed off on the pupils and the quality of education they got. Governor Ayade noted that that was the reason his administration established a world-class Teachers Continuous Training Institute, TCTI, in Biase, Central Senatorial District of the state. Ayade stated this at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, during a flag-off of the Southern Zone phase of the 2019 School-Based Management- School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP) Implementation. “We decided to set up a Teachers Continuous Training Institute which core responsibility is to teach teachers on the latest trends in their respective fields. The content of the article published by these online platforms is not new; it has been recirculated several times and has been debunked.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 07, 2021 08:35 UTC
Travel ban: Nigeria, UK may clash, FG alleges action discriminatory
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, described the travel ban as discriminatory. Also, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK, Alhaji Sharafa Ishola, described the travel ban as apartheid. But the Head of Communications, British High Commission, Hurlock, said the UK was aware of the significant impact of the travel ban. FG to respond to UK, Canada travel ban soon, says Lai MohammedBut earlier on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammed, condemned travel bans by the UK, Canada, Indonesia, Hong Kong and others. The minister argued that the travel ban was counterproductive and wondered why British citizens coming from Nigeria were still allowed in.
Source:Punch
December 07, 2021 05:46 UTC
FG disputes alleged N18b terrorism funding by ISWAP | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
•HURIWA alleges lax oversight of regulator by BuhariThe Federal Government has denied a report by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) alluding that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) was laundering N18 billion through Nigeria’s financial system to deepen terrorism. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), which reacted yesterday via a statement issued by its Chief Media Analyst, Ahmed Dikko, faulted the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) body that observed the fund was generated yearly from trading and taxing communities in the Lake Chad region. The exercise is continuing and far from over. “In addition, funding of violence from all sections of the country is being evidently analysed and reported to all relevant authorities according to law. “All our neighbours have proofs of our exchange of terrorist financial intelligence with them real time,” the statement added.
Source:The Guardian
December 07, 2021 04:26 UTC
Drama as accused fail to produce surety with C of O after bail
The Judge said his surety must produce a Certificate of Occupancy of a property and not Right of Occupancy. He was however granted bail with conditions including a reasonable surety with landed property within the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja while such property must have a C of O. The defendant and his surety must deposit two recent passport photographs to the Court while Umejidike should submit his international passport. He was also given a bail bond of N2 million and one surety in the like sum. He pleaded that Justice Abubakar should vary the C of O with Right of Occupancy, a move opposed by prosecution lawyer, Celestine Odo.
Source:Punch
December 07, 2021 04:18 UTC
Stakeholders seek strong policies, citizens’ support in addressing challenges of climate change
According to her, “Presently, climate change is one of the biggest issues the world has to contend with and the devastating effects can be felt across the board. The lecturer said: “When you think about climate change, what’s the first thing you think about? While this is a huge impact of climate change, the effects of global warming on human health are not to be ignored. Between 2030 and 2050, the World Health Organisation expects climate change to cause 250,000 deaths per year as a result of heat stress, diarrhoea, malaria and childhood malnutrition. The content of the article published by these online platforms is not new; it has been recirculated several times and has been debunked.Stakeholders seek strong policies, citizens’ support in addressing challenges of climate changeStakeholders seek strong policies, citizens’ support in addressing challenges of climate change
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 07, 2021 04:05 UTC
Court suspends cancellation of firm’s permits by defunct DPR | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Justice P.O Lifu of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has suspended the purported cancellation of NOV Oilfield Solution Limited and NOV Oil and Gas Services Limited’s permits by the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). The judge also restrained the Ministry and the Minister of Petroleum Resources from disturbing the operations of NOV Oil on the basis of the purported cancellation of its permits by the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources. On November 15, 2021, none of the three respondents appeared in court to show cause and there was no legal representation. The judge, thereafter, granted all the prayers of NOV Oil and reiterated the fact that the respondents were all given ample opportunity to show up in court to counter NOV’s motion but chose or elected to ignore or disregard the said directive of the Court. All the respondents namely, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Minister of Petroleum Resources and the Attorney General of the Federation have, however, been served with all the Enrolled Order of the Court.
Source:The Guardian
December 07, 2021 03:49 UTC
Omicron: Professor Tomori at COVID-19 summit blames FG for UK, Canada travel ban
A professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, on Monday took a swipe on the Federal Government for the travel ban imposed on Nigeria by Canada and the United Kingdom. Tomori said this at the national COVID-19 summit organised by the presidential steering committee (PSC), saying the ban came because the Federal Government “condoned errors of commission”. Following the reported cases of Omicron COVID variant, Canada and UK issued travel bans on South Africa and other African countries, including Nigeria. Chairman of PSC and Secretary to the Goverment of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, however, lamented that with the emergence of Omicron, Nigeria, like some other countries have become targets of restrictive measures. A few days ago, I had to know there was Omicron in Nigeria from outside.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 07, 2021 02:50 UTC
Proposed fuel price increase: NLC vows to shut down economic activities, begins mobilisation
Following the news of the Federal government’s plan to increase fuel pump price to N340, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to grand economic activities across the country, adding that it has started mobilisation of its members for the showdown. He contended that if the government succeeds in the plan, the impact of the price hike will affect every Nigerians, motorists, households, transporters, and others. According to him, “The concept of accepting deregulation hook line and sinker anchored on import driven price model is not something that we can accept. We are the only country trying to adopt this IMF imposed model of deregulation on the basis of import driven price mechanism. The impact of the policy of price hike under the name of deregulation will affect every Nigerian citizen either directly or indirectly.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 07, 2021 02:37 UTC
Shaun Murphy narrowly avoids upset against Ng On Yee at Scottish Open
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Source:The Guardian
December 06, 2021 22:38 UTC
CKay talks Moving to Lagos & Becoming a Viral Music Star as he Covers Guardian Life Magazine’s Latest Edition
Guardian Life Magazine‘s latest exclusive interview delves into the world of Afrobeats global sensation and this edition’s cover star Ckay as he talks about his time in Kaduna, moving to Lagos and becoming a viral music super star. On growing up in Kaduna:I grew up in Kaduna and it was very uninteresting. My parents didn’t let me go out a lot because they were strict Christian parents. I really listened to them a lot growing up so you can say that they influenced my taste in music. Then I started working in Chocolate City at some point, making it four.
Source:The Guardian
December 06, 2021 20:11 UTC
French police on alert as far-right Zemmour holds first rally | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour is to hold his first official campaign rally at a stadium outside Paris on Sunday, with police on high alert over the risk of clashes with protesters. His first rally comes just a day after the right-wing Republicans party picked Valerie Pecresse, a former budget minister, as its nominee. Stephane Troussel, the Socialist head of the Seine-Saint-Denis region, where Zemmour’s rally will take place, also launched a petition calling for the rally to be cancelled. Momentum fadesThe event will be closely scrutinised given how Zemmour has been falling in opinion polls following a dramatic entrance into French politics in September. He needs to pull it off.”Menard described the YouTube video as being of “apocalyptic darkness” and said Zemmour would need to begin outlining concrete proposals.
Source:The Guardian
December 06, 2021 18:37 UTC
Nigeria to vaccinate 70% citizens end of 2022
The Federal Government is prepared to vaccinate 70 per cent of the Nigerian population before the end of 2022. Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), spoke at Nigeria’s COVID-19 Summit 2021. “Nigeria has invested in vaccines that can cover over 70 per cent of our population before the end of 2022. Mustapha added that the other expectations were articulation of actionable recommendations to President Muhammadu Buhari on the governance structure, resources and policies needed to end COVID-19 in Nigeria by Dec. 31, 2022. On Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, the SGF said: “It has been driven by science, data and experience since then till date.
Source:The Guardian
December 06, 2021 13:59 UTC
Omicron: Nigeria accuses UK of 'travel apartheid' | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK has described the Britain’s decision to put the West African country on its red list as a “travel apartheid”. Britain added Nigeria to its travel red list and will enforce stricter entry rules starting Monday, over concerns of the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. All travellers from Nigeria to Britain will also have to quarantine on arrival in hotels for 10 days regardless of vaccination status. The Guardian UK reported that quarantine would cost of £2,285The new restrictions were put in place to slow down the spread of Omicron variant of COVID-19, Britain’s health minister Savid Javid said. So the issue is quite different from the Delta variant.”UK minister for policing Kit Malthouse said the wording “travel apartheid” was “very unfortunate language”.
Source:The Guardian
December 06, 2021 13:59 UTC
Oyo disseminates 2019/2020 school census report to stakeholders
Oyo State Ministry of Education Science and Technology under the headship of Mr Rahman Abdul-Raheem, the commissioner in the Ministry, has disseminated the state’s 2019/2020 annual school census report to all the concerned stakeholders in the state. He expressed satisfaction with the impressive contributions of the Parent-Teacher Association and schools’ alumni in the state towards the development of education. He said: “Oyo State government welcomes contributions from every education stakeholder in the state for the achievement of present administration’s vision to move education to a greater height. The distribution of the 2019/2020 Annual school census report to stakeholders in the state was meant to intimate the general public and international organisations with the state at which Oyo State public schools are in terms of strengths and challenges. The report will give people, corporate bodies, and Non-Governmental International Organisations knowledge of areas they may wish to support the state in the education development process.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 06, 2021 07:15 UTC
Former acting DG calls for increased dialogue between NBC, media practitioners
A former acting Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Professor Armstrong Idachaba, has called for increased dialogue between media houses, practitioners, and the commission to improve broadcasting practice in the country. The former acting DG who spoke on “Finding a Balance Between the Broadcast Code and Making a Commercial Radio Station Thrive in Present Nigeria” said the dialogue will offer the opportunity for the review of the present broadcast code. “My submission therefore will be the need for increased dialogue between the media community and the regulator every four years. Viral Voice Note On WhatsApp Billing FalseClaim: A viral WhatsApp voice note, purportedly made by the director and CEO of WhatsApp, claims users will have to start paying for WhatsApp services. Verdict: The viral WhatsApp voice note claim is a hoax.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 06, 2021 06:06 UTC