According to the State Commissioner of Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, who made the disclosure while participating in a virtual workshop organised by the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Government has said schools across the state are expected to resume on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
Read more details at Daily Trust.
Punch reports that Governor Simon Lalong of
Plateau State has further relaxed the curfew imposed earlier on Jos North Local
Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday
night which also said the ban earlier placed on the operations of tricycles has
been lifted. Recall that the governor had imposed a curfew in
Jos North, Jos South and Bassa LGAs following an attack on a convoy of buses
conveying some worshippers returning to Ondo after attending an Islamic programme
in Bauchi which left 22 travellers dead and 14 others injured.
The breakdown according to states: Lagos 204, Rivers 89,
Edo 65, FCT 50, Oyo 47, Enugu 46, Ekiti 24, Cross River 17, Delta 15, Gombe 15,
Osun 12, Plateau 6, Benue 5 and Kano 2.
Honourable Justice K. C. J Okereke of Abia State High Court,
on Tuesday, granted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu, an order to serve by substituted means, an application for
enforcement of his Fundamental Rights. Mazi Kanu is demanding, among other things, to be returned to Kenya
where he was “abducted”, and subsequently Britain his country of abode before
the federal government would apply for his repatriation. He is also
demanding an apology from the federal government and N5 billion damages for
the manner in which he was extradited back to Nigeria.
The Service Chiefs have briefed the President over the
successes recorded so far by the security agencies in the fight against
insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other criminal elements in various parts
of the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General
Babagana Monguno (Rtd), who briefed State House reporters after the meeting,
said President Muhammadu Buhari is very happy with the successes achieved so
far. Also in attendance were Minister of Defence, General Bashir
Magashi (retd), Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the service chiefs led by Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS), General Lucky Irabor.
A
new interim government in Afghanistan, naming Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as
the country's interim prime minister has officially declared the country an
"Islamic Emirate". Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is one of the movement's founders.
Gunmen
reportedly invaded Keke, a community in Chikun Local Government Area of
Kaduna State, around midnight and 18 people have been kidnapped. According to
eyewitnesses, the gunmen arrived in a large number, creating chaos before
kidnapping the eighteen people.
In an
interview with BeatFM this morning, BBNaija star,Tega, when asked if she
has tendered a public apology to her husband, Ajeboh KrisLawrence,
over her affair with Boma during the show said she has spoken to her
husband and that they are good. This is contradictory to the statement by
her husband who in an interview he granted on
Monday, said he is yet to speak with her since she got evicted. Meanwhile the ex-housemate was seen on a media tour after her eviction without wearing her wedding ring.
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu before the state high court for the murder of Usifo Ataga, the late CEO of Super TV has
been ordered by a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos. The court also ordered that one
Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu, Chidinma’s sister, found in possession of
Ataga’s iPhone 7, should face trial for possessing stolen items.
In a chat with Channels TV on Monday, Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says the “differential scores” that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) allot to northern students have “made our people lazy”.
Office of the Accountant-General of Nigeria (OAGF) has announced that the Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, said the decentralisation of the operations of the IPPIS has become necessary to
reduce the pressure on the IPPIS headquarters and expressed optimism that the
arrangement will enhance greater efficiency in the management of the payroll
system. He also tasked key players on integrity and dedication.
Read more details at TNL.
To mark its second anniversary Amala360, has reduced its prices by half. This is according to its Manager Integrated Marketing Communications, Ms Onyinyenchi Azubuike.
Read more details at Blueprint.
The
federal government has asked all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to
submit their 2022 budget proposals by Sunday, September 5.
Annie Macaulay
Idibia has taken to Instagram to slam Tuface Idibia, her husband, for allegedly spending nights under the
same roof with the mother of some of his children.
The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced at a meeting of the
health commissioners forum on Thursday in Abuja that the government
wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they sometimes
represent Nigeria abroad.
Read more details at The Cable.
This week another variant of COVID-19, called Mu, has been
identified in every U.S. state aside from Nebraska, Vermont and South Dakota
and the properties in Mu could make it resistant to current vaccines, though
more research is needed before this can be confirmed says the World Health
Organisation.
DCLVB football academy is reportedly set to hold a 3-day screening exercise scheduled to start on 15 October and end on 18 October at Area 3 Playing Field and Papal Ground along Kubwa –Kaduna Expressway. They are said to be looking for 18 players aged 18-22 years and 2 coaches. 20 scouts from top European clubs will assess them for possible travel to Holland and opportunity to sign professional contracts. According to Jeremiah Imongan, the Country repesentative of DCLVB, “the programme will offer opportunities to … access free training and trials for European club sides. Accommodation, feeding and training kits will be provided for the players during the screening exercise.
The report on the forensic audit of the Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC) has been received on behalf of President by minister of Justice and attorney-general of
the federation, Aubakar Malami, SAN.
President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2019, ordered a forensic audit of NDDC’s
operations from 2001 to 2019. Then-acting managing director of the commission, Kemebradikumo
Pondei, was sacked over allegations of
mismanagement of funds and the president appointed Effiong Akwa as the new head
of the agency in December 2020. According to Malami, in spite of the huge
resources made available to uplift the living standard of Niger Delta people
there are over 13,777 uncompleted and unverified development projects in the
Niger Delta Region and 362 accounts belonging to the NDDC were not properly
reconciled.
Also, approximately N6 trillion was given
to the Commission for the period investigated. The federal
government says it will prosecute those behind the alleged mismanagement of funds
meant for the development of the Niger Delta region.
Nigeria’s foremost military institution, the Nigerian
Defence Academy, in Afaka, Kaduna has been attacked by gunmen killing two
officers – identified as Lieutenant Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo.
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of
Sokoto State on Monday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to
resuscitate grazing reserves only in states or areas where the
people were interested
as against reinventing grazing
reserves in the country because open pastoralism is not in the interest of even
the Fulani herdsmen.
The
Governor said so in Lagos during the 63rd Birthday lecture of Mr. Richard
Akinnola, a renowned journalist and author. He also said that it is high time
Nigeria had a rethink on open grazing.
In his ruling on Monday, Justice John Targema of the
National Industrial Court, Abuja division, has ordered the Nigerian Association
of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its ongoing nationwide strike
commenced on August 1 to protest against inadequate allowances, irregular
payment of salaries, among others.
This is following federal government’s lawsuit, filed against the association, asking the court for an order of interlocutory injunction restraining members of NARD from continuing with the industrial action. By the order, both parties are to suspend all forms of hostilities and return to the state of things before the strike until the final determination of the matter pending before the court.
