November 2019

Adamawa Government Sacks Polytechnic Staff

November 12, 2019 12:28 pm
Adamawa government on Tuesday issued sack letters to some academic and non-academic staff of the state polytechnic, employed from the year 2017 to 2019.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that those affected are over 300.

A letter to those affected, signed by the Acting Registrar of the polytechnic, Mrs Rebecca Kinjir, stated that the action was in compliance with the recommendation of the Visitation Panel to the institution, set up by Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri.

The letter, with the tittle “Stand-Down of Appointment of Staff Employed Between 2017-2019” said those affected should handover all school properties in their possession.…

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C’River: 500 Sacked Teachers Occupy Gov’t House With Mats

November 12, 2019 12:26 pm
Determined to fight against their sack, 500 science teachers have again barricaded the government house with mats and wrappers demanding their reinstatement into the service.
Penultimate Tuesday the workers had protested against government’s removal of their names from payroll since September.
The teachers, who carried various placards such as “reinstate our names into pay roll;” “pay us our September and October salaries,” prevented movements in and out of the governor’s office.
At the governor’s office, the protesters were seen with wrappers and mats which they spread on the ground to prevent movements in an out of the office.
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Fire Fighters Prevent Fire Outbreak In Niger Gov House

November 12, 2019 12:26 pm

Men of the Niger State Fire Service this afternoon prevented a fire outbreak at the office of the Permanent Secretary, Niger State Government House, Minna.

The fire outbreak, which started at about 12:35 pm was put out by a combined team of fire fighters at about 1:03 pm.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, hailed men of the state fire service who mobilised three fire-fighting vans to the scene within 15 minutes of the fire outbreak.

The permanent secretary’s office, which was under renovation …

Police Arrest Kaduna Sharia Court Judge, 2 Others

November 12, 2019 11:22 am

The police in Kaduna State have arrested a Sharia judge, Murtala Nasir, and former chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN), Alhaji Sani Dauda for allegedly giving out the latter’s daughter, Nasiba Dauda, in marriage twice.

Nasir who is the judge of Magaji gari Sharia Court in Kaduna North Local Government Area, was said to have conducted the marriage on Saturday, November 9, 2019.

Also arrested by the police was Shehu Dauda, one of the sons of Alhaji Sani Dauda.

The Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, DSP Yakubu Sabo, did not take his call at the time of filing this …

Mouka Moves To Redefine Innovation, Human Devt

November 12, 2019 11:19 am

The Managing Director of Mouka Limited, a leading Nigerian manufacturer of mattress and bedding products, Raymond Murphy, has declared that the company would make innovation its watchword as it repositions to maintain its place in the industry’s fierce competitive market.

Murphy made this statement when Mouka celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend in Lagos with a resolve to continue to redefine the country’s mattress and other beddings industry through training and development of its manpower.

He stated that the effort at redefining the industry would involve a yearly upgrade of its manufacturing facilities to ensure that its operations were …

Obey All Safety Rules As Year Draws To An End – FRSC

November 12, 2019 11:18 am
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kebbi has advised motorists and pedestrians to obey all highway regulations and procure all road safety items required before putting vehicles on the road.

The Sector Commander of the corps in the state, Mr Abayomi Asaniya, gave the advice in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, at a news conference to mark the 2019 Road Traffic Crash Victims Remembrance Day.
He said the theme for this year edition, “Life Is Not a Car Part” was in line with the third pillar of the decade of action for road safety 2011 to 2020, “safer vehicles.’’
“Indeed …

OPWS Allegedly Destroys Gana’s Small London Hotel

November 12, 2019 11:17 am

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) on Tuesday allegedly destroyed a hotel belonging to wanted militia leader Terwase Akwaza, alias ‘Gana’, in Gbishe, Katsina-Ala Local Government area of Benue State.

The hotel known as Small London Hotel located on Gudu Road in Gbishe is said to have been used as a hideout for kidnapping by the kingpin and members of his gang.

The hotel, according to sources from the area, was under construction before it was destroyed on Monday by OPWS troops.

Our sources, who did not want to be named, disclosed further that a number of vehicles and …

Border Closure: Cassava Gaining More Industrial Relevance

November 12, 2019 11:17 am
 Nigeria’s closure of its land borders will increase industrial use of cassava and other local agricultural produce, the National Cassava Processors and Marketers Association (NCAPMA) has said.

The Administrative Secretary of the association, Dr Bola Asiru, said on Tuesday that the border closure and its attendant increase in the cost of imported raw materials had positioned cassava as a priority crop for industrial use.

Asiru spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

He noted that though Nigeria was the highest producer of cassava, governments did not give it priority attention in the past.

Asiru said that

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Anglican Primate Okoh Presides Over His Last DIVCCON

November 12, 2019 9:48 am

Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh is presiding over his last Divine Commonwealth Conference (DIVCCON 2019) in Abuja, in his capacity as the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). The week long event has as theme “O God, our help in ages past”.

Okoh’s tenure as the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) will expire in March 2020, after 10 years at the helm of affairs of the Anglican Church.

His successor, Most Rev. Henry Ndukauba, was elected in September, in line with the constitution of Anglican Church, which stated that a new Primate shall emerge six months to the …

The Fight Over Marriage Registries

November 12, 2019 9:29 am

In a new development to the disagreement between the federal government and some local government areas over who has the right to conduct marriages in the country, the former has published the marriage registries and places it has licensed to conduct statutory marriages across the country. This vexatious issue illustrates the excessive presence of the federal government in our lives. It also nudges at the heart of millions of Nigerians who are outraged by the present arrangement and have been calling for a restructuring of our federation.

The aim of setting up of such marriage registries, according to the Permanent …

House Urges Buratai To Relocate Giwa Barracks To Outskirts

November 12, 2019 9:29 am
The House of Representatives has called on  the Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to as a matter of urgency commence the process of relocating Giwa Barracks to the outskirts of Galtimari, due to the increasing civilian population in the area.
The House took the decision following the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Satomi Ahmed on the need to relocate the barracks.
He said that Giwa barracks, located in Galtimari Area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, was originally built as a military school for signals and communications, but later converted in
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Katsina: Residents Groan As Fuel Scarcity Hits Border Towns

November 12, 2019 9:28 am

Residents of border communities in Katsina State are groaning following the federal government’s suspension of fuel supply to areas within 20 kilometres to the nation’s land borders.

THISDAY investigation revealed that the federal government’s order had triggered fuel scarcity and hike in the prices of petroleum products at Jibia and Kongolam border towns between Nigeria and Niger Republic.

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, had directed that no petroleum products should be supplied to any filling station within 20 kilometres to the country’s borders.

THISDAY’s visit to Jibia border town on Monday, showed that the …

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