Tuesday, 14 November 2017

News extract 14th November 2017

PMB Backs el-Rufai Over Planned Sack Of 21,780 Teachers

President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight of support behind Kaduna State governor, Nasir el- Rufai, on the plan to sack teachers who failed the competency test conducted by the state government.
About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers were said to have failed the primary four test administered on them to test their competence.
Leadership

Nigeria recovers $64.63m electricity debt from Benin, Niger
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had recovered $64.63m electricity debt from the Republics of Benin and Niger.
According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company has been directed to work out the modalities for the distribution of the money to power producing firms across the country.
Punch

Several injured as policemen, students, clash in Oyo
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, has said four cops were admitted to a hospital after being injured in a clash between the police and students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, on Monday.
The commissioner added that eight police vans were also damaged in the clash.
Punch

Dino Melaye, Bello rift: Onaiyekan unveils plan
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has promised to intervene in the feud between Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and Senator Dino Melaye.
Onaiyekan said the cold war between Bello and Melaye was no longer helping the state.
Daily post

UI gets 1st class History graduate
For the first time in 69 years, the University of Ibadan (UI) has produced its first graduate with a First Class honours degree in History.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Idowu Olayinka said Ozibo Ekele of the Department of History was one of the 186 students who made First Class at the 2015/2016 convocation ceremonies, which began yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Olayinka said 5,629 students graduated in various academic programmes from 12 faculties, including the Distance Learning Centre.
The nation

\Nnamdi Kanu sacked as IPOB leader, Director of Radio Biafra
The international media arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Radio Biafra, has resumed operations.
But instead of the fiery rhetoric with which it was associated with, the radio announced the sack of Nnamdi Kanu, as director and leader of IPOB.
Daily post

2 civil servants jailed 105 years for fraud in Abuja
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Monday sentenced two civil servants, Mohammed Audu and Yusuf Ayodeji, to 105 years imprisonment, for fraudulent activities.
The convicts who were Procurement Officers in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in July 2016.
Daily trust

JAMB to meet with stakeholders on UTME
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will meet with “critical” stakeholders in education today to appraise the general conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
Its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that the meeting, scheduled to hold in Abuja, would brainstorm on the conduct of the examination and identify possible areas for review.
The Nation

Four hospitalised over communal clash in Kwara
No fewer than four persons have sustained severe injuries from a communal clash between Osi and Etan, Ekiti local government area of Kwara state.
The injured are currently recuperating in the hospital.
The clash which started on Saturday night, it was gathered, was traceable to an age-long dispute between the two communities.
The Nation





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