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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Kano State Government says it has trained 60 fulani youths on artificial insemination for livestock breeding including dairy cattle to boost milk and meat production. Dr Nasiru Gawuna, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said this while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. Gawuna said the training was aimed at replacing some of the animals that were killed at the height of terrorist activities in the state. “The youths have been trained in artificial insemination. It is another area where the governor is giving so much attention. “It has to do with livestock production and particularly milk and meat production. “We took 60 Fulani youths to Turkey where they learnt skills on artificial insemination. “They are back now; most of them are gainfully self-employed. “Some of them have gone to other states. “We have put aside two AI (artificial insemination) centres in the state – one in Makuda Local Government Area and the o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two employees of Shoprite Retail Supermarket Ltd., Lagos, were on Tuesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly stealing N1.4 million from their employer. The accused, Moses Adeyemi,19, and Rasheed Naasir, 37, reside at No. 23, Patey St., Lagos Island and Lekki Beach Road, Jakande, respectively. They appeared in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Sgt. Nicholas Akpene, told the court that the accused and others at large committed the offences between the months of April and May, at Shoprite Retail Supermarket, Victoria Island, Lagos. He said that the accused stole the sum of N1.4 million, while performing their duties. ‎ “The accused diverted money paid by customers through Point of Sale (POS) Terminals into their personal accounts, rather than their employer’s account. “They used a special code to transfer the money to their accounts without the knowledge of the company,” he said. Akpene said that th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chris Ochayi   ABUJA: To ensure effective data gathering and monitoring, the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has completed arrangement to procure Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, SCADA, systems for the company. The Executive Director, Finance and Account at the TCN, Mr. Sony Iruoche, who disclosed this to Vanguard in Abuja, said the technology would be funded by international development partners like World Bank and African Development Bank, AFDB. Mr. Iruoche disclosed further that a committee to fast tract procurement of the equipment has been set up. SCADA is an   industrial control system  which is used in many modern industries like energy, manufacturing, power, water transportation, etc. SCADA systems organize multiple technologies that allows to process, gather and monitor data at the same time to send instructions to those points that transmit data. The system is a common industrial process automa...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has dismissed media report quoting him of accusing humanitarian agencies and Non- Governmental Organisations, NGOs operating in the North East of wasting resources. The report contained in a national daily (not Vanguard)  had quoted the Army chief of alleging that the United Nations, UN, humanitarian agencies and some Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs operating in the north east were sabotaging the fight against terrorism and insurgency. Reacting to the allegation, Monday, through a statement,  issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, Buratai insisted that the media report was not only incorrect but also a misrepresentation of facts. The statement added that the report did not reflect the position of the Chief of Army Staff and indeed the Nigerian Army. “In it, it was alleged that he leveled allegations against the United Nations (UN) hum...

http://ift.tt/2r3PdYM Barcelona's coach Luis Enrique arrives to a press conference at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on May 26, 2017 on the eve the Spanish King's Cup final football match FC Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE Luis Enrique will take charge of Barcelona for the final time as coach in Saturday’s Copa del Rey final against Alaves, but refused to rule out a return to the club in the future on Friday. Enrique can add a ninth title to a generally successful three-year spell in charge in the final competitive game at Atletico Madrid’s Vicente Calderon this weekend. However, he revealed back in March that he would not seek to renew his contract as he needed a rest after being worn down by the unique pressures that come with being Barca boss. “Who knows if one day I coud return to the club to coach Barca,” said Enrique. “It is my home, my club, it’s where I’ve felt most comfortable as a play...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the beheading of a five-year-old boy by unknown assailants in Shabu Lafia Local Government area of the state. The boy was beheaded on Monday with his headless body dumped in an uncompleted building, according to the DSP Kennedy Idirisu, the state police Spokesman. Idirisu told the Newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia that the headless body of Meshach, son of one Mr John Ona, was discovered at 9a.m. on Monday. He said that the police had begun investigation into the case. Idirisu called on parents to properly watch over their children and wards. A relative of the boy, Miss Mary Adogo, had told NAN that the child went to excrete on Monday and never returned. Adogo, Meshach’s aunt, said that the boy was with his mother and other siblings before he went excrete. “After about an hour of not seeing him, the mother raised an alarm which prompted the family and neighbours to commence a search for him. “It was in the ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Anthony Arugba ABRAKA- As part of efforts to reduce examination malpractice to the barest minimum in the university, the Management of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, has meted out another stroke of disciplinary action on new defaulters as no fewer than 84 students were handed various rustication sanctions ranging from two semesters to six semesters, while 14 of them were expelled from the university. The affected students are students of the university’s Postgraduate Programme; Regular Programme; Diploma Programme; Continuous Education Programme, CEP and Science Laboratory Technology Programme, SLT. This information was contained in the summary of the final joint report of the five groups of Examination Malpractice Mobile Disciplinary Committee for the month of February and March, 2017. According to the report, some of the students were expelled for smuggling answer booklets and examination question papers into the examination hall and caught w...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Kano – The Kano State Government, says it would ensure that whoever is found involved in the reported rape of a six-month-old girl in Kano, go to jail for life. The government said it was deeply saddened by the news of the rape allegedly committed by a close confidant of the victim’s family. The government stand is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Saturday by the state Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba. It said that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had directed the state Ministry of Justice to prosecute “whoever is involved in this sordid sexual crime.” The statement described the act as despicable, dastardly and condemnable, “which is alien to our religious and cultural values. The government stressed that the action clearly portrayed the perpetrator brutal and unfeeling, adding that the culprit deserved nothing more than the maximum penalty under the law. The statement said the government would settle the medical bill of the victim and advi...