“What gives me joy is that I have many children,” says Mrs Decent Obiabumuo, who has spent over 30 years teaching in public secondary schools in Kano State, in reference to the generations of students she had taught across many schools in the state. “Teachers have thousands of children…my children…
Worried by the spate of kidnapping, banditry and herders/farmers conflict in many Kaduna communities, the Global Peace Foundation has engaged some youth in a cultural fiesta to promote unity and understanding among the diverse ethnic groups in the state. Daily Trust Saturday reports that the fiesta, which featured 10 cultural…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials to over 400,000 persons displaced by flood in 92 communities across 11 local government areas of Nasarawa State. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Habib-Ahmed, who was represented by Director of Planning and Forecasting, Dr Fatima Kassim, donated the…
Firstly, we have to acknowledge it. Parents often do not recognize when their children are becoming overweight. Because young children at a healthy weight look skinny and because children who are overweight are becoming the norm, parents often do not realize when their children are not on a healthy track.…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has faulted the decision of the federal government not to allow the newly formed Community Volunteer Guards (CVG) in the state and other state-sponsored security outfits to bear automatic rifles. A statement by the governor’s spokesman, Nathaniel Ikyur, yesterday, indicated that Ortom bared his…
Speaking to journalists at a programme in Kaduna on Friday, he said the party’s hitherto presidential candidate, Mr. Dumebi Kachukwu, had been expelled. When asked what the crisis in the party was about, he said, “We do not see what is happening in our party as a crisis, we see…
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. According to him, the commission’s Administrative Secretary in Anambra State, Mr. Okwuonu Jude, had reported the disappearance of Joel, a Principal Executive Officer II on Grade Level 10. “On Thursday, 29th…
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, the Director-General of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Ms. Victoria Akai said: “As a member of ACCI, the Dangote Group further strengthens the position of ACCI in implementing business activities and advocating for business-friendly policies.” The DG said the Dangote-ACCI partnership is…
Preparations for the elections had been mired in legal battles but a ruling by the Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a stay-of-execution of an ex parte injunction secured to stop the elections which will be monitored by the world football-governing body, FIFA’s representatives who arrived in Benin City yesterday. Among…
A chieftain of the party, Engineer Kailani Muhammad, who made the call in Kaduna, said the party has made remarkable success in key areas. “It is our ardent hope that Nigeria will witness, once again, a very peaceful election that will usher in the next set of leadership that will…