Новости за 21.05.2021

The Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, Joseph Ari, on Thursday said the organisation has empowered 11,100 youths with technical skills through the 2020 National Industry Skills Development Programme. He said the aim of the programme was to tackle unemployment and poverty in the country. Ari spoke at the graduation of the programme’s trainees…

The West African Student’s Union has commended Aliko Dangote for his massive employment generation drive and implored other wealthy West African leaders to invest in industries in order to reduce unemployment in the region. The President of WASU, Romans Pillah, spoke a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, according to a statement made available to…

A team of Nigerian Breweries non-alcoholic beverage brand, Maltina, has distributed food and branded items to Muslim faithful in Lagos Island. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the brand said the act of kindness began on May 3 and ran till the end of the Ramadan and Eid el Fitr festivities. It added that the…

The Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company says it has developed a debt restructuring scheme for its customers. The company, in a statement made available to our correspondent, said under the scheme, customers’ debt repayment period would be extended to a maximum of 60 months depending on the debt profile in the serviced areas. The…

The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has said education is a catalyst for transformation in the society. A statement signed by Ayade said the Teachers Continuous Training Institute located in the Biase Local Government Area, would be the best in producing globally competitive teachers. He said, “Education is the basis for more societal transformation…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, has advised teachers to always help every child perform excellently. Adefisayo, who spoke in Lagos at the 2021 Africa Top School Awards, maintained that every child would do well academically if teachers brought out the best in them.  She said, “Every child deserves to do well,…

Some students of Corona Secondary School, Agbara, Ogun State, have won both national and international awards. The awards include the Council of British International Schools, National History Awards and Association for International Schools awards. A statement by the school said Jay Esemudje, who was the head prefect was the recipient of the COBIS award and…

A Lagos-based school, Rainbow College, has been ranked fifth in the 2021 Edusko Best Schools in Nigeria. The ranking was said to be based on the performance of students in national and international examinations, as well as recent awards, recognitions and the quality and accomplishments of alumni, school leadership and management. A statement by the …

The Akinlayo Kolawole Davidson Foundation has enjoined the 2021 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates in Ilejemeje, Moba and Ido Osi Local Government Areas of Ekiti State to pass excellently so as to qualify for its scholarship awards. The initiator, Kolawole Akinlayo, said the foundation would award scholarship to lucky students from Ilejemeje, Moba and Ido/Osi…

The Osun State Government has said teachers in its primary and secondary schools are undergoing training in the use of technology. This was disclosed in Osogbo by the State Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunsho Oladoyin, at a seminar organised by Wowbii Interactive, the maker of flat screen interactive display and Next IT Services for private…

One person has been confirmed dead in an explosion at the Olúségun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The explosion occurred around 11am on Thursday at the Marcque Event Centre within the library. It was gathered that routine cleaning was being done when one of the gas cylinders at the event centre exploded. A…

The Imo State Police Command on Thursday revealed that hoodlums dressed in military fatigues killed Loveday Obilonu, a police sergeant attached to the Department of Operations of the state police command headquarters in Owerri. The cop, whose remains were found in a gutter on Okwuuratta Road in Owerri, was reportedly shot several times in the…

Gunmen on Thursday killed two family members who were police special constabularies in Ejemekwuru community in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The two officers, Emeka Nwaoza (43) and Chijioke Nwaoza (35), were shot dead at Ejemekwuru-Akabo Junction in the early hours of Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that the victims, who were cousins,…

Five persons have been reported killed in a clash involving factional members of the All Progressives Congress in Oko-Baba, in the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. During the clash, which started around 11am on Wednesday, residents scampered for safety as the hoodlums fought with different weapons, including guns, sticks and machetes. When…

The family of a policeman, Sergeant Emehuru Oluchukwu, who survived a recent attack by gunmen on the Elimgbu Police Station in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has decried the attitude of the police authorities towards his plight. The victim’s wife, Ngozi, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a club owner, Emeka Kingsley, and 14 others at the Glass House Club in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State, over alleged Internet fraud. PUNCH Metro learnt that the EFCC operatives raided the club around 1pm on Thursday, April 15, 2021 following intelligence that it…

No fewer than three persons were crushed to death by a truck along the Akure-Ondo Expressway Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday. A witness, who asked not to be identified, explained that the accident involved the truck and a commercial motorcycle, adding that the deceased were on the motorcycle. He noted that…

The House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend the plan to review electricity tariff in June. It also condemned electricity distribution companies for transferring debts incurred by former occupants of building to the new occupants or tenants. At the plenary on Thursday, the House adopted a motion moved by Aniekan…

Comparing open grazing to spare part sale betrays terrible mindset – Akeredolu Senate spokesman wants Malami fired, says AGF under primordial sentiment Stand thoughtless, prejudicial – Ohanaeze Comment nonsensical, says Falana The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Thursday came under fire for dismissing Southern governors’ ban on…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Thursday that it might go after any head of federal agencies indicted by the report of Senate Committee on Finance after the conclusion of its current probe of the finances of ministries, department and agencies. The panel led by Senator Solomon Adeola is currently holding an investigative…