Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Tuesday 23rd June 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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137 indigent students benefit from lawmaker’s SSCE registration fees
S ome 137 indigent students in Akoko Edo Constituency 1 of Edo State have become beneficiaries of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) registration fees paid by Hon. Yekoni Idaiye, a member of the state House of Assembly. According the lawmaker, the gesture was part of his contributions towards uplifting the quality of education and enhances indigent students’ access to learning in the constituency. The payment slips/receipts were presented to the beneficiaries during the presentation ceremony that took place at Ibillo in Akoko Edo…
Minister fetes orphans, vulnerable persons
Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, recently distributed gift items to orphans and people living with disabilities in Abuja. CALEB ONWE reports A fortnight ago, the Gwako Orphanage Home, located about two kilometres away from the Giri-Airport road Inter-change, along the ever busy Zuba-Gwagwalada expressway, in the Federal Capital Territory, had some electrifying joyous moments. Ordinarily, the location of the home does not give the children the opportunity of enjoying the social life of the community. The celebration, which was…
Insecurity: Army reorganises operations
T he Nigerian Army has begun a “major reorganization” of its operational strategies, in a bid to deal with the worsening security challenges in the country, especially in the North, where suspected terrorists, bandits as well as kidnappers, have continued to wage a bloodletting campaign against the state. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the disclosure, yesterday, at a meeting with senior officers in Abuja. A statement by the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the COAS seized the moment to…
Akeredolu raises the alarm over rising COVID-19 cases
…says Ondo records 80 cases in 7 days Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday raised the alarm over rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic, insisting that ‘we have a state of emergency’ as the state recorded 80 confirmed cases within seven days. Akeredolu disclosed this yesterday during his weekly media briefing on the deadly virus in the state. According to Akeredolu, who expressed concern over the development, attributed the non-adherence of the people to the COVID-19 protocols for the continuous and rapid spread of the disease…
JAMB: No uniform UTME cutoff point for admission
T he Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said there was no such thing as a uniform Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) cut off point for admission into tertiary institutions in the country. Also, each course of programme has a different minimum score which was usually very high for competitive programmes in the institutions. These clarifications became necessary as many candidates were of the impression that once they beat the cut off points, they were sure of gaining admission into tertiary institutions of their choice.…
Seplat transfers OMLs 4, 38, 41 assets to subsidiary
A n indigenous oil giant, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, has tranfered all its assets in oil mining leases (OMLs) 4, 38 and 41 to its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Seplat West Limited, in a new move to transform into a full-fledged holding company. Seplat, one of the leading Nigerian indigenous oil and gas firms, is listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The company at the weekend announced the completion of transfer of the business activities, and assets…
Reps reject Refugees Commission’s budget report
T he House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee(PAC) yesterday condemned the budget performance report of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFR). Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Oluwole Oke, who made the condemnation at a parley with officials of the commission, said the document “was worse than the presentation of a SSS 3 student”. He said the presentation was riddled with errors as most of the calculations were wrong. Oke wondered if the calculations were manually done, saying if the accounts and…
Demolition of Nigerian Embassy, national embarrassment, says PDP
T he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the demolition of the Nigeria’s Embassy in Accra, Ghana, as a national embarrassment. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government had brought shame to the country. The party said the embarrassing situation in Ghana hasy again highlighted the poor rating of the presidency by other nations, adding that it exposed its lack of capacity to meaningfully engage other world leaders on diplomatic issues. …
Kano traffic agency: Gunmen plan to attack us
T he Managing Director of Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Baffa Babba Danagundi, has said that his men deserted the roads last Sunday following intelligence reports that some gunmen had concluded plans to attack them. He said based on such security report, the agency asked its men not to report to duty, so as not to play into the hands of such criminals. The managing director dismissed insinuations that his personnel abandoned their duty posts as a result of a misunderstanding with the police. …
FG, telcos must provide free internet for pupils – Techpreneur
T o bridge substantial inequities in the education sector for indigent primary and secondary school pupils, telecommunication operators in Nigeria need to provide free internet access to aid virtual learning amid the coronavirus lockdown on schools. A leading techpreneur, Joel Popoola, said this in a statement issued in Lagos yesterday. According to him, thi is the best period for telecoms operators to make learning easy for indigent pupils by providing free internet access on learning resources. Popoola, who said that coronavirus pandemic had forced schools globally to…
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