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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J   …nabs kidnappers terrorising Abuja-Kaduna highway, as dismissed solider leads Edo kidnap gang …detains 3 allies of Benue’s most wanted militia, ‘Ghana’ By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The Department of State Security said on Monday it had made progress in tackling the spread of insurgents fleeing the military operations in the North-East towards Kaduna and its environs. This emerged, as the service also smashed a 15-man kidnap gang that had been terrorising Edo State and its environs led by a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal Samaila MADU. The DSS in a statement by Tony Opuiyo and made available to Vanguard in Abuja, pointed out that its recent massive operations in conjunction with the Nigerian army was aimed at flushing the Boko Haram elements from setting up its cells in Kaduna and its environs. The DSS said in the statement that in its bid to dislodge the terrorists, six Boko Haram insurgents were arrested at various locations in Igabi and ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday paid glowing tributes to the late winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, Chief M.K.O Abiola and other martyrs of democracy who laid down their lives in the struggle to entrench good governance in the country, urging Nigerians to continue to remain united and uphold democratic values. The election, which was adjudged as the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria, was annulled by the military junta. Speaking at a symposium put together by the State Government in conjunction with June 12 Coalition of Democratic Formations to mark the 24th anniversary of the annulled election, Governor Ambode said the day and the events that followed would remain evergreen in Nigeria’s political history, being a process through which Abiola and others laid down their lives in a bid to actualize the popular will of the people expressed through the ballot box. Governor Ambode, who was represented by the State’s Deputy ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Clifford Ndujihe Second Republic Politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu, commended the Igbo for complying with the sit-at-home order of the IPOB and restated his call for restructuring to save the country. He said: ”Ndigbo believe in the testament of faith at the injunctions of our forefathers which must be respected. We believe in the doctrine of non violence in the assertion of a peoples inevitable right to dignity, respect, well being and justice. Nigeria is a country ordained by God to set the Blackman free from the bondage of white and black imperialism and hegemony. ”We believe that Nigeria can become a nation if our act of governance is restructured with true federalism and fiscal federalism, in order to move forward with justice, fairness and opportunities to become our brothers keeper. If we are unable or unwilling to change our illusive direction then the better choice is to remove the shackles and let the various nationalities protect their future without ...

http://ift.tt/2rfkL0r < Previous 1 of 10 Next > Eric Moore Junior High School, Surulere Eric Moore Junior High School, Surulere Eric Moore Junior High School, Surulere Students of Eric Moore Junior High School, Surulere, located near the residence of the former governor of the State and now minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, receive lessons under makeshift classrooms, with some of them sitting on the floor. Founded in 2003, the school has a total of 761 students, according to its profile on http://ift.tt/2pUrqJj . But that numbered could not be independently verified. “You will pity the students whenever it rains,” a staff told The Guardian on Tuesday, pleading anonymity. “It is always difficult to teach them in such condition. Hopefully, the government can do something urgently about the school,” the staff added. When The Guardian contacted the public relations officer of the State’s Ministry of Education, Mr Ades...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J No fewer than 200 students at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Edo, have registered for the 2017 basic public examinations, including the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Camp Coordinator, Mr Solomon Folorunsho, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with the Newsmen in Ohogua, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo. Folorunso identified the other examinations as those conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) and West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC). According to him, 50 IDPs are currently writing the ongoing UTME, while 75 others written the just concluded Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) and 75 also registered for NECO. He said the International Christian Centre (ICC), where he is the pastor, had spent over N3 million to register the students for the examinations. “You may be wondering why we have less number for the UTME. We had wanted to register all of them even with the pauci...

http://ift.tt/2pDkDUk An handout picture released by the PGDBA&HND Mass Communication shows some of the 82 released Chibok girls waiting before a meeting with Nigeria's President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on May 7, 2017. Eighty-two of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria in 2014 arrived in Abuja on May 7, 2017 to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after a prisoner swap deal secured their release. Presidency spokesman Femi Adesina said the schoolgirls from Chibok, in Borno state, were met at the capital's airport by Buhari's chief of staff Abba Kyari and taken to a medical facility for checks. / AFP PHOTO / PGDBA&HND Mass Communication / Sunday AGHAEZE / "AFP PHOTO / HO / PGDBA&HND MASS COMMUNICATION/SUNDAY AGHAEZE" Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls who were released after being held for more than three years by Boko Haram will be reunited with their parents next week, according to Nigeria’s minister for wome...