BusinessTwitter CEO Resigns

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2021

The Chief executive officer of microblogging platform Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has announced his resignation in a statement yesterday. He was co-founding the microblogging platform for 16 years now. Dorsey said he has worked hard to ensure that the company breaks away from its founding and founders.  “After almost 16 years of having a role at our company, from co-founder to CEO to chair to executive chair to interim-CEO to CEO. “I decided it’s finally time...

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Twitter Agree To All The Conditions For Operations In Nigeria

LabourTwitter Agree To All The Conditions For Operations In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 29, 2021

ABUJA — Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo yesterday said Social media platform ‘Twitter’ has agreed to all the conditions laid out by the Federal Government regarding its operations in Nigeria. Recall that Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed announced the ban on June 4. Keyamo, who is also a member of a committee, set up to review the operations of the platform since its ban, said on a Channels Television programme...

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College of Education Hong Shut Down, Students To Vacate, Staff To Stay Away From Duty Posts

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsCollege of Education Hong Shut Down, Students To Vacate, Staff To Stay Away From Duty Posts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 29, 2021

YOLA — Following students unrest on Monday in the College of Education, COE Hong in Adamawa state, authorities have closed down the college indefinitely. Students were asked to vacate with immediate effect, while staff to stay away from duty posts. According to a circular issued by the Deputy Registrar of the College Yusuf Usman that the closure followed students’ unrest which led to damages and looting of government properties. The circular directed all students to...

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Nigeria Minister Worries About The Death Toll Caused By Malaria Parasite

HealthWellnessNigeria Minister Worries About The Death Toll Caused By Malaria Parasite

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 29, 2021

ABUJA  — The Nigerian government has expressed concern that malaria disease is still responsible for the death of most Nigerians despite concerted efforts to cure it. Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria Minister of Health stated this at the launch of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), a campaign to end malaria, tagged “Mama Put”. Represented by the director of public health, Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh said malaria was still the leading cause of death in the country...

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Nigeria Labour Congress Rejects Plan Price Increase Of Petroleum

EconomyLabourNigeria Labour Congress Rejects Plan Price Increase Of Petroleum

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 28, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) rejected the planned petroleum price increase by the Federal Government by next year. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, announced that petrol could cost as much as N340 from February 2022. While the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed announced government’s plans to disburse N5000 to 40 million poorest Nigerians each as transport grants to cushion the effect...

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Senate Approves Rehabilitation Of Eight Airstrips In Nigeria

Aviation-AirportsSenate Approves Rehabilitation Of Eight Airstrips In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2021

ABUJA  — The chairman of, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi says the senate has approved the rehabilitation of eight airstrips across the country.  The airstrips include: Uli-Okija (Anambra) Bida (Niger), Zuru (Kebbi), Zaria (Kaduna), Kotangora (Niger), Ajaokuta, (Kogi) Irrhua (Edo) and Mubi (Adamawa).  Adeyemi disclosed this, on Friday, while presenting his panel report on the 2022 budget before the Appropriations Committee, said the rehabilitation of the airstrips has become imperative to curb excessive...

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Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Suspends Some Officials, As Nigeria Lift Ban On Emirates Airlines

Aviation-AirportsFederal Airports Authority of Nigeria Suspends Some Officials, As Nigeria Lift Ban On Emirates Airlines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2021

LAGOS — Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the suspension of some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. In a statement in Lagos on Saturday, Yakubu said some of the suspended officials are staff of Aviation Security and Customer Service departments of the Authority. She said the action was in line with management’s determination to rid the...

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371 Suspected Kidnappers Escape From Nigerian Correctional Centres

Crime & SecurityNews371 Suspected Kidnappers Escape From Nigerian Correctional Centres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2021

At least 371 out of the total 1,641 suspected kidnappers in Nigerian correctional centres have escaped within six months. The jailbreaks tracked occurred between March and October this year. A list obtained by Daily Trust Saturday from the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) revealed that the 371 kidnappers escaped from two correctional facilities in Imo and Oyo states. On October 23, 2021, gunmen invaded a correctional centre in Oyo and set free 837 inmates, out of which 104...

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Over 1700 Newly Employed Teachers In Federal Government Unity Colleges Yet To Be Captured

EducationLabourOver 1700 Newly Employed Teachers In Federal Government Unity Colleges Yet To Be Captured

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 25, 2021

ABUJA — Newly employed teachers numbering over 1700 in federal government unity colleges, recruited between 2018, 2019, and 2020 have appealed to the government to fast track all processes that will lead to their documentation, capture, and subsequent payment of wages and backlog. In an open letter, written to President Muhammadu Buhari, which also copied the Head of Service of the federation, chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission, the national assembly, the office of the...

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Tertiary Institutions Offered 706,189 Illegal Admissions- JAMB Registrar

EducationTertiary Institutions Offered 706,189 Illegal Admissions- JAMB Registrar

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 25, 2021

ABUJA — The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede says the examination body has uncovered 706, 189 illegal admissions by universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and other institutions. According to him, 114 universities account for 67,795 of the illegal admissions; 489,918 in 137 polytechnics; 142,818 in 80 Colleges of Education and 5,678 in 37 other institutions and the list of the 114 universities indicted for illegal admissions was presented to the stakeholders....

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