Sokoto State government has formally written to the Federal Government of Nigeria to suspend the blockage of telecommunication network services that were imposed on 14 Local Government Area of the state recently.
The decision was informed after hours of the security council meeting on the terror attack on Goronyo market which left 43 people lifeless last week.
According to a press statement signed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and publicity Affairs, Mohammed Bello, the Governor said this when he received the members of the North Eastern Governors Forum who were in Sokoto on Saturday to condole him over the recent terror attack in Goronyo market.
Governor Tambuwal said the suspension of the blockage became necessary in view of concerns expressed by security outfits in the state that the blockage was seriously affecting the smooth conduct of their legitimate endeavours.
According to the statement, the state government has already forwarded a letter to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to review the network blockage.
SOKOTO STATE GOVERNMENT SEEKS SUSPENSION OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK SERVICES BLOCKAGE.
The Federal Government has expressed dismay over the current trend of age cheating at the National Youth Games
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Sports Development, has expressed dismay over the current trend of age cheating at the National Youth Games which is meant for Athletes under the age of 15, and frowned that people above the approved age limit have dominated the game.
As a result, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has hinted at measures to ensure that adequate screening is carried out to admit athletes for the National Youth Games in the country following the soaring issues around age cheating in the games.
Dare, who stated this during the closing ceremony of the 6th National Youth Games held in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital said his Ministry will consider the National Identity Management Card (NIMC) registration as a requirement to stem the age cheat tide.
FOUNDATION TASKS PARENTS ON CHILDEREN’S PUBERTY STAGE
Parents have been charged to take a closer look at their teenage Children because that stage of their growth is critical.
The charge was given by a Secondary School teacher who is also a mother, Caroline Etim, who noticed with dismal, the nonchalant attitude of some parents and caregivers towards their children.
Another Parent, Rev Daniel Jimmy who bared his mind on the best ways to groom teenagers, blamed parents, society and the leaders, for not modelling in a positive spotlight to the young ones, noting that children between the ages of thirteen and nineteen will always act on what they see than what they are told or hear.
They have therefore called on parents to be more attentive to their teenage children not only at providing material needs but should be holistic in their parental roles to secure their future.
Victor Ubeng shared his concern on the continued decrease in the value of the naira.
As the continued decrease in the value of the naira seems not to have an end, Nigerians have bemoaned the ugly trend with some of them wondering when the naira will compete with other currencies around the world in a proportionate manner.
Baring their minds on what the situation has caused the business environment within the country, respondents highlight the significant bad consequences of running a business with a currency that does not have value at the international market.
One of them, Victor Ubeng, while speaking with our Correspondent, Prince Kingsley, explained in his perspective what the downward trend of Nigeria’s currency has meant for the business world.
For Henry Joshua, the high demand for dollars in transactions by Nigerians is a huge disappointment due to the conversion rates, which he noticed was depressing to get paid in other currencies and when converted to the Naira the value becomes almost worthless.
Not satisfied, they called on the Nigerian authorities to swing into action to save Naira from a total collapse.
Refugee agency pledges more support for displaced persons
Plans are underway to repatriate Nigerian refugees currently living in Internally Displaced Person camps in parts of the Niger Republic to their home states in Nigeria, as part of efforts to key into the refugee’s resettlement programme of the federal government.
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, who stated this to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, explained that he had visited the President to brief him as well as request for the Federal Government’s input in the refugees’ resettlement efforts of his administration.
He said those taking refuge in Diffa Province of Niger Republic would be relocated to their homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State, on November 27, this year.
A rights group, Civil Society for Peace, Justice and Development, has described as disturbing the attitude of some persons devoting their time to discrediting every effort to end insurgency and other forms of insecurity for reasons difficult to comprehend.
A rights group, Civil Society for Peace, Justice and Development, has described as disturbing the attitude of some persons devoting their time to discrediting every effort to end insurgency and other forms of insecurity for reasons difficult to comprehend.
In a press statement made available to the Media, the Rights group, which was reacting to reports credited to Nigeria’s Ambassador to Togo, Tukur Buratai, described such moves as the desperation of enemies of Nigeria to create friction between the nation’s leaders in their efforts to end insecurity.
Buratai, who was the Guest Lecturer, at the 24th, 25th and 26th convocation lecture of Modibbo Adama University in Yola, had claimed that the Northeast lacks development, attributing it to one of the factors fuelling insurgency in the zone.
However, some news platforms especially, reported to the contrary that the Ambassador blamed the Buhari-led federal government’s failure to develop Nigeria as fuelling the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry and other security challenges across the country.
EDO STATE PAY 190 MILLION AS COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS
The sum of one hundred and ninety million nairas will be entering the hands of those who have been victimized by the police as compensation in Edo State, following a recommendation by the Judicial Panel of enquiry that sat in that State.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, who announced this in Benin, the State Capital, during a meeting with youths across the 18 local government areas of the state, said he would also pay the sum of one million nairas each to two victims of the EndSARS protests, Oshima Steven and Miracle Ailenokhoria, with a promise to pay for their continuous treatment.
The governor assured that his administration would do all within its power to implement the 15 recommendations of the panel, saying Edo youths were the greatest resources of the state.
A total of three Post Graduate students of the Ignatius Ajuru University who allegedly took part in different forms of examination malpractices, have been expelled.
A total of three Post Graduate students of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, who allegedly took part in different forms of examination malpractices, have been expelled.
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, who dropped the hint in his official Facebook account, said as a result, their cases have been referred to the Students Disciplinary Committee to determine their fate and the Department of State Services for profiling.
He said the University management under him, has been tough with examination malpractices and other misbehaviours by students and Lecturers.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMEDU BUHARI DECLEAR SAFE SCHOOL CONFERENCE OPEN TUESDAY
The 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration billed to hold on Tuesday, will be declared open by Nigeria’s President, Muhammedu Buhari.
In a statement signed by the Director of Media, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, the conference which is being co-hosted by Nigeria, Spain, Norway and Argentina, is aimed at reviewing progress being made by member states in the quest to make schools safer globally.
The conference which Nigeria is hosting for the first time in Africa will take place at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Secretariat in Abuja in person, and virtual participation is expected from around the world.
Uche Kanu scored a brace as the Super Falcons took a big step towards securing a place at the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations
Uche Kanu scored a brace as the Super Falcons took a big step towards securing a place at the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations following a 2-0 win against Eternal Foes Black Queens of Ghana at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos on Wednesday.
The Super Falcons started the game strongly but were unable to carve out any clear-cut goal scoring opportunities.
The Super Falcons were ahead seven minutes later with Kanu nodding home Francisca Ordega’s superb cross.
Kanu doubled Nigeria’s lead three minutes later, nodding home this time from a corner kick.
Meanwhile, the second leg will take place in Accra on Sunday.