The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 17th June 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 17/06/21
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‘Albinism is not a death sentence’
By Adekunle Yusuf International Albinism Awareness Day was celebrated worldwide last Sunday, with albinos in Nigeria asking for more government and community care and protection, which every Nigerian is entitled to. To hundreds of albinos and advocacy experts who gathered at the Adeyemi Bero Hall in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, albinism is not a death sentence
Jobelyn listed in U.S. National Cancer Institute Dictionary
By Femi Kusa When I heard of the new international ranking of Jobelyn, the Nigerian herbal blood formula, as a possible anti-cancer agent, I was tempted to see the landmark thrust in terms of a prophet despised at home but celebrated abroad. I quickly reversed the thought as I walked back memory lane to 1994,
Osun shuts 600 illegal private schools
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Osun State Government has said it closed about 600 private schools, especially primary schools that do not meet the state’s minimum standard requirements. Speaking during the Inter-ministerial Press briefing held at State Secretariat, Abere, the Education Commissioner, Folorunsho Bamisayemi, said the closure was part of the government’s effort to ensure
Students praise Lagos Jobs preparation scheme
By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie Students attending Lagos State-owned tertiary institutions and their teachers have praised the Jobs Initiative Lagos (JIL), a schemed aimed at improving the entrepreneurship and employability skills of students in the last two years of their studies. About 8,000 students in the stipulated classes have benefited from free programme aimed at fine-tuning their
Bank PHB ex-MD Atuche jailed six years for N25.7b fraud
By Adebisi Onanuga An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) Francis Atuche to six years imprisonment for N25.7 billion fraud. His co-defendant, Ugo Anyanwu, was also sentenced to four years imprisonment. The duo was convicted in 21 of 27-count charges against them. Atuche
JAMB boss praises Lagos for malpractice fight
By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie and Gbemisola Adesola The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has urged other states to emulate Lagos State Government in checking examination malpractice. Lagos recently fined 27 schools caught perpetrating examination malpractice during last year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination
Mentor students, Delta SSG advises alumni
The Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, has called on old boys and girls associations in the state to mentor the pupils to regain lost values in addition to providing critical infrastructure in schools as key stakeholders in the educational development of the state. The SSG, who spoke during the handover/inauguration of
Gun alone can’t stop security threats, says Army
By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja Gun alone cannot stop the prevailing security threats across the land, the Nigerian Army said on Wednesday. Army spokesman Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who dropped the hint, said the myriads of security challenged required multifaceted approach to surmount. Speaking while taking over as Director Army Public Relations at the Army Headquarters in
INEC 2022 timetable raises political tempo in Ekiti, Osun
By Emmanuel Oladesu, Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti and Toba Adedeji, Osogbo Parties rev up governorship bid Ekiti goes to poll June 18, Osun July 16 Lagos, Kano top in INEC’s 176,846 new polling units 749 units removed from churches, mosques, shrines, palaces, homes Tempo of political activities has been raised in Ekiti and Osun states, following
EU, UNICEF improve access to education for 20,000 vulnerable children in Northeast
By Evelyn Osagie At least 20,000 children will benefit from classroom and toilet construction/renovation funded by the European Union (EU) in Borno State. Implemented by UNICEF, through state and local partners, 116 new classrooms and 53 latrines have been handed to the Borno State Universal Basic Education Board, according to a report. The facilities will
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