President Muhammadu Buhari Has Commemorated With Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo On His 65th Birthday, Describing Him As A Resourceful And A Loyal Public Servant.
In A Statement On Tuesday, By The Special Adviser To The President Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, On Behalf Of His Principal, Noted The Worthy Contributions Of The Vice President To The Development Of The Country And Also His Selfless Sacrifice In Bringing The Government Closer To The People,
President Buhari Affirmed That Osinbajo Has Placed The People At The Centre Of Governance By Regularly Advocating Policies That Support Human Development.
At least eleven countries including United States have condemned the North Korea’s renewed missile test over the weekend.
North Korea had on Saturday fired a single ballistic missile into waters off the east of the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the country’s ninth such test of the year.
Condemning the launch, the U.S., Albania, Australia, Brazil, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea and Britain in a joint statement released Monday, noted that Pyongyang “violated multiple Security Council resolutions.’
The UN Security Council was also criticized by the countries, saying it “continues to remain silent’’ as North Korea escalates its destabilising actions.
Passengers were left stranded Tuesday morning at the various Bus Rapid Transit terminals across the state with no bus in sight.
There are speculations the BRT has suspended operations for fear of attack following the death of 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwole, who was allegedly abducted and killed after boarding a BRT vehicle on Friday.
Our correspondent, who visited the Ikorodu BRT terminal, confirmed that there were no buses at the terminal to convey stranded passengers to their various destinations.
An official of Primero, who preferred anonymity, confirmed to correspondents that the operations of the BRT had been temporarily suspended across the state owing to the unfortunate incident that led to the killing of Bamise.
But he assured the commuters that the issue was being handled by the state government and services would be restored as soon as possible.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has condoled with the family of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the slain 22-year-old lady who earlier went missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle.
In an Instagram post late Monday, Sanwo-Olu noted that the life of every Lagosian was important to the government.
He added that his prayers were with the victim’s family, as he assured them that justice will be served.
In his message to Lagosians, Sanwo-Olu wrote, “Dear Lagosians, the life of every citizen of the state matters to us, and we do not take the security of our people for granted.
Scotland’s World Cup play-off against Ukraine has been postponed.
The nations were set to meet at Hampden on 24 March but Ukraine requested that Fifa move the tie back following Russia’s invasion of the country.
As a result, the play-off final for the winners against either Wales or Austria will now also be delayed
Discussions are under way for a new date, with the Nations League window in June the most likely option.
A large contingent of recent squads selected by Ukraine contains players from their homeland, with 15 out of the 23-man pool for November’s World Cup qualifiers playing in their home leagues.
The House of Representatives has receded the pro-women bills that were rejected during the voting on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution last week Tuesday and relisted them for reconsideration.
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives, made this announcement after executive (closed doors) session at the commencement of plenary on Tuesday.
The House had voted against the Bills Acts to alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for Affirmative Action for Women in Political Party Administration; expand the Scope of Citizenship by Registration and provide Criteria for Qualification to become an Indigene of a State in Nigeria.
Since last Wednesday, hundreds of of women have besieged the National Assembly, blocking the main entrance to the nation’s Parliament premises within the three arms zone to protest the death of the bills.
After a Federal High Court, Abuja granted an order sacking the Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi and his Deputy, Eric Igwe from their respective positions, the court has also granted an order sacking 17 members of the Ebonyi state house of assembly.
The affected 17 lawmakers were part of the individuals that defected with Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Earlier, it had been reported that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, granted an order that restrained Umahi and Igwe from parading themselves as the Governor and Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, on the grounds that the mandate which they enjoy was given to them under the platform of the PDP.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked David Umahi and Dr Eric Igwe as Governor and Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State respectively.
Justice Inyang Ekwo Tuesday ordered the duo to vacate their offices, after their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The judge held that the votes that brought them to bureau belonged to the PDP and cannot hold on to the votes having elected to jettison the party that nominated them.
Ekwo also held that the votes cast for PDP in the March 9, 2019 governorship election are not transferrable to the APC that failed in the election
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has expressed its readiness to hold its annual council meeting which also coincides with its platinum anniversary.
The anniversary would also be an opportunity for the council to present various awards to deserving awardees and personalities from Nigeria and other member countries under the auspices of its WAEC Endowment Fund, International Excellence and National Distinction/ Merit Awards in respect of WASSCE for school candidates, 2021.
Some of the awards include the Omo N’ Oba Erediauwa Coronation awards which would also be presented to the best male and best female candidates while the Augustus Bandel Oyediran trophy award, would be presented to the school with the best aggregate result in WASSCE for school candidates, 2021.
The Head of Nigeria National Office (HNO), WAEC, Patrick Areghan who briefed journalists, in Lagos, said the council meeting which would feature the 27th endowment fund lecture to be delivered by Prof. Ngozi Azuka Osarenren from the Educational Foundation Department of the University of Lagos, would hold on March 14, in Abuja.
He said the council meeting is held on a rotational basis among the five member countries to deliberate on; providing qualitative and reliable educational assessment, encouraging academic and morale excellence; promoting sustainable human resource development and promoting international cooperation.
The meeting, he added, also affords the host country a rare opportunity to interact with stakeholders in the education sector, member of the diplomatic corps, as well as opportunity to showcase its economic, cultural and tourism potentials.
The HNO stated that though holding both virtually and physically, various awards would be presented to deserving awardees and personalities from Nigeria and other member countries under the auspices of the WAEC Endowment Fund, International Excellence and National Distinction/ Merit Awards in respect of WASSCE for School Candidates, 2021, are going to be presented to deserving candidates.
He emphasised on the council’s achievement in the last 70 years saying, WAEC has creditably executed its functions by successfully meeting the educational aspirations of its teeming clientele across the sub-region for 70 years now.
The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) is hiring former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s elite private school to accommodate examiners marking Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations in a deal sources say could be worth a fortune.
Traditionally, the examinations board makes use of publicly funded educational institutions.
Sources told local media on Monday that examiners are housed at the controversially established Amai Grace Mugabe School in Mazowe for more than a month.
It also emerged that Zimsec has another deal with the Zaoga owned, Ezekiel Guti University (Zegu) in Bundura, having shunned the Bindura University of Science Education (Buse).
Zimsec Public relations manager, Nicky Dhlamini Moyo confirmed the developments in an interview saying there was nothing amiss about the arrangement.
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