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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Suzan Edeh Bauchi State Government has approved N425,336,400 for the 2017 registration and conduct of the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, National Business and Technical Examination Board, NABTEB, and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies NBAIS, examinations. The Commissioner for Education, Nuhu Gidado, stated this yesterday during a briefing on the achievements of the ministry. Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Nasiru Yelwa, the Commissioner dismissed insinuations that there were special miracle centres where special students were taken to pass the examinations. He said there was improvement in the student’s WAEC performance from 3.65 percent in 2015 to 17.60 percent in 2016, with students passing with five credits, including Maths and English. The post Bauchi approves N425.3m for WAEC, others appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qVlGDP

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Yinka Kolawole The rate of unemployment in Nigeria rose to 14.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, from 13.9 percent in Q3, with the number of unemployed in the labour force increasing by 351,015 persons. This was revealed in the Unemployment/Under-employment Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday. The report noted that the national unemployment rate was slightly up from 13.9% in Q3, 13.3% in Q2, 12.1% in Q1 2016, and 10.4% in Q4 2015. “Accordingly, there were  a total of 28.58 million persons in the Nigerian labour force in Q4 2016, that were either unemployed or underemployed compared to  compared to 27.12 million in Q3, 26.06 million in Q2 and 24.5 million in Q1 2016,” the report stated. The report further stated: “In Q4 2016,  the labour force population (i.e. those within the working age population willing, able and actively looking for work)  increased to  81.15  million  from  ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Onozure Dania Thousands of angry youths in Bayelsa State, yesterday, staged a demonstration in support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the arrest and detention of Mr. George Turner, former Special Adviser to esrstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The Youths, under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens of Bayelsa State and led by their coordinators, Chief Harrow Zuokomor and Abule Bethel, said though the state was still in shock at the magnitude of seized fund and projects it was meant for in some parts of the state, the protest was to commend the EFCC and ask the anti-graft agency to return the seized fund to the state for development purposes. The youths, armed with placards bearing inscriptions such as ‘We thank the EFCC for exposing corrupt persons,’  ‘Enemies of Niger Delta exposed,’ ‘Welldone EFCC,’ among others, said that the state was hungry for development, adding that the return of the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Peter Duru MAKURDI—Benue State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill of N176.6 billion into law. The passage of the fiscal estimate was sequel to the consideration of the report of its standing committee on Appropriation in the Committee of Supply, headed by the Speaker, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange. Christened Budget of Rural Transformation, the passed bill was N12.7 billion higher than the N163.9 billion originally presented to the Assembly last year by Governor Samuel Ortom. Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Mr. Adam Okloho, said: “The increase became necessary following the non-inclusion of some ongoing projects by the Ministry of Finance and additional requests by MDAs for inclusion of some critical projects, which were omitted in the proposed estimates.” A breakdown of the estimate showed that N66.7 billion was allocated to recurrent expenditure, while N109.9 billion would go capital expenditure. The deficit financing of th...

http://ift.tt/2qTHZZp Most of the African countries missed the June 17, 2015 deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. Nigeria and other African countries have restated their commitment towards the development of African television industry’s digital migration.The countries including Central Africa Republic, Chad, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Zambia, DRC Congo and Ethiopia, and a host of others made the pledge at the on-going Startimes 7th African Digital TV Development Seminar in Beijing, China. Most of the African countries missed the June 17, 2015 deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. The countries, including Nigeria missed the deadline due to lack of funding and the political will on the part of the governments. Nigeria as at then, needed about N30 billion to migrate successfully. However, those, which missed the 2015...

http://ift.tt/2oGJhDN Sir: African parenting culture, doesn’t exactly seem to be bosom friends with the feminine gender. A girl child in Africa, is widely considered a future property of her potential suitor, so the need to prepare her (at least marketable enough) for marriage, becomes inherent! Let’s tarry a bit on gender responsibility, as required by the average African society. A man is often regarded as the sole administrator of the home, who’s revered and religiously served by his wife. Little wonder, he’s saddled with the huge responsibility of providing satisfactorily for his household (whether in a financially favorable time, or a toxic economy). On the other hand, the traditionally female line of work for women in many parts of Africa, cuts across: Acquiring a reasonable level of formal education; committing wholly to the hunt for a husband (either physically/spiritually); speedily bearing his children; raising the kids, and promptly attending to the scary heap of domesti...

http://ift.tt/2qi8L9R President, ‎Risk Managers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN)/ Chief Risk Officer, Heritage Bank Limited, Jude Monye; President, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Prof.joseph Olusegun Ajibola and Chairman, RIMAN/Director, Risk Management, CBN, Folakemi Fatogbe, at the Chief Risk Officers , at a Dinner, organised by RIMAN in Lagos. The President Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Prof Segun Ajibola has stressed the need for risk managers to always uphold the profession’s ethical values at all times. Speaking at a dinner organized by Risk Managers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) in Lagos recently, he stated that ‘the integrity of risk managers must never be compromised. Risk managers should make themselves reference point when it comes to character checking. They are the conscience of their establishments, their hands must be clean, and they must not be tempted. Failure of risk management creates gaps or can cause calamities.’ Speaking...