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  • BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Scores Of Students In Zamfara College

    BREAKING: Gunmen Abduct Scores Of Students In Zamfara College

    Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have attacked the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara state

    Sources told Channels Television that the bandits stormed the institution around 11 pm on Sunday and kidnapped an unspecified numbers of students and staff of the college.

    The gunmen also killed a security personnel and two watchmen.

    Police Public Relations Officer in the state SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident, adding that the command will soon release a statement concerning the situation.

    This is not the first time that the school is being attacked by bandits.

    In July, the Provost of the school, Mr Habibu Mainasara was kidnapped from his official residence in the institution.

     The bandits demanded a ransom of N5 million from his family with negotiations commencing for his release.

    But his brother, Nasiru Mainasara, said prominent members of the community told the family to stop the negotiation and assured them that he will be rescued safely.

    He was eventually released after three days in captivity.

  • PHOTOS: Ogun School Observes ‘Social Distancing’ During Mock Exam

    PHOTOS: Ogun School Observes ‘Social Distancing’ During Mock Exam

    The school, Al Minhaaj Schools said it was encouraging students to rely solely on themselves during examinations.

  • Student shot dead in a protest over tuition hike in Kaduna

    Student shot dead in a protest over tuition hike in Kaduna

    By Gabriel Udeh,, KADUNA

    A student of College of Education Gidan Waya, Kaduna state has been reportedly shot dead.
    Reports said he was shot dead on Monday during students protest over hike in school fees in Jema’a Local Government Area of the State,

    It was gathered that the deceased had joined his colleagues, who were protesting a hike in school fees when security operatives shot him in attempted to disperse them forcefully.

    The state Police Spokesman, ASP Mohammad Jalige, could mot confirm the incident when contacted.

  • Kogi Poly Expels 42 Students For Examination Malpractices, Forgery, Thefts In Kogi

    Kogi Poly Expels 42 Students For Examination Malpractices, Forgery, Thefts In Kogi

    By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, on Thursday approved the expulsion of 42 students for offenses bordering on theft, examination malpractices and forging of results.

    This was contained in a statement made available to the press in Lokoja on Friday by Mrs. Omale Uredo, the Head Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the institution.

    Among the expelled students according to the statement was Mr. Victor Attah of ND II, Business Administration Department who was involved in the running of an illegal examination syndicate, popularly known as Magic Centre in connivance with one Ibrahim Hayatu who was the ring leader.

    “Similarly, Mr. Akerele Oluwaseun, an ND I student of the Department of Computer Science, with Matric No 2019/ND/CPS/676 was expelled for stealing a bag belonging to one Abdulganiyu Mohammed from the same Department.”

    The statement further disclosed that other 40 expelled students from the institution were those that forged National Diploma (ND) Results to secure Higher National Diploma (HND) admissions.

    The Academic Board presided over by the Rector, Dr. Salisu O. Usman, resolved that the provisional admission of the detected students should be withdrawn for Gross Misconduct.

    The Rector used the occasion to restate the commitment of the Governing Council, Management and Academic Board to upholding the dignity of the Polytechnic through strict adherence to rules, just as he solicited support from all and sundry so as to achieve more for the institution.

    In another development, the Board also constituted investigative committee to take a comprehensive look at the results from the Department of Business Administration in the last three academic sessions.

    This according to the Board was sequel to complaints of wrong computation of results from the Department and to make recommendations that could assist in addressing the problem in setting records straight.

    On the issue of Industrial Training, the Board further reiterated that on no condition should letters for Industrial Training be issued before approval of results by the Academic Board.

  • Two Dead As 70 Students Contract Gastroenteritis In Sokoto School

    Two Dead As 70 Students Contract Gastroenteritis In Sokoto School

    Two students of Government Girls College Sokoto have so far lost their lives following the outbreak of Gastroenteritis at the school.

    Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea and gastro, is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract—the stomach and intestine.

    Sokoto State Commissioner for Science and Technology Kulu Haruna confirmed the outbreak of the disease in a press release to newsmen in Sokoto.

    According to her, 70 students were affected by the disease and 50 of them have been discharged with only 20 students still in admission.

    She said the state government has been working together with the Ministry of Health to bring the spread of the infection under control.

    The commissioner dismissed the rumour of contaminated water through borehole, maintaining that the state government does not joke with the safety of citizens residing in the state.

    Meanwhile, the management of the school have announced a two weeks break for the students to allow for proper investigation and as a possible solution to the outbreak.

  • Adamawa State Polytechnic outgoing students destroyed 500 Capacity Hall

    Adamawa State Polytechnic outgoing students destroyed 500 Capacity Hall

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    The outgoing students of the Adamawa state polytechnic destroyed a 500 capacity multipurpose lecture theatre, Students’ Union Government building and a male hostel during an unprovoked riot.

    The rector who was vividly shaken by the incident told newsmen that the riot was unprovoked noting that it was sparked by revelries and celebration by outgoing students.

    ” Outgoing students usually celebrate what they call signing out. Each department celebrates this signing out. They usually go round the campus in celebration. The departments started this on Monday after finishing their exams that is second semester exam.

    ” After their exams, science laboratory technology students went to the football pitch to celebrate, but the security men reported to me that what they are doing is going to create problems because they are taking bottles of beer and smoking.

    ” I asked them to call the union leaders of the department. When the union leaders came, we told them that what they are doing is illegal. We asked them whether they were given permission to do it to which they they said no. So we asked them to stop the signing out immediately.

    ” The student’s affairs division issued a circular that there should be no more signing out again.

    ” But this morning when we came-in, students from crime department also finished their exam around 10:00am. So they started celebrating the so called signing out and security personnel, civil defence and the student’s union president told them to stop because there was a circular to that effect.

    ” They started throwing stones at the security personnel. Along the line, they damaged the car of the student union president. From there, they mobilized themselves they went out of the school premises even though security men tried to stop them.

    ” They became agitated and chased the security men. They came out and moved up to the roundabout. We invited security personnel of operation Farauta who chased them back to the campus using teargas.

    ” They mobilized again and security men started throwing teargas at them. The students in turn throw stones at the security personnel. But unfortunately, the security men are very few so they can’t confront the students.

    ” The police sent for reinforcements but before the reinforcement came, the students started serious destruction.

    ” They damaged the school’s 500 capacity multipurpose lecture theatre, they burnt the students union building completely and burnt part of block E, that is male hostel,” he said.

    The rector noted that in order to avert further destruction, the management of the institution has shutdown the college indefinitely adding that an investigation committee will be put in place to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the riot.

  • FG Remains Resolute In Tackling Abductions Of Students – Buhari

    FG Remains Resolute In Tackling Abductions Of Students – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to tackling the scourge of schoolchildren’s abductions despite the attacks on educational institutions in the country.

    He stated this on Friday while receiving the National Working Group of the Supporting Advancement of Gender Equity Initiative at the State House in Abuja.

    “Despite the spike of incidence of the abduction of school children and other security challenges, this government remains resolute in his pursuit of a just and credible society devoid of inequalities and promotion of the rule of law,” Buhari said.

    “Let me assure you all that we remain committed to working with groups such as yours to address these challenges.

    “As a leader of the government governing party, I will lend my voice to the amendment of the party constitution, which is ongoing now. And is the entry point for effective and meaningful participation of women in elective offices. Once again, thank you for your efforts and support to women.”

    The President underscored a zero-tolerance towards gender-based violence in the country, directing the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen to immediately inaugurate an inter-ministerial gender-based violence management committee, to address all forms of violence against women and children.

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    While renewing Nigeria’s commitment to raising the bar for women’s representation at all levels, locally and internationally, President Buhari equally voiced concerns over increasing out-of-school children in the country.

    Among those physically in attendance is ex-President of Malawi, Joyce Banda; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Women Affairs, Paulin Tallen; ex-President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani (who attended virtually); Emir of Keffi; Entertainer Tuface Idibia, amidst other senior government officials.

    President Buhari asks Ministers of Justice and women affairs to work with the National Assembly to ensure implementation of 35percent affirmative action as constitutional and electoral reform processes are ongoing.

    READ BUHARI’S FULL SPEECH HERE:

    Your Excellencies, former president of the Republic of Kosovo, Liberia, and Malawi secretary to the government of the Federation, chief of staff, Honourable Minister, a women affairs and Information, Senator Ken Nnamani former President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hajia Inna Mariam Chiroma, former Minister of human affairs, Your Royal Highness of Keffi, senior government officials, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

    This meeting taking place today is very timely. The month of March holds a lot of promises for women around the globe, including Nigerian women. Let me, therefore, start by wishing all of you a belated Happy International Women’s Day and happy women’s month.

    I want to commend our group for taking an interest in our national development and advancement by adding your platform to demand an increase in women’s participation in governance and decision-making at all levels.

    Women are an incredible force in strengthening our democracy and promoting the culture of peace and food security.

    I am most grateful for the role women have played and continue to play in our government. Their contributions, have been able in sustaining our social economy fabric from the corridors of decision making to rural communities.

    This administration places a premium on promoting women’s inclusiveness, international development, as we have demonstrated with those holding key portfolios in this administration. They include the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning. Minister women’s Affairs, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs disaster management and social development. Minister of State for industry trade and investment, minister of state for the environment. Minister of State for transportation, minister of state for Federal Capital Territory, head of the civil service of the Federation, Chair federal character commission, Managing Director Nigerian ports authority and others.

    The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, women in leadership, achieving an equal future in a Coronavirus world calls for more concerted efforts and Nigeria is more than ever committed to join in raising the bar for women’s representation at all levels.

    This administration has demonstrated this by engaging in intense diplomacy to support the aspirations of Nigerian women to provide leadership and at the global stage. I’m very proud of the achievements of my former minister for environment and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Fatima Mohammed Kyari as African Union permanent observer to the United Nations and the newly elected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

    We will continue to support them to succeed and we shall continue to advocate our women who qualify to lead international fora.

    In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its attendant problems, including the spike in gender-based violence, this administration promptly responded by declaring zero tolerance to gender-based violence in the country. I have since directed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in collaboration with the minister of women’s affairs, to immediately inaugurate an inter-ministerial gender-based violence management committee to address all forms of violence against women, and children in the country. This body is already in place and running.

    In addition, I have approved that 45% of the small and medium scale enterprise funds be reserved exclusively for me, with 5% goes to other vulnerable groups. This apart from the immediate relatives targeting them, we have also expanded our social intervention programmes to further address the needs of the most vulnerable women in our society.

    Education of the girl child and the empowerment of mothers are fundamental to achieving an increase in the number of female leaders in the country, and the objective of lifting 100 million of our citizens out of poverty in 10 years.

    At the commissioning of the Ministry of Home Affairs headquarters building in January 2020, I had pledged to add child marriage and boost girl child education across the country. This is born out of my concern on the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. This government would sustain ongoing efforts to address this issue.

    I am aware that given the size of our population, more can be done to improve the participation of Nigerian women in politics, and in seeking elective office. The twin evils of limited access to education, and poverty and gender-based violence remains a strong inhibitor. However, our resolve remains unshaken in tackling these issues.

    Despite the spike of incidence of the abduction of school children and other security challenges, this government remains resolute in its pursuit of a just and credible society devoid of inequalities and promotion of the rule of law.

    Let me assure you all that we remain committed to working with groups such as yours to address these challenges.

    As a leader of the government governing party, I will lend my voice to the amendment of the party constitution, which is ongoing now. And is the entry point for effective and meaningful participation of women in elective offices. Once again, thank you for your efforts and support to women.

    Let me conclude by recommending that in your specific area of advocacy, which is increasing women’s participation in electoral processes through legal reforms, I will as the minister ministers women’s affairs and justice to work with the National Assembly to ensure necessary reforms are part of the ongoing constitutional and electoral reform processes.

    Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

  • Danger looms for returning students in A’Ibom over unhealthy school environment

    By Samuel Ogenyi, Uyo

    As exit students return to Schools in Akwa Ibom, there remained the danger posed by bushy school environment as most of the schools in the state are yet to be cleaned up in readiness for a academic programmes.

    This is even after the state government has said it would decontaminate and clean up the schools to make them habitable for students.

    A visit to some of the schools revealed that many have not be readied for school resumption with tall grasses growing in them with just few clean enough for safe academic programme.

    Snakes, and other reptiles are battling for space in most of the government owned Secondary schools following the five months forced closure prompted by the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.

    With most of them day schools, there has been no human presence in most of the facilities except locals and security men with the attendant result that most of them have become quite dirty and overgrown with bushes.

    The schools were not fumigated before resumption as directed by the Ministry of Education and teachers were not trained on how to teach and relate in the wake of Covid-19..

    For instance in Community Secondary Grammar School , Ikot Essien in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area, media report say the principal Mrs Enobong Usungurua is said to have killed two snakes in her office as she resumed duty for Senior Secondary Three students who are preparing for West African Examination Council exams .

    At Cornelia Conelly College, Uyo only the football field and areas around the School hall where the SS3 students receive lectures and the part of the dormitory where they reside that have been cleared.

    It was however observed that the School only provided water without soap for students to decontaminate themselves.

    At Ukpaubong Community Secondary School, Itam in Itu local government area, pupils used the entire last week, one of the two weeks meant for revision before writing the West African School Certificate Examination to cut grasses in parts of the school around classrooms and administrative block.

    Schools like Government Technical School, Mbioto in Etinan local government area and Comprehensive Secondary School, Ikot Akpa Etok/Ediam among others were not given thermometers on the ground that their population were below 1500 pupils.

    Schools were given large plastic buckets by the ministry for hand washing as well as liquid soap while sanitizers were not made available.

    With the state of affairs observers believe that the health and lives of students are being put at risk as the general outlook showed a lack of preparedness by the state government for resumption of schools.

    Meanwhile the state Commissioner for Education, Dr Enobong Mbobo has bemoaned the lack of conformity to the COVID 19 protocols by students stressing that schools could be shut down if these protocols are not observed.

    Mbobo who visited Ikono Ibom Comprehensive School Ikot Anyan Ikono and Community Secondary Commercial School, Ikot Oku Ikono also expressed disappointment that some of the students have no desks or chairs for their lessons.

  • COVID -19: Kano Govt distributes 2m face masks to transport unions, students

    COVID -19: Kano Govt distributes 2m face masks to transport unions, students

    The Kano State Government on Sunday distributed 2 million face masks to various groups in the state, in an effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

    The distribution of the face masks was carried out by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.

    He said that the gesture would go a long way in curbing the spread of the pandemic.

    According to him, National Association of Transport Owners (NARTO), the National Union of Transport Workers (NURTW), student unions, markets associations, among others will benefit from the exercise.

    Ganduje said that the state government had made the wearing of face mask compulsory in public places across the state.

    “If the state government wants to sustain the efforts it has made in curtailing the disease in the state, COVID-19 protocols must be followed.

    “Although Kano State is winning the war against Coronavirus, there are some issues to stick to, especially coordination among the stakeholders to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols.

    “We have also observed that people are not comfortable with wearing face masks, which is a very important preventive measure.

    “We are working with relevant stakeholders, especially security agents to ensure total compliance in the state,” he said.

    He said that transport unions must ensure that the face masks are distributed to their members and drivers must ensure every passenger wears one before boarding their vehicle.

    The Deputy Governor of Kano state, Alhaji Nasiru Gawuna, said that the state government had earlier distributed 3 million pieces of face masks to various organisations in the state.

    Gawuna, however, urged the public to take responsibility to complement the government’s efforts to curb the spread of the virus.

    In his comment, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, said that the Emirate would continue to call on the good people of the state to abide by the order since it was meant for the general well-being of the public.

    “We are calling on the good people of Kano State to abide by the laid down rules and regulations, especially, during Eid-el-Kabir,” he said.(NAN)

  • 2 students arraigned over alleged cult membership

    2 students arraigned over alleged cult membership

    Two students, Leonard Aluor and Chijioke Awoh, were, on Wednesday, arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged membership of a secret cult.
    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are facing a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society, punishable under Sections 97 of the Penal Code, Laws of Benue, 2004.
    The Prosecuting Counsel, ASP Hyacinth Gbakor, told the court that a team from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) arrested Aluor and Awoh on June 4, at Yakyor area of Markurdi.
    He said that the SARS team got a call from members of the public who reported that cultists were on rampage in the area.
    Gbakor further said that the defendants had confessed during police investigation that they were members of the Black Skull confraternity.
    The prosecutor further said that the defendants had mentioned other people who were accomplices in the act.
    Gbakor, who said that investigation on the matter was still ongoing, asked for adjournment to enable the police conclude their investigation.
    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Isaac Ajim, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N100,000 each, with a surety each in like sum.
    Ajim, thereafter, adjourned the case till July 29, for further mention. (NAN)