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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said it would be collaborating with the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on the registration, certification and licensing of teachers across the country. Mr Muyiwa Ojewuyi, Head, Information and Public Relations unit of the council, quoted the council’s registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, to have said this in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Ajiboye, also the Chief Executive of TRCN, said this was to rid the teaching profession of quacks without any hesitation when he paid a courtesy visit to the NUT headquarters in Abuja, it said. The statement said that the collaboration between both organisations would reposition the teaching profession in the country better. “We are now more determined and focused on how to positively reposition the teaching profession in Nigeria and that is why we have come to solicit the support of NUT.” According to him in the statement, TRCN is NUT’s baby and the baby must not die as a ...

Plenty rams but no buyers due to high cost As Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir on Sept. 12, ram sellers in Jos have been moving with their animals on the streets of the Plateau capital in search of buyers. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who went round some parts of the city, found youths dragging hordes of rams through various streets, where they haggled over the prices with those that showed interest. At Beach road in central Jos, the hawkers were seen with five rams, while some dragged eight rams or more, through the crowds and heavy traffic. The situation was the same in Bukuru, where youths were seen moving round with the rams around communities populated by Muslims. Some of the ram sellers told NAN that they were forced to look for buyers on the streets because customers were not visiting the usual selling points. One of the sellers at Tudun-Wada, Akilu Ambali, said “usually, buyers come to us, but this year, they are not showing up. “Since th...

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has clarified the N500bn Bond Programme approved by the State House of Assembly, saying that the Bond was a pool fund that would span over a period of time and not just for the current appropriation year. The Governor, who spoke to journalists on Wednesday, said that it was pertinent to clarify the Bond Programme as it had been technically misrepresented in some section of the media. Explaining the modalities of the Bond Programme, Ambode said that the State, since 2007, has had two Bond Issuance Programme, adding that the one recently approved by the Assembly was the third and would run for a period of three to five years. He said that for the current appropriation year, the State could only draw N60 billion from the pool of N500 billion, saying that the State would draw from the fund for subsequent years as approved by the House. “Before you can actually even appropriate it in your budget, you nee...

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) said it had lost transformer oil, aluminium conductors, upriser cables and other valuables worth N108.8 million to activities of vandals in three states-Kano, Katsina and Jigawa, from August to date. This is contained in a statement signed by the company’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Mohammed Kandi, and issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday. According to Kandi, the spate of vandalism, energy theft and meter bypass had recently risen extremely in the company’s areas of operation and was becoming unbearable. “The appalling development has caused the company huge losses and setbacks within a period of six weeks,” he said. He called on customers of the company, “who bear the brunt” to watch over the installations in their areas and report to the appropriate security agencies any suspicious move for action. The spokesman quoted KEDCO’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO), David Omoloye, as saying “the quantity of vandalised materials includ...

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh has appealed to ex-agitators in the Niger-Delta to always tow the path of peace and dialogue, to ensure sustainable development of the region. Boroh, also Special Adviser to the President on Niger-Delta, made the appeal in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa on Thursday. The statement is signed by Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, Media Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Bayelsa Liaison Office. Boroh said that peace and dialogue remained significant in moving the region forward. The coordinator said that the Federal Government was aware of the plight of the people in the region, particularly the youth and ex-agitators. He urged the aggrieved ex-agitators to seek peaceful ways of resolving issues, through meaningful dialogue with the appropriate authorities. Boroh decried threat by the ex-agitators on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over unpaid stipends, saying such threats were improper. “I advise ...

Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, Inspector General of Police The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Mr Muhammad Mustafa, has ordered massive deployment of security personnel around praying grounds, shopping malls, gardens, recreational spots, critical infrastructures, motor parks for the sallah festivities. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, ASP. Anjuguri Manzah, in Abuja on Thursday. Mustafa gave the order during the command’s strategic operational meeting attended by Heads of Department, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers attached to the command. He felicitated with Muslims faithful in the FCT, and advised worshippers to guard against carrying bags and baggage to prayer grounds. He also enjoined residents to continue to partner with the command by providing it with timely information about criminals and suspicious persons hibernating around their environment through the command’s 24 hours emergency help lines.

Prices of rams on Thursday increased in some markets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at Kuje, Gwagwalada and Abaji markets, prices of rams has increased in spite of low patronage from buyers. At Abaji ram market, a big ram sells for between N100,000 and N120,000 depending on their sizes. A ram trader in Abaji market, Mr. Haruna Bala, told NAN that the price hike was due to the recent increase in the cost of transportation and cost of sustaining the rams before sales. “Prices of commodities in various markets have increased and the cost of transportation of goods is not in the interest of traders. “Transportation fare of a full truckload of rams from Sokoto to Abuja has doubled as against what we normally pay in previous years. “After transporting the rams, we normally invite veterinary doctors to check them because some fall sick due to the long journey,” Bala said. Similarly, at Gwagwal...