By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Kaduna State Government has approved the reinstatement of 1,288 public primary school teachers sacked in June 2022 after the conduct of a competency test. The Public Relation Officer, State Universal Basic Education Board (Kaduna SUBEB), Hajiya Hauwa Mohammed, made this known in a statement issued in Kaduna on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023. Mohammed explained that 1,266 were affected by the competency test, while 22 others were removed from the government payroll for alleged unproven claims. The board in June 2022 sacked 2,357 primary school teachers over a competency test. The board had explained that of the…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the Federal Government has secured the sum of $800 million from the World Bank under the National Social Investment Programme as part of palliatives to cushion the negative effects of the plan to remove subsidy on the petroleum products by June 2023. Ahmed announced this Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 while fielding questions from State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She said the fund which had been secured was ready for disbursement. Asked about the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Executive Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified an approval of N3.3 billion to build a new training facility for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Beyond this, FEC also approved a contract award valued at N10.9 billion for the National Population Commission (NPC) to boost its ICT infrastructures, preparatory to the National Population Census scheduled for May this year. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu who made this disclosure on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 on behalf of some of the Ministers who had other engagements…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Commercial motorcycles, better known as Okada riders have reportedly killed a policeman along Apapa-Oshodi expressway, Lagos on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 It was gathered that three guns belonging to the policeman was taken away during the incident that took place around Cele Bus Stop.It was also gathered that shortly after the officer was murdered, the Okada riders, numbering about 100, ran towards Mile 2 end.The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday, saying he is yet to get the full details of what led to the incident.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly addressed as Portable has reflected on his time in detention, saying he refused to wear prison uniform while in Ilaro Correctional Centre. The Zazu crooner shared his experience in detention in his yet-to-be-released single titled ‘Federal Government Liability’. In a snippet of the song shared on his Instagram page, Portable bragged that he didn’t wear a prison uniform while at the Correctional Centre in Ilaro. On Monday, 3 April, 2023, a Magistrate Court ordered that Portable be remanded at the Correctional Centre in Ilaro pending the perfection of his bail conditions…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Remo Stars have forfeited three points and three goals following the assault on match referee, Ndubuisi Ukah during their Nigeria Premier Football League match day 12 encounter against Gombe United last weekend. The club will also pay a fine of ₦1.25m while their general manager has been suspended from all Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) activities. The fine is expected to be paid within seven working days. Remo Stars is expected to accept the ruling of the IMC or elect to appear before a Disciplinary Panel. The IMC also sanctioned Remo Stars for their failure to provide…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Bauchi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that at least two person died while five others sustained varying degrees of injury in a fatal auto crash on the Darazo-Dukku road in the state on Tuesday, 4 April, 2023. This was confirmed by a report released by the Bauchi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Yusuf Abdullahi. According to the Abdullahi, the lone crash involving a white commercial Toyota Hiace bus, with registration DKA 127 XT, occurred at Kahun village at about 6:36 pm, adding that the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Football Federation has filed a protest to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after Guinea allegedly fielded over-age players in their 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against the Olympic Eagles last month. Fode Camara, who featured against the Olympic Eagles has been entangled in age discrepancies. The NFF, it was gathered has concrete evidence the player is above the approved age and expects CAF to rule in Nigeria’s favour. Guinea beat Nigeria to the U-23 AFCON ticket following a 2-0 aggregate win. If NFF protest is genuine, Guinea will be disqualified from…
By Wale Adedayo I was taken aback after reading a piece by a senior colleague, Egbon Richard Akinnola II, who claimed that his friend and colleague, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, missed the ball in his petition against Channels TV. Baba Richie, you missed it biggerly sir! Onanuga did the right thing. He should be commended. In Journalism, the tool of our trade is readily available for mischief makers, who might want to cause unrest. Only a gullible media organisation allows certain views to run unchecked in the name of press freedom. Direct incitement to create chaos using a TV station is…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike San Francisco Police in California, United States of America has confirmed that Tech executive, Bob Lee, who created the mobile payment service, Cash App, was stabbed to death in San Francisco on morning of Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 According to San Francisco police, the 43 years old tech mogul, who formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer of Square, was attacked in the city’s downtown Rincon Hill neighborhood at 2:35 a.m. Officers arrived at the scene to find a man, later confirmed to be Lee by CBS News, with multiple stab wounds. Lee was taken to a nearby…