Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board has approved March 22, as the third phase resumption date for primary 3, 2, 1 and Early Child Care Development classes in public primary schools across the state.
The Director Schools Management, Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Boar, Idris Aliyu, announced the resumption in a statement in Kaduna on Friday.
The Director said that government has reviewed the COVID-19 situation in schools and decided it was safe for the remaining classes in public primary schools to resume learning.
Recall that the state government had reopened all other classes in the first and second phase of school reopening that began in February.
The Federal Government says it has enrolled 924,590 out-of-school children under Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme in Nigeria.
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, revealed this in his address delivered at the launching of the BESDA programme held in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.
The Minister said that since inception, the Better Education Service Delivery for All Program has successfully enrolled 924,590 out of the previous figures of 10, 193, 918 out of school children in the Country
He said that for any country to develop, it must have a well developed educational system that equips its people and prepares them with adequate knowledge.
On his part, Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, said that out of the 10.5 million out-of-school children in the country, the state had a significant number which has now become a thing of the past.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers state.
The approval was announced on Wednesday, at the 38th virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Speaking with state house correspondents, Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, said the rehabilitation will be done in three phases of 18, 24 and 44 months.
He said the contract was awarded to Tecnimont SPA, an Italian company.
Sylva said the funding has three components from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) internally generated revenue (IGR), Afreximbank and budgetary provisions.
He said The Ministry of Petroleum Resources presented a memo on the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery for the sum of 1.5 billion, and that memo was $1.5 billion and it was approved by council today.
As the nation searches for a lasting solution to the myriad of security challenges facing it, traditionalists in Ogun State have expressed their readiness to put an end to killings, kidnapping, and banditry in Yorubaland.
But, leaders of the traditionalists in Ogun State say they have what it takes to save the state and Yorubaland from the security quagmire.
The traditional worshippers believe the South West region got it wrong when it placed so much preference on “Western religions”, ignoring the religion of the African society.
Speaking in an interview in Abeokuta, the Olu Isese of Ogun State, Dr. Ifarotimi Adifagbola, disclosed that there are many deities that could be called upon to rise for the defense of the Yoruba race.
In his words, the Oba Isegun of Obada, Chief Ololade Sunday, emphasized that no bandit would be able to wreak havoc in the entire Yoruba land if traditionalists are allowed to employ spiritual powers in confronting them.
Sunday stated that the killing of Yorubas could only happen in communities where the monarchs have no regard for tradition.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, admitted that despite his regime’s recent closure of land borders, arms and ammunition continued flowing illegally.
He attributed the problem to the situation in Libya, saying that once the country remains unstable, illegal arms and ammunition will continue to flow in the Sahel region of Africa.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while receiving in farewell audience the outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas.
The statement was titled “An unstable Libya remains a problem for the Sahel region, says President Buhari.”
Nigeria shut its land borders in August 2019 to crack down on smuggling.
Troops from 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, on Wednesday 17 March, 2021, successfully rescued 10 persons who were recently kidnapped from their quarters at Kaduna International Airport. The rescue operation was without any mishap or casualty.
The rescue operation happened when the troops who were patrolling one of the forests in Kaduna came in contact with the kidnappers and their victims.
On sighting the soldiers, the bandits opened fire, prompting the troops to decisively engage them. With a superior fire power, troops soon overwhelmed them and they were forced to abandon their victims and take to their heels.
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallan Nasir El-Rufai, visiting the rescued victims commends the Army.
The victims comprising one man, three women and six children were immeadiately evacuated to a military facility where they are currently undergoing medical check.
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallan Nasir El-Rufai, while visiting the rescued victims, commended the Nigerian Army for a spectacular job. He also consoled the victims for the trauma they went through in the hands of their abductors.
Nigeria’s Presidency, on Thursday, said six of the 12 Super Tucano fighter aircraft earlier ordered by the Federal Government are billed to arrive by July 2021.
The Spokesman for the President, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement titled, ‘Nigeria’s Super Tucanos To Arrive Mid-July 2021’.
It read, “Six of the twelve Super Tucanos are on track to arrive in mid-July 2021. With the remaining six shortly after that. There are 14 Nigerian pilots currently training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.
The Federal Government in February, 2018 placed an order for 12 Super Tucano aircraft at a cost of $496million. Several delivery dates have been announced for the aircraft but the fighter jets have not been delivered.
It was earlier earlier reported that the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), alleged that $1bn funds meant to purchase arms including the Super Tucanos to tackle insurgency during the ex-service chiefs’ tenure got missing.
British Airways says it’s considering selling headquarters building because of a switch to homeworking during the pandemic means it may no longer need so much office space.
The potential sale of the building, first reported by the Financial Times, could boost the airline’s finances which have been hammered by COVID-19.
The building was completed in 1998 at a cost of 200 million pounds ($279 million).
The shift to homeworking over the last year has already prompted some of Britain’s biggest companies to make changes to their office footprints. Banking giant Lloyds said it would cut office space by 20% within three years, with HSBC aiming for a 40% reduction.
The BA complex, Waterside, is near Heathrow Airport, west of London, and is also the headquarters of British Airways parent company, IAG.
British Airways said in a statement that many employees enjoyed working from home and its future policy would likely be a flexible mix of home and office working.
To survive the pandemic, British Airways has spent the last year cutting costs, including shedding over 10,000 employees, leaving it with about 30,000, most of whom don’t work in the office but are pilots, cabin crew, engineers or airport staff.
The airline has also sought to raise cash by selling famous works of art that formerly hung in its executive lounges.
Waterside’s long-term future was already hanging in the balance as it would need to be demolished if the proposed expansion of Heathrow goes ahead.
World leading electric car manufacturers, Volkswagen present plan to produce batteries in-house.
The German carmaker said it will establish six battery factories with its partners in Europe by 2030.
Starting in Sweden and Germany, the company expects to secure the supply of batteries for its brands, and produce battery cells with an energy value of 240 gigawatt hours per year.
It also presented a plan to develop a new unified prismatic battery cell which is planned to be rolled out in 2023 and applied to as much as 80 percent of its electric vehicles in 2030.
Before Volkswagen made its move, Tesla announced its plan to reduce its reliance on outside suppliers for batteries.
Last September, the company said it had designed and was producing its own battery cells at a facility in Fremont.
During the formation and aging process the cell is electrical contacted, charged and uncharged and voltage monitored.
Tesla also unveiled a plan to sharply reduce battery pack costs within three years.
In accordance with the plan, it agreed to acquire German ATW Automation, a supplier which assembles battery modules and packs, last October.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that within three years, the company can produce 25-thousand U.S. dollar full self-driving cars.
Another leading automaker, Ford also mentioned it looked into the possibility of making its own battery cells and packs last November.
Market observers say that electric car markers’ in-house production plans would put pressure on suppliers to lower prices, and therefore bring down overall battery costs.
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