Teachers in Taraba State will tomorrow begin an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries for the past three months.
The Taraba State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has asked its members to stop going to classes pending when the state Government will dance to their tune.
The union said the strike action may last until when the state government shows “sincere commitments” to clearing the backlog of wages.
They also want the government to stop “illegal deductions” noticed during the payment of workers salaries in recent past.
Lagos State government has yesterday, June 27, 2016, warned that it is set to visit the activities of land grabbers, also known as Omo-onile, in the state with full wrath of the law.
The warning was delivered by the government through the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem who said the state is ready to apply the full wrath of the law on anybody caught forcibly taking another person’s land in the state.
Inaugurating a five-man Special Task Force to curb the criminal activities of land grabbers, the government said it will henceforth enforce the state government rights over land in Lagos and to also work with all security agencies to implement state government and private property rights in the state.
The terms of reference of the committee, include: “to reduce to a barest minimum the activities of persons or corporate entities who use force and intimidation to dispossess or prevent any person or entity from acquiring legitimate interest and possession of property acquired through state government or private transactions.
Beside the committee is: “to coordinate the efforts of the various agencies of government charged with enforcing the state government rights over land in Lagos and to work with all security agencies to ensure enforcement of state government and private property rights in Lagos State”.
Kazeem explained that the state government’s decision to set up the task force is in realisation that in recent years, “the land grabbers have caused havoc and unrest in different parts of the state by dispossessing legitimate land owners of their properties, thereby stifling commercial activities in the state.
“It is therefore important that the state government not only identifies the effects of the problems being perpetrated by these unscrupulous elements on commercial activities and peace of the citizenry but also find lasting solutions to the menace”, he noted.
Beside the commissioner said the task force “was to protect investors and maintain law and order” adding, “this by implication will encourage the verification of legal claims through litigation rather than resorting to violence”.
He said that the State Assembly is about passing a law that will exclusively deal with the activities of the land grabbers and prescribe appropriate stiff penalty for offenders.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has directed all tertiary institutions that have conducted post-UTME examination for the 2016/2017 academic session to immediately refund the money or face sanctions.
Malam Adamu Adamu made this position known on Monday, in a press statement issued by Deputy Director Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong.
The statement reiterated the Ministry’s position that post-UTME examinations have been cancelled with immediate effect and no institution should conduct such examinations.
It noted that students who have already been offered admission by JAMB may be screened by the institutions but this must not involve the conduct of any other entry examination.
The minister also stressed that it is unnecessary to subject students to further examinations when they have been offered examinations by JAMB since they will still have to go through between eight or 12-semester examinations throughout their four to six years study in the institutions.
It stated: “Those who have already advertised for the conduct of the Post-UTME under any guise should stop the exercise immediately as any university caught conducting Post-UTME will face appropriate sanctions. If any tertiary Institution has already conducted Post-UTME, such an exercise stands annulled and money taken from such candidates must be refunded immediately.”
Speaking on secondary school leavers who are seeking admission into the tertiary institutions, the minister said, subjecting them to too many examinations all in one year, is traumatic, exploitative and absolutely unnecessary.
It will be recalled that the directive to stop the post-UTME examinations was given by the minister nearly a month ago and the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, had early predicted that post-UTME would stop following the introduction of the CBT examination mode.
Did you just newly obtained that your mobile line/SIM and you still haven’t crammed the number?
Or you just want to know the mobile/line number of the phone you are holding without having to dial other number before you can see it? If so you should be happy to see this.
We are going to be showing you how you can display a mobile number just by dialling the required code on MTN, Airtel, Glo and Etisalat.
Now to know the mobile number of a particular SIM/line that is inside a phone, simply grab the phone and dial as follows;
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= => For MTN, dial *123*1*1#
= => For Airtel, dial *121# and then reply with 5 and reply again with 1
= => For Glo, dial *135*8# but sometimes the Glo code proves stubborn to show after dialling that code and rather you will be getting USSDC: ESME unreachable.
If that be the case on Glo after dialling several times and it still haven’t displayed the mobile number, then simply use the line to call/flash other phone number to display it there.
= => For Etisalat, dial *200*1*5#
So those are the codes for displaying any particular mobile number on any of the major GSM networks in the country.
If you are happy with this, you can use the comment box below to express yourself.
Many people like to be called successful man or woman, even with clear indication human being like and want to associate themselves with successful people. Who does not like good things? Everyone wants to enjoy but does not sacrifice anything. Success is not built a day, it is a product of long perseverance, endurance, challenges and other difficult moments.
As one of my friends does say, at the market of success there are no bargaining, you must pay for the price. Never ask for a discount in that market, no book me down, no credit, kindly pay the full the price in order for you to enjoy that commodity called SUCCESS.
To succeed, there are many costs and sacrifices that person would make. The following are just few of the cost or what you will experience when you are on course for the success trip.
=> LATE NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS:
Laziness is not an attribute for any being who seeks the gateway of success. A success seeker goes late on bed and wakes up early in the morning to continue the quest.
=> LOST OF ASSOCIATES AND VERY FEW FRIENDS:
In the course of pursuing of success, do not be dissapointed because you will lose some friends and it will only remain few friends that will support you.
=> YOU FEEL ALONE:
Most of the times you feel alone, do not afraid at all, that is the time to gear up and follow up the right cause. It is just a matter of time when you succeed, you will see people surround you. There are many things you will sacrifice to attain that height, you will be single unless you are lucky enough to find someone who understands your lifestyle and especially when people will want you to do good but never better than them.
An aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state, Abiodun Agbele has been arrested by the EFCC over allegations of aiding and abetting Fayose to launder part of the N4.7 billion he received from the Office of the former National Security Officer, Sambo Dasuki in June 2014. EFCC is accusing Agbele of receiving N4.7 billion from former Minister of state for Defence, Musiliu Obankoro, and handing it over to Fayose. Agbele was arrested in Lagos last night and is being detained at the Lagos office of the antigraft agency. Read Fayose’s statement on the matter after the cut…
Our attention has been drawn to the arrest of Mr Abiodun Agbele by the EFCC and we wish to say that we encourage the EFCC to carry out its investigations without politics as it is being done now. It must be pointed out that at no time was Mr Abiodun Agbele invited by the EFCC, and if he had been invited, he would have honoured the invitation. Therefore, there is nothing to celebrate in his arrest if it is not political.
As already pointed out, Governor Ayodele Fayose does not have anything to do with any fund from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). He has stated how his election was funded and Zenith Bank that he said funded his election has not denied doing so.
Also, the person said to have been arrested is an adult and will defend himself when the time comes. Subjecting him to media trial as EFCC has been doing since the inception of this government will only give our adversaries momentary sense of joy.
We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial just to get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC/Buhari led federal government.
Whatever stories being circulated by the EFCC and its political allies can at best be regarded as rumour as we were all in Nigeria when Nigerians were told that $700m cash was found in the House of Mrs Diezani Allison Madueke and the story turned out to be lie.
Finally, like we have maintained, Governor Fayose will remain resolute in making his opinions known on national issues and will not be intimidated.
President Buhari has said he regrets the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron, which will come into effect in October.
In a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, President Buhari said Nigeria has enjoyed remarkable goodwill, support and understanding under the capable leadership of the outgoing Prime Minister over the years.
The President said Cameron’s resignation in response to the outcome of a referendum that supported Britain to leave the European Union “was a demonstration of courage by a democratic leader who respects the will of the people, even if he didn’t agree with their decision.”
President Buhari noted that by ‘‘putting the will of the people before his political future, the Prime Minister proved himself to be a selfless leader with respect for democracy and voter sovereignty.’’
The President expressed hope that Nigeria looks forward to greater cooperation and consolidation of shared interests with Britain, despite the outcome of the referendum.
A Senior Pastor and General Overseer of a church in Zimbabwe, Righteous Revival Ministries, Apostle Tawanda Chikeya, is in serious trouble after he was arrested for raping a 16-year-old member of his church in a parked car, H-Metro reports.
The 30-year-old Apostle Chikeya was arrested along with his younger brother, Tapiwa Chikeya, who is suspected to have lured the girl to his brother and locking the garage door and providing a blanket.
Apostle Chiekya and his brother, according to reports, are detained at Marimba Police Station and the case was reported under RRB 2827385.
The church founder was reported to have threatened the girl that he was a member of the Central Intelligence Organization and the girl said he made false prophecies to her, saying she had to undergo a bad luck spell if she refused to have s*x with him.
“Apostle Chikeya prophesied to me that I was going to meet misfortunes if I did not have prayers constantly with him. He invited me for prayers one of the days and took me to Lake Chivero where he asked to have s*x with me and I refused.
He told me that my virginity belongs to him that if I do not marry him, he foresees me getting married to a foreigner who would bring me bad luck.
After I mentioned his marriage, he said he was not satisfied with his wife since she was not a virgin like me when he married her. On the day in question, Apostle Chikeya asked me to come to his house and I found him with his brother Tapiwa.
Tapiwa locked the door from outside and left the room leaving me with Apostle Chikeya and after inquiring why they locked the door, Apostle Chikeya said we would use another door that leads to the garage.
It is at the garage where Apostle Chikeya raped me in his parked Honda Fit vehicle and he threatened me saying God would punish me if I reported the case to the police.
He went on to say that he is a member of police criminal investigation department and is connected to lawyers if that case was to be brought before the courts of law,” the victim narrated to H-Metro.
The girl said she told her friend about the rape and the girl informed her parents, leading to the arrest of Apostle Chikeya.
It was a chaotic show of shame at the Borno State Government House in Maiduguri on Thursday as soldiers and policemen engaged in gun battle over rice and semo meant for internally displaced persons to mark the Ramadan fast..
The government has since Monday distributed large amounts of rice and Semovita to poor residents.
On Thursday, thousands of people converged at the entrance of the government building in Maiduguri, forming an lengthy queue of men, women and the aged who hoped for either a 25kg bag of rice or Semovita, or both.
As the distribution started, police barred vehicles from accessing the venue, except those on special permission.
At about 11am, a Nigerian Army truck showed up, insisting on gaining access to the venue where rice and Semovita were being shared.
Suspecting that the soldiers were trying to help themselves to the handouts, police officers demanded they turn back immediately.
This led to an argument and an angry soldier allegedly opened fire, injuring a policeman in the leg, witnesses said.
The police responded and gunshots rent the air as thousands gathered scampered for safety.
It took the intervention of other senior security officers to arrest the situation from degenerating.
One of the army officers drafted to help control the crowd, identified only as Idris, a lieutenant, did not go free, as angry policemen who accused him of instigating the crisis, beat him up.
It took the intervention of the commander of the operation Lafiya Dole, Lucky Irabor, a Major General, was called in by the Borno State Attorney General, Kaka Shehu Lawan, to restore order, reports Premium Times
