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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has approved new incentives to improve the conditions of service for teachers in the country. He said the teaching profession has suffered neglect with attendant consequences in brain drain and poor quality graduates. He said this at the Inauguration of the National Implementation Committee on the Revitalisation and Repositioning of the Teaching Profession in Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. “It was with this clear understanding of the role of the teacher in the emerging knowledge economy and the need to attract and retain the best brains in our educational institution that the President approved a…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has debunked claims that the reappointed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu bribed the senate N2 billion to confirm him. Lawan described the story as a ridiculous fabricated report that could not provide the names of members of the fictitious group that took the bribe. In a statement by Ola Awoniyi, special adviser on media to the Senate President, he challenged an online newspaper, SaharaReporters to provide evidence. He urged Nigerians to disregard the report, noting that, it was the mischievous imagination of the writer of the fiction. Read Lawan’s statement below The…

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, November 19, 2020, adjourned hearing in the trial of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, former aide of ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, till January 19, 2021. The adjournment followed the withdrawal of the seventh prosecution witness (PW7), Hassan Seidu by prosecution counsel, Offem Uket, due to his inability to continue as witness as a result of his ongoing training at the Nigerian Defence College (NDC), Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Ashinze alongside three others and five companies for alleged criminal diversion of N5.6billion from the office…

The Federal Government says the sanctions imposed on some broadcast media stations in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests were justified and that the affected stations already paid their fines. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermaths. The minister said that two of the stations paid their fines in full, while the third paid a part of the fine, with an appeal for time to pay the balance. Mohammed stressed that the fines imposed on the stations by the National Broadcasting Commission…

The trial of erstwhile Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to Kwara State governor on Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, commenced on Thursday, November 19, 2020 with the prosecution calling its star witness, Kunle Adimula. Saraki, a cousin to the immediate past president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki allegedly collected a sum of N11,180,000 (eleven million, one hundred and eighty thousand naira) meant to execute some projects under the MDGs, a sum which exceeded the cash payable to an individual. The offence is contrary to Section 1 and 16 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and…

Justice Hammada Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State on Thursday, November 19, 2020, ordered the final forfeiture of an uncompleted building, located on No. 37 AV Road, Barracks Road, Jimeta Yola, Adamawa State, belonging to one Sulaiman Musa Bazza, in favour of the federal government. Bazza is is a public servant in the Federal Pay Office, Damaturu. The order followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the building, believed to be proceeds of corruption by the defendant, who is under criminal investigation by the Commission. EFCC, CBN partner to tackle ATM,…

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the alleged massacre at the Lekki toll gate was the first massacre he has seen without massacre. He stated this while addressing the media in Abuja on Thursday, stressing that anyone with evidence should approach the Judicial Panel of Inquiry. Describing it as a “social media massacre” he noted that the Nigerian Army did not use live ammunition. “While we await the Judicial Panel in Lagos to unravel what transpired at the Lekki Toll Gate, what we can say, based on testimonies available in the public space, is that the world…

The Nigerian government has condemned a report by CNN report claiming there was a massacre of #EndSARS protesters on October 20 by security agents. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking on the alleged misinformation by the news outlet. He also pointed out that there are inconsistencies in the CNN report and that the reporter should be sanctioned. “Like everyone else, I watched the CNN report. I must tell you that it reinforces the disinformation that is going round, and it is blatantly irresponsible and a poor piece of journalistic work…

Pep Guardiola has signed a new two-year deal that will see him remain as Manchester City manager until the summer of 2023. The 49-year-old has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups since joining in 2016. His previous deal was due to expire at the end of this season. Since joining Manchester City, Pep has had a transformational effect on the Club’s playing style and has guided the team to eight major trophies, setting a series of significant records along the way. In total, the team has won 181 of the 245 matches under his…

The Federal Government says DJ Switch (real name, Obianuju Catherine Udeh) is “a fraud and a front for divisive and destructive forces’’ that will be exposed in the fullness of time. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking on the roles the Nigerian disk jockey played on the alleged Lekki tollgate “massacre’’ of Oct. 21. The minister who was addressing the media on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath said DJ Switch was one of the purveyors of fake news and disinformation during and after the #EndSARS protest. He said: “even…