CLON LESLEY

The Chairman of Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah, has said the party would not accept the disqualification of its candidate for Akuku-Toru state Constituency 2, Tonye Awari Alalibo, describing it as not only illegal and mischievous but also highly vexatious. He insisted, “No Election Petition Tribunal nor the Election Appeal Tribunal, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the power to disqualify any party candidate (as provided for in the 2012 Electoral Act as amended), and for which the PDP and its candidate for Akuku-Toru State Constituency 2 are already in court.” He also said no Election Petition Tribunal or Appeal Tribunal has right to disqualify any candidate, when the issue of disqualification was not part of the subject matter before both the Election Petition Tribunal and Appeal Tribunal. “Accordingly, INEC lacks powers to disqualify the PDP candidate. Therefore, the purported disqualification of our...

Embattled Secretary of the Ekiti State Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Tope Aluko has said that Governor Ayodele Fayose was only running away from his shadows over his recent outburst and alleged confessions on the rigging of the June 21, 2014 gubernatorial elections in the state. Aluko had stirred the hornet net when he alleged that Fayose got a total of $37m to use the military to rig the said election which returned him (Fayose) as Governor of the state. Consequently, several developments have followed his outburst which include the alleged invasion of the House of Assembly by men of the Directorate of State Security Services and arrest of some lawmakers who were detained for days and recently released. There was also yesterday’s allegation by the state government that policemen from Abuja were in the state to arrest 11 lawmakers and some top government functionaries at the instance of APC members in the state. Speaking to reporters at the Correspondents’ chapel yesterd...

The Federal Government has said that it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the clock to provide the relief for the citizenry.   ”As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the people, we cannot but feel the pains of our compatriots, and we deeply empathise with them,” the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in Abuja on Wednesday March 30 2016. ”Our message to our compatriots is that this Administration under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is working round the clock to ease the pains of Nigerians. Very soon, the efforts of the government will begin to yield fruits for the benefit of Nigerians,” he said during a visit to the corporate headquarters of Daily Trust Newspaper as part of his tour of media establishments in the country. Alhaji Mohammed added that the Government is aware that Nigeri...

Okay so reportedly the rift between Tuface , Faze and BlackFace has been settled by High Chief Ateke Tom. The Plantation Boyz were pictured with the former Niger Delta militant leader in his who reportedly brokered the reunion in his Port Harcourt home.

Controversial TV presenter, musician and actor, Charlie Boy has written an open letter to Mohammadu Buhari concerning the fuel scarcity and controversies surrounding the Minister of state for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu. The letter reads: Charlie Boy "My dear Presido, I trust you are not letting the rot and the decay you met in the system overwhelm you.  I was filled with expectation when you emerged winner. I prayed that you would be a catalyst in redirecting our drifting country; because many things spoil no be small.  I can’t say that I was too thrilled with some of your selections for the ministerial posts, but I suspected you had a good reason for most of the choice you made. Your campaign was about change, which I hoped was all-encompassing- change in our mindset, our attitude to work, and above all, not business as usual.  It is based on one of your outstanding ministerial selections that I write this personal letter to you.  My Presido, please tel...

Indications are rife that former Kogi State governor, Idris Wada may be heading back to Lugard House as the governor of Kogi State when the state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja gives its final ruling. According to a reliable source , former governor Idris Wada’s argument at the tribunal that the late Prince Abubakar Audu’s votes were illegal because he got additional votes from Kano and Lagos may be yielding fruits. To buttress his point, the governor and his team claimed to have evidence of the malpractice. It would be recalled that the tribunal agreed to accept forensic reports as parts of evidence to be tendered by the petitioner during proceeding which is clearly in Wada’s favour. Justice Halima ruled on an earlier motion filed by the petitioner, Captain Idris Wada saying that the court would accept forensic experts as witnesses and their reports as evidence. It was also learnt that former governor; Idris Wada may be leading by 250 votes if some of t...

The agitators for the independence of Biafra have taken their struggle to new levels. This time they have launched 'the phone campaign'. The aim is to get as many of their supporters as possible to call The United States White House to mount pressure on the US to intervene in the struggle for independence. In a publication on one of the media outlets of the Indigenous People of Biafra, the group urged all its supporters to seize the opportunity offered by the Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by the US to launch this campaign especially as Mohammadu Buhari is expected to be in attendance. The publication reads: "Once again, Barak Obama, United States of America (USA) President will shake the bloodstained hands of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian President and African Hitler. This will most probably take place any time between March 30 and April 1, when Obama will be hosting the Nuclear Security Summit in his country". "Biafrans will take their worldwide...

According to Channels News, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has dragged Rotimi Amaechi, INEC and The Nigerian Army to court for their roles in the March 19 legislative rerun elections in the state. The Nigerian Army personnel include: the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonishakin; the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and the Commander, 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army. The Counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kingsley Chuku, made the disclosure to Channels Television in Rivers State, southern Nigeria. Mr Chuku said that the suit, which was filed on Tuesday before a State High Court in Port Harcourt became necessary after an earlier order granted by the same court on March 15, 2016 was disobeyed. He insisted that Justice George Omereji had in his ruling, restrained the parties from aiding the use of soldiers in the Rivers rerun election. According to the legal practitioner, committal proceedings against the def...

In response to claims by the Ekiti state All Progressives Congress, APC, that the State Governor, Ayo Fayose posed a major security threat to the nation, the governor has fired back saying the APC is the real threat not him. Fayose’s speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Fayose stated that no organisation is qualified as a threat to the security of Nigeria other than the APC which has compromised government institutions like the DSS such that party members now direct the agency on whom to arrest and detain indefinitely in Ekiti State. Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State The governor said, “The major threat to national security is a party that lost election since June 21, 2014 and still trying to get back to power, using crude means including turning itself to the mouthpiece of the Department of State Services, DSS.” “It is only in Nigeria that a party that ran Ekiti State agroun...

Legendary gospel singer Kirk Franklin kicked off his highly anticipated ’20 Years In One Night’ tour on March 19, and he literally shut it down for God’s glory. There was no room for sanctimony in the sold-out Warner Theatre on Saturday night. Everything in Kirk Franklin’s show, from the gospel artist’s ultra-casual black jogger pants and collared tunic to his pop-lock and milly-rock dances, was meticulously coordinated in defiance of many churches’ stuffy and judgmental reputations. He insisted that the audience members shed their self-consciousness and let loose as well, reassuring them by saying: “It’s okay. You’re at a Kirk concert.” But his reputation preceded him. It was 1997 when Franklin’s “Stomp (Remix)” exploded with a thundering funkadelic sample and a verse from Salt of famed hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa, and it still propels people from their seats 19 years later.  Although it was the penultimate song in Franklin’s set, it’s the tune that determined the show’s t...

  Gunshots have been reported at the visitor centre at the US Capitol in Washington and workers have been told to take shelter. The Capitol's Sergeant-At-Arms said the gunman has been caught and one police officer was wounded. The Capitol building is on lockdown due to the security threat, according to an email sent to congressional staffers. People outside have been told to seek cover. No one is currently allowed in or out of any buildings in the Capitol complex. Capitol Police are expected to issue a statement soon. US Congress is on recess for the Easter holiday, but some members of Congress and staff members were on site. To enter the US Capitol or any Senate or House office buildings, visitors must go through a metal detector and weapons are not permitted. See video footage.

  The Bayelsa state police command have arrested one Bamekpa, a native of Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State for allegedly raping his 12 year old daughter, Queen, getting her pregnant and then taking her to a quack doctor to terminate her 4 months old pregnancy. According to The Nation, Queen said her father had started raping her when she was 11 years old and eventually impregnated her. He then forced her to abort a four-month-old pregnancy through a crude process that presently threatens her life as she bleeds from her private part. The victim, Queen, who could not take the repeated rape incident from her father, decided to run away from home. “There was nobody to help me. He kept doing it despite my efforts to stop him. It was a painful and violent experience. I ran away from home because there was a time I bled so much from my private part. When I became pregnant and he heard about it, he handed me over to a lady who took me through an unsuccessful pr...

Nigeria caretaker Samson Siasia has sprung a number of surprises for today’s must-win AFCON qualifier against Egypt by dropping Chelsea loanee Victor Moses to the bench, while starting youngsters Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon. Victor Moses has been on superb form for both West Ham as well as in Eagles since he last featured for Nigeria at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Siasia has instead of banking on the vision and dribble runs of Victor Moses, opted for the speed and directness of Kaduna-born Moses Simon to start against Egypt. Manchester City starlet Iheanacho will get his first Eagles start. As expected, Portugal-based Stanley Amuzie will start ahead of Elderson Echiejile of Monaco at leftback and Shehu Abdullahi will start at rightback. Oghenekaro Etebo is the only player from the domestic league and he will play alongside skipper Mikel Obi in a withdrawn role in midfield. Nigeria Starting XI  versus Egypt Goal keeper: Carl Ikeme Defenders: - Shehu Abdulla...

The Federal Government on Thursday launched a community-based single register of the poor and vulnerable aimed at reducing extreme poverty in the country. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo launched the register at the end of a three-day Social Protection Cross-Learning Conference in Abuja. Osinbajo was represented at the conference by Mrs Maryam Uwais, the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment.   The Vice President said that about 120 million Nigerians, representing 60 per cent of the population, lived on less than two dollars per day. “For us as a government, tackling this problem is crucial to ensuring inclusive growth where all Nigerians are part of the country’s development process. “In our resolve to address this problem, we decided to formulate a National Social Safety Net Programme (NASSAP) which is a single register that will remove errors of inclusion and exclusion. “ It will also insulate beneficiaries selection from political influence...

  Chioma Rita A 20-year-old student, Miss Chioma Rita Clement, who was reportedly kidnapped by unidentified persons on her way to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB in Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos state, has been released. Rita was reportedly released on Wednesday night and has since been reunited with her family. The young girl had left home on Gboyega Kilo Street in the Ojodu Berger area of the state as early as 6.30am on the day of the examination (March 10) for her centre at Agidingbi Secondary School, International office on Plot B, Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, but had not returned. Meanwhile, her guardian, Mrs. Orazulike Njideka had disclosed that Rita who had lived with her since she was 5 years old, had hurriedly sent a distress text message to her on the day she was declared missing. The message read: “I don’t know where I am now. Mummy please, save me. “Mummy, they took my phone and beat me up inside the bus. Mummy, I don’t kno...

Dakuku Peterside Foreign election observers who came to Nigeria to monitor the March 19, 2016 legislative rerun elections in Rivers State have indicted an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Dakuku Peterside in the murder of the ordily of the chief of staff to the Rivers State Governor, Chief Emeka Wogu. Findings revealed that Dakuku, the director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) had in the company of about 50 soldiers invaded an election collation centre and snatched original result sheets from election officials. Wogu, who was the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) agent at the centre, chased him to the Old GRA where Dakuku’s security opened fire on Wogu’s SUV killing one his aides. Foreign observers, domestic and civil society organisation who covered the March 19 legislative elections in Rivers State held a press conference on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 held an international press conference at Juanita Hotel in Port Harcourt. At t...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s election victory in the opinion and expectation of majority of Nigerians and African was seen as an opportunity for a total transformation of Africa’s sleeping giant, but the events in the last 10 months have shown otherwise. According to a study by Nigerian Governance Watch, a United Kingdom (UK) based Nigerian Professionals group, revealed that President Buhari is beret of idea to manage, have no focus, unstable and extremely incompetent in every sphere to shape the affairs of any Nigeria. The group comes short of blaming the President, but Nigerians who knew the antecedent of Muhammadu Buhari while in office in 1984 to 1985 and blindly went for a man who has not created anything, but only destroys the gains of his predecessors through his thoughtless policies and zero understanding of the workings in a public sector. As a military leader, Buhari killed the Naira, killed the Economy, destroyed our relationship with the rest of the world, polari...

The Senate has passed the 2016 budget, with an unprecedented reduction in the budget’s total. President Muhammadu Buhari presented a N6.08 trillion proposal in December 2015. The Senate passed N6,060,677,358,227 trillion budget after considering its conference report on the budget. It was the first time since 1999 that the National Assembly would approve a figure lower than proposed by the executive, John Enoh, who heads the senate finance committee, said. He said that reflected the “mood of the country and the world” and showed “discipline” of the part of the National Assembly.

Luis Suarez says he has been working on controling his "anxiety and nerves" as he prepares for his first competitive Uruguay game since biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. Suarez was given a nine-game ban from competitive internationals, as well as a four-month ban from all football-related activity for the 2014 incident. "No-one is going to change the way I play," said  Suarez. Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said Suarez must be "more than mature". Suarez missed 641 days of competitive action for his country, including their 2014 World Cup defeat by Colombia, the entire 2015 Copa America and four games of 2018 World Cup qualifying.  He was still allowed to play in friendlies.Uruguay are second in South American qualifying behind Ecuador and face Brazil on Friday. 'I will still run, pressure and argue' Suarez has been in sensational form since leaving Liverpool for Barcelona in the aftermath of the ban, winning the La Liga,...

Adele paid a touching tribute to Brussels during her concert in London today following the terrorist attacks on Belgium’s capital city. While she was was introducing her song “Make You Feel My Love,” the 27-year-old singer asked the crowd to sing along with her before reportedly dedicating the ballad to Brussels. Members of the audience shined their cell phone lights as a sign of solidarity with the victims of the attacks. Adele labelled the terrorists behind the Brussels bombings 'f**ers' during her concert at the O2 Arena on Tuesday night, as her fans lit up the venue with their phones as a show of support to the city. Stopping mid-set at her latest London date, the 27-year-old Hello singer spoke out passionately against the perpetrators of the attacks in an expletive-ridden speech in honour of the Belgian city. See Video

Minister of transport and APC leader in Rivers state has blasted Tony Okocha,  saying "Hunger will kill you". This  was in reply to the stinker given to him and credited to his former Chief of Staff and aspirant to the Obio/Akpor Constitency seat for the Federal House of Reps, Tony Okocha. Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Airport on his way back to Abuja, Amaechi said "It's unfortunate that people who are contesting election are waiting for me to give them money before they can campaign. How can people be so wicked to themselves"   When a reporter read to him what Mr Tony Okocha said, including saying that he Amaechi talks too much and was responsible for their collective loss during yesterday's polls, Amaechi replied  "I doubt Tony said that, but if he did,, tell him that for waiting on my money, hunger will kill him too; You know I dont hide my feelings, thats why Rivers people love me". Also when queried for his res...

A 16-year-old schoolgirl was set to be charged Tuesday with raising money to support the Islamic State group, Australian police said, warning of a “trend of teenage children” involved in such activities. The girl and a 20-year-old man were arrested in the western Sydney suburb of Guildford in the morning, New South Wales state police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said. “We will be alleging that they were involved in obtaining money to send offshore to assist the Islamic State in its activities,” Burn told reporters in Sydney. “The 16-year-old girl is not somebody who is well-known to us, however it is disturbing that we are continuing to see a trend of teenage children involved in activities that they should really not be involved in at all.” The 20-year-old, named by local media as Milad Atai, faced court on one charge of financing terrorism on Tuesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. He remains in custody and was due to appear in another Sydney cou...

Legal giant and human rights activist, Femi Falana  (SAN), has said that even though he wanted his  son, Folarin Falana aka Falz to follow in his footsteps in the legal profession, he is proud of the giant strides the young man has recorded in the entertainment industry.  Falz The senior Falana spoke at the premiere of Falz’s new music video, ‘Soldier,’ featuring female singer, Simi, and taking off his sophomore album, ‘Stories that Touch,’ and he couldn’t conceal his pride at the creative work of art. After viewing the video which has a military theme, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) hugged his son warmly, and with his face lit up by bright smiles, he said, ‘I’m delighted to watch you. I sent you to school to study law, and I thought you’ll be a fantastic lawyer. However, I have no regrets that you’re doing well for yourself. I’ve spent my life fighting the brutalisation of the military, and I’m glad that this video also has the same theme. I’ll consult wi...

  Tyson the lamb was born Sunday in the village of Brancepeth.  At five days old, Tyson weighed nearly 28 pounds, more than an average 1-year-old human boy. For a lamb that age, that’s huge. “An average lamb is between five and seven pounds so Tyson, as we’ve called him, is four-and-a-half to five times bigger than normal,” farmer Neil Fell told media. “He’s the biggest lamb I’ve ever seen and I’ve been farming all my life, and he’s the biggest anyone round here has seen.” Tyson and another lamb born 2 days apart. However, his size won't save him from the butcher's knife when the time comes. “If he was a pure breed we’d have kept him for tupping (breeding) but because he’s a cross eventually he’ll make some butcher very happy when he’s sold,” Fell said. “There’s plenty of meat on him for chops.”

  Nomoreloss Nigerian singer, Olumuyiwa Osinuga popularly known as Nomoreloss has passed on in Lagos. The singer was hospitalized two weeks ago after being diagnosed of Typhoid. He was discharged and recuperating before the relapse this morning, March 21, 2016 that led to his death. Upon contact his manager, Joice Ize Iyamu who confirmed that the multi-talented entertainer is indeed dead. ‘It’s true, I don’t have all the details yet. He died this morning at his house in Lagos. I’m sorry I can’t talk too much at the moment’, she said. Nomoreloss launched his career as a rapper while in high school before switching to become a singer. He was at different times, a comedian, band leader, event planner, compere, director and talent manager. Many colleagues say he was one of the most gifted entertainers of his generation. Nomoreloss will be greatly remembered for the role he played as the cordinator of the ‘Save OJB campaign’ during OJB Jezreeel’s kidney ailment in...

  ALL Progressive Congress, APC has called for cancellation of last Saturday rerun election in the 23 local government areas of the state, saying it was characterised by violence.  State Chairman of the party, Dr Davies Ikanya who spoke Monday evening at the state secretariat of the party in Port Harcourt alleged that the Police connived with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to manipulate the exercise, The Chairman, Dr Ikanya who was flanked by the running mate of Dr Dakuku Peterside in the last governorship election, Mr Honourable Asita and other state executives of the party said the election was a sham.   Continuing, he denied allegation by governor Nyesom Wike that notable members of the APC had stormed Mile 1 Police station on Sunday to influence the result of PHALGA, stressing that it was thw PDP that allegedly made effort to tinker with the result. The party Chairman, Dr Ikanya again traded words with governor Wike over the incident at UTC junction on...

The APC  candidate at the Rivers state legislative rerun election for Obio Apkor Federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr. Tony  Okocha has blamed former governor and Minister of transportation Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi for the parties loss in the rerun elections. Mr. Okocha who was Chief of staff of government house while Amaechi was governor said this while speaking with friends and associates shortly after the results of the polls starting coming in . He blamed Amaechi for 'talking  too much' and 'exposing their plans'. In his words; " We lost this election because Amaechi talks too much, Amaechi talks too much, l never liked his radio and TV ranting because he was just talking before thinking. He exposed our plans and brought the eyes of the whole world on Rivers State through his needless media noise.   Even the money we asked them to give us for the election, he said the money would be given to us after the election because...

  A leader of the Fulani ethnic group has provided a detailed insight into why his people attacked the Agatu people of Benue, sacking several communities and killing hundreds. According to Saleh Bayeri, the Interim National Secretary of Gan Allah Fulani Association, the February bloody conflict in Benue was a reprisal attack by his people against the Agatus who he accused of killing, in 2013, a prominent Fulani man. He said the killing of the man reverberated amongst every Fulani in West Africa. "A prominent Fulani leader, Ardo Madaki, was invited to the palace of the district head of the area on the grounds that a solution was being sought to the problem. However, the Agatu militia beheaded Ardo right in front of the district head. “This action reverberated across all Fulani people in the whole of West Africa and the clamour for revenge began to grow strong. He comes from a very well respected clan and the Agatu sent the Fulani a chilling message with his murder,” ...

Ibim Seminitari escorting the suspect. An officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contracted by Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s minister for Transport to help the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the Rivers rerun election of Saturday, March 19, 2016 has been arrested by detectives of the Nigeria Police Force. The officer, Mrs. Ekwi Adebisa (pictured), was apprehended with three fake results after vigilant voters raised an alarm at the collation centre of Ward 10, Port Harcourt Local Government Area where she was presiding. When the voters sighted her with fake result sheets and she was trying to switch the original with the fake to announce the falsified results, the voters raised alarm and prevented her from changing the result sheets.     Source: Trent 

There is tension in Awgu local government of Enugu State as Fulani militia Invaded Ugulechi Community. When reporters visited the scene, one person was feared dead while two people were kidnapped by the same Fulani militia the tragedy has lead to the closure of Orie Awgu a popular market that sales every Orie day.    However on reacting to the incident, the youth of Awgu local government mobilized and went after the fulani militia to rescue the 2 abducted youths, but surprisingly Nigeria army began to arrest and molest the angry youths, insisting that they should allow the Army to do their job. As of the time of filing this report, Soldiers are stilling patrolling Awgu local government molesting and arresting their youths.

Group calls for public identification  and prosecution *Fault over 20, 000 security  operatives  deployed  for deliberate  laxity to create room for pre-meditated theft A group, Media Development Initiative,  MDI,  has called on security  agencies  to  immediately  identify  and prosecute those involved  in  the  theft of 520 result sheets  for 520 polling  units  in Rivers  State. In a statement  issued  in Port Harcourt  on  Thursday night, the group  said that the theft of the result sheets in custody  of Federal Government  agencies  is disheartening. The Statement  signed by  Mrs Georgina Awaule regretted that despite the deployment  of over 20,000 security  personnel  ,  sensitive  result sheets could be stolen. The group called on all civil and international  observers to remain vigilant  a...

Remember Patience Paul teenage girl who was abducted by a young Hausa man and taken forcefully to Sokoto where she was forced to convert to Islam has said that her captors turned her to a sex slave during her ordeal. Speaking in an Interview with Leadership, Patience who is a primary six pupil, said her abductor and some Hisbah (Sharia police) personnel took her to an Imam in Runjin Sambo area of Sokoto with a claim that she wanted to convert to Islam. “I was sent to buy biscuits and on my way I saw him (her abductor) and he persuaded me to come to his bungalow.”she said Patience said she was not forced into marriage but that her abductor turned her into a sex slave at the house of the Sarkin Baki. “Yes, he was forcefully making love to me any time he wanted. They first took me to Sarkin Baki house, and kept me there for seven months before my parents came looking for me. They gave me something to drink, but I refused to take the drink, and they took me to one room and lock...

The Nigerian senate has rejected a bill designed to grant women the same marital rights as their husbands. Making his contribution to the debate on ‘A Bill Seeking Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against Women’ presented by Abiodun Olujimi, a senator from Ekiti state, Ali Ndume, senate leader, urged Nigerians to stick with either religious or traditional marriage. He explained that crisis usually occurs when couples who had performed both traditional and religious marriage rites find themselves in the middle of a divorce. “This law that is being amended is very important especially when there is a clear conflict when it comes to dealing with widows, inheritance, divorce, even marriage itself in our society", he said. “There are various traditions. The problem we have is the combination of our traditions and new religious beliefs. You will find an Igbo man who cannot speak Igbo language because he studied abroad. He will do traditional marriage then go to chur...

This Picture is just for illustration At least 71 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Kalgo, Kebbi State have reportedly been hospitalized after eating contaminated food bought from vendors selling food on the school premises. Principal of Government Girls Secondary School, Kalgo, Kebbi State, Hajiya Gwamma Sakaba, has told correspondents that at least 71 students of her school, have been hospitalized after eating contaminated food bought from vendors selling food on the school premises. The principal added that the students were hospitalized as a result of food poisoning caused by the palm oil used to cook the food. “The students just went on break and later all of them started complaining of stomach pain while some of them collapsed. “Immediately the incident occurred, we quickly alerted the local government sole administrator, officials of both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health to investigate the matter. They visited the school and took the s...

  Kaduna State Government, yesterday, expressed concern over the desertion of schools by primary school pupils after taking the free meal offered them. The pupils have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Adamu, told newsmen in Kaduna that government was disturbed by the situation. He appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school after taking their free meals, so as not to jeopardise the programme. Adamu said that parents must also ensure that no child returned home until closing hours, “otherwise the aim would be defeated.” The commissioner stressed that the programme was introduced to encourage school enrolment, attendance and retention. He said: “The main goal of the school feeding programme is to attract out-of-school children to school and keep them in class for them to acquire education and better their...