Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Senate President Bukola Saraki says screening of all the 21 ministerial nominees will begin on Tuesday October 13th. See the full list of the nominees and their states of origin after the cut...

 

Babatunde Fashola-Lagos
Rotimi Amaechi- Rivers
Kayode Fayemi- Ekiti
Chris Ngige- Anambra
Ogbonaya Onu- Abia
Malami Abubakar- Kebbi
Aisha Alhassan- Taraba
Amina Mohammed- Gombe
Kemi Adeosun- Ogun
Ibe Kachikwu- Delta
Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau-
Hadi Sirika- Katsina
Osagie Ehanire- Edo
Udoma Udo-Udoma- Akwa Ibom
Ahmed Isa Ibeto- Nigeria
Sulaiman Adamu- Jigawa
Ibrahim Jibril- 
Adebayo Shittu-Oyo
Audu Ogbeh- Benue
Ahmed Musa-
Lai Mohammed- Kwara

Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Troops of 112 Battalion and Special Forces in Mafa and Dikwa respectively on a joint fighting patrol raided a Boko Haram camp at Bulungwa Naibe in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday.
According to a statement ,during the operation, quite a number of the Boko Haram terrorists were killed .They also intercepted and arrested a suspected Boko Haram financier and stimulants dealer, Mohammed Maina in Bama, Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. The suspect a native of Ngurosoye came from Shuari village in Bama LGA, he was arrested with the sum of One Million Naira cash and some items.

Investigation revealed that Mohammed supplies them Kolanuts and other items especially stimulants. He further revealed that kolanuts is in high demand among the terrorists as it keeps them active at night. It is apparent also that he plies Maiduguri-Dikwa-Kulli axis where he gathers monetary and other materials contributions from Boko Haram sympathizers along that axis and send same to the terrorists camps.

Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Biodun Aguda, Dapo Olanrewaju and Olalekan Abraham, have been charged with conspiracy and stealing after the trio allegedly robbed two men of their ATM cards and forced them to divulge their pin numbers in order to withdraw money from their accounts against their wishes.
Daily Post reports that ,the accused aged 30, 27 and 30, respectively, reside at different parts of Agege, a suburb of Lagos State.
Corporal Mike Unah, the Prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offences on September 20 at the Iju-Ishaga area of the state.
Unah said,
“The trio conspired to forcefully collect the ATM cards and pin numbers of the complainants one Mr. Allen Sosu and Mr Tunde Fawehinmi and withdrew money from their accounts.
“The accused targeted their victims such that after the complainants finished using the ATM machine, they followed them and forcefully led them back to the ATM machine, compelling them to reveal their pins.
“The trio threatened to kill them if they refused to comply and withdrew N70, 000 from Sosu’s account and N145, 000 from Fawehinmi.
 They plead not guilty!

Friday, October 02, 2015
Traders at Ladipo Main Market in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria, were in shock and tears as bulldozer and a team of security personnel arrived the market on Thursday to demolish the market for reconstruction.
As at 4.30 pm on Thursday shops had been brought down while the exercise continues on Friday. Traders were ordered to leave the market with their goods and when they attempted to resist, the bulldozer moved in and started the demolition.

Some goods were destroyed as many of the traders were not in their shops because of the Independence Day celebration and public holiday.

Traders and the Mushin Local government had been at loggerheads over plans to re-construct the market and turn it into a modern plaza.The traders, through their leaders alleged that they were not carried along before the plans to re-construct the market was carried out.

P.M.NEWS gathered that  it was agreed that the traders would vacate their shops on 1 October, 2015 for work to begin in some parts of the market.It was in line with the agreement that the developer moved in and started the demolition.
The traders who spoke to our reporter said they had agreed to vacate the market on Sunday, 4 October, for work to start on Monday, 5 October.
They said they were shocked when the the government officials came and asked the traders to move out and did not allow them to remove anything in their shops before demolishing their shops.

As at the time of filing this report the demolition was still going on as traders were busy removing their goods from the rubble in their shops

Friday, October 02, 2015
The result of a survey tracking illiteracy has revealed that about 65 million Nigerians are still illiterate, National Programme Advisor on Education, UNESCO Regional Office in Abuja, Dr. Mohammed Alkali, disclosed.

Dr. Alkali, who made this known during an advocacy visit to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, said people can be lifted out of poverty if they are empowered with basic reading skills.

According to him, “just nine months of literacy increases a person’s earning by up to 10 per cent.”

He also revealed that UNESCO in collaboration with National Mass Education Commission (NMEC) embarked on a project to revitalize adult and youth literacy in Nigeria with the target of reducing Nigerian illiteracy rate by between five to six million youths and adults.He, however, pointed out that the Non-Formal Education sector has suffered very low funding and political will in Nigeria, urging states to fulfill their mandates by recruiting and paying UNESCO trained facilitators.

He also revealed that UNESCO in collaboration with National Mass Education Commission (NMEC) embarked on a project to revitalize adult and youth literacy in Nigeria with the target of reducing Nigerian illiteracy rates by between five to six million youths and adults.

Dr. Alkali further stated that the project was developed with “strategic partnership initiatives sharing responsibilities between UNESCO, Federal Government, states and local government areas to achieve the target results.”

The Advisor, however, lamented that mass literacy facilitators in Katsina State were the least paid in the country with remuneration below the national benchmark of N7,500 per month for part-time facilitators.

Responding, Governor Aminu Bello Masari ordered an audit of the mass literacy facilitators and pledged that none of the actual facilitators in Katsina would henceforth be paid less than the national benchmark.

The governor, who extolled the ability of adult education to increase a person’s quality of life and skills acquisition, promised to ensure that local governments improve their funding of non-formal education and fulfill their roles for the success of the project.


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