The Oyo State government has banned any form of meetings by head teachers or teachers during school hours, whether within or outside public school premises. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, announced this on Tuesday while monitoring the resumption of schools in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeniran said the move was to ensure strict adherence to the unified school timetable in all public schools in the state. “This is a warning to all head teachers and teachers to desist from holding meetings during school hours. Henceforth, any primary school head teacher…
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The Abia State Government has emphasized the September 23, 2024, resumption date for the 2024/2025 academic session, warning that any schools in the state that resume before this date will face sanctions. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, issued this warning while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by Governor Alex Otti. Kanu expressed regret that some schools had resumed for the new academic session despite the government’s directive. “Some schools resumed yesterday, contrary to the directive given by the Ministry of Education. As the government reforms the education…
Following the release of the autopsy on his son, who allegedly died in a swimming pool in Umuahia, the father of the victim, Ephraim Onyemereneche is alleging what he called a “conspiracy of silence” on the part of all agencies involved in the investigation of the death of his cadet officer son. Recall that on the 4th of April, 2024, a NAF Tarmac Four cadet, CDT Emmanuel Chidiebere Onyemereneche, allegedly drowned in the swimming pool in a popular hotel in Umuahia. The victim, who was said to have a few months to graduate from the National Defence Academy, had come…
The Organised Private Sector has said that the consecutive monthly drop in the rate of inflation in Nigeria contradicts the current economic realities across the country. On Monday the National Bureau of Statistics in its Consumer Price Index report stated that “In August 2024, the headline inflation rate further eased to 32.15 per cent relative to the July 2024 headline inflation rate of 33.40 per cent. “Looking at the movement, the August 2024 headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 1.25 percentage points when compared to the July 2024 headline inflation rate.” The NBS said Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped in…
The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday responded to the threat by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to ignite crises in states under the control of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mohammed, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, said, “Nobody can put fire in Bauchi. We have volumes of water.” His statement was a direct response to Wike, who had warned PDP governors to steer clear of the crisis between him and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Earlier, the PDP Governors’ Forum had called for the cancellation of the…
The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee has said it disbursed N1.2 trillion earned as revenue in August 2024 to the Federal Government, states, and Local Government councils in Nigeria. The revenue distribution was announced at the September 2024 FAAC meeting in Abuja, a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, stated on Tuesday. The figure represents a decrease of 11 per cent or N155bn from N1.358tn distributed to the three tiers in July. The statement read, “A total sum of N1.203tn August 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue has been…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four bandits and rescued 20 kidnapped persons in separate operations across Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Additionally, soldiers in Plateau State arrested five gunrunners, including a female, in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Tuesday, said troops of Operation Forest Sanity and Operation Whirl Punch conducted successful missions, resulting in the neutralization of the bandits and the rescue of the kidnapped victims. Aruwan added that the first operation took…
Anthony Joshua has spoken about the “pain” he has endured in his professional boxing career ahead of his IBF world heavyweight title fight with Daniel Dubois at Wembley on Saturday. Joshua, 34, is looking to reclaim a world title for the first time since his first defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021, and told the BBC about the internal difficulties of attempting to return to the pinnacle of the sport, particularly given he fell short again against Usyk in August 2022. “I’ve worked hard and been through a lot of pain, and I’ve worked hard to get better,” he…
Fraud cases involving computer, mobile, and point-of-sale systems accounted for the majority of fraudulent activities recorded in Nigeria during the second quarter of 2024. This was revealed in the latest fraud report by the Financial Institutions Training Centre, which detailed a total of 11,532 cases during the period under review. “Computer/web fraud, mobile fraud, and POS-related fraud were the three most prevalent types, continuing the trend observed throughout 2023 and into the first quarter of 2024,” the report indicated. According to the report, the total value of fraud reported in the second quarter was N56.3bn, an increase from N34.8bn reported…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has promised to meet with key stakeholders to resolve the bureaucratic challenges denying Nigerian airline, Air Peace, landing rights at Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic. “It is diplomacy. There is no quarrel, and the Vice President has vowed to meet with his colleagues (on the matter),” founder and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, told State House Correspondents after a meeting between Shettima and Airline Operators of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. The PUNCH earlier reported that Air Peace’s efforts to get a slot…