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http://ift.tt/2gduWxY By Sylvia Anikwe WHATSAPP helps teenagers communicate with their peers and express themselves better compared to classrooms they are part of, a new study claims. The findings of the study revealed that students in WhatsApp groups are able to develop closer and more open relationships with their classmates because of the freedom of expression they enjoy on the platform. As part of the study, the researchers observed two groups of eight youths aged 16 to17, and two groups of eight youths aged 14 to 15. The teenagers perceived WhatsApp chat groups as a space that breaks down the hierarchical division created at school.”The group chats are based on trust among the members of the group, and this enhances the possibility to be in contact.” In Nigeria, the benefits of WhatsApp are not lost on students. Across tertiary institutions, students give positive stories of group studies and bonds formed through WhatsApp groups. One of such students is Promise Ube who said t...

http://ift.tt/2gduWxY By Sylvia Anikwe WHATSAPP helps teenagers communicate with their peers and express themselves better compared to classrooms they are part of, a new study claims. The findings of the study revealed that students in WhatsApp groups are able to develop closer and more open relationships with their classmates because of the freedom of expression they enjoy on the platform. As part of the study, the researchers observed two groups of eight youths aged 16 to17, and two groups of eight youths aged 14 to 15. The teenagers perceived WhatsApp chat groups as a space that breaks down the hierarchical division created at school.”The group chats are based on trust among the members of the group, and this enhances the possibility to be in contact.” In Nigeria, the benefits of WhatsApp are not lost on students. Across tertiary institutions, students give positive stories of group studies and bonds formed through WhatsApp groups. One of such students is Promise Ube who said t...

http://ift.tt/2gduWxY By Sylvia Anikwe WHATSAPP helps teenagers communicate with their peers and express themselves better compared to classrooms they are part of, a new study claims. The findings of the study revealed that students in WhatsApp groups are able to develop closer and more open relationships with their classmates because of the freedom of expression they enjoy on the platform. As part of the study, the researchers observed two groups of eight youths aged 16 to17, and two groups of eight youths aged 14 to 15. The teenagers perceived WhatsApp chat groups as a space that breaks down the hierarchical division created at school.”The group chats are based on trust among the members of the group, and this enhances the possibility to be in contact.” In Nigeria, the benefits of WhatsApp are not lost on students. Across tertiary institutions, students give positive stories of group studies and bonds formed through WhatsApp groups. One of such students is Promise Ube who said t...

http://ift.tt/2ok9OID The Commission, would be headed by a chairman, who would be a retired Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General, who would also be appointed by the President for a period of four years. • NASS to raise teachers’ retirement age to 65 The Senate has, in a new law passed yesterday, subjected the appointment of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to its confirmation. While making it mandatory for the President to appoint the Comptroller General from officers within the Customs Service, it also scrapped the governing board of the Service and replaced it with the NCS Commission. The Commission, would be headed by a chairman, who would be a retired Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General, who would also be appointed by the President for a period of four years. The appointment of the chairman of the commission is also subject to confirmation by the Senate, and the tenure is renewable once. The Senate Bill tagged: “ A Bil...

http://ift.tt/2qKSUC7 Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance yesterday while briefing State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. • 2017 budget may not be signed this week The Federal Government yesterday assured Nigerians that ailing President Muhammadu Buhari is in “very competent hands” in London where he has gone to do a follow-up medical consultation with his doctors. The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, had on Tuesday left Nigeria for London to join her husband. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance yesterday while briefing State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The minister who was responding to a question on the status of the president’s health assured that there was no cause for alarm over President Buhari’s health. “The president is in very compete...

http://ift.tt/2sgBhuT The burnt police station Two policemen and a naval rating lost their lives on Tuesday night in Calabar, after some suspected naval officers attacked a police station in the capital city of Cross River State. Trouble started around 5:00p.m. on Tuesday when police traffic controllers attempted to stop some naval officers who flouted the red light at a point near the Calabar Township. While some eyewitnesses said the naval officers not only ignored the policemen but also beat them up, others told newsmen that trouble started when the unidentified naval rating was shot in the left shoulder by policeman over the traffic offence. The situation later degenerated as a section of the Akim Police Station, which is located along the busy IBB Way, was burnt by some naval personnel, while two vehicles were also set ablaze. Two policemen identified as Sergeant Odudu and Corporal Emmanuel Mbang were shot dead at close range while a third policeman...

http://ift.tt/2r0PBsN Yearly, the Federal Government rakes in multi-billion naira from its “cash cows” at the Apapa end of the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, which include Apapa Port and Tin Can Island Port, but that stretch of the road has consistently been neglected by administrations. Now, the situation imperils residents and those whose livelihood depends on it. And for the umpteenth time, stakeholders including maritime workers and residents are demanding immediate action to stem the tide of economic and human losses due to the decadent state of the area. Apapa plays host to the fourth largest port in Africa; a number of ports and terminals operated by private firms on behalf of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Put differently, Apapa, is home of Nigeria’s biggest seaport, as well as the country highest revenue earner after crude oil. The Lagos Port Complex, which occupies about 120 hectares of land in Apapa, according to the NPA, comprises 16 jetties. While four of them are...

http://ift.tt/2rjINYp Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu A former president of the General Conference, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Professor Michael Omolewa, in this interview with IYABO LAWAL, posited that a review of the school curriculum to promote character, independent thinking and self-reliance in youths coupled with the political will from elected functionaries are needed to propel Nigeria’s education sector to enviable heights. What is your assessment of the education sector in the last two years? Let us take a look at what was on ground before this present administration came on board. During this period, there was general decadence, when you have universities ranking and Nigeria did not feature at all, when there was complaint about inadequate funding, there was restlessness in the system, industrial actions here and there. Because at the time, it appeared as if politics and who wins election was the priority, so,...

http://ift.tt/2oJY2aO • Says Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gun-powder • UNIDO urges provision of regular electricity for development Fresh but hard facts emerged yesterday on Nigeria’s ailing power sector at the Senate as senators submitted that the sector is in a comatose situation and in dire need of emergency response. The lawmakers said that because the distribution companies are bankrupt and cannot procure meters, the entire privatisation of the power sector should be revisited. These submissions were made at a debate on a motion sponsored by Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) on how frustration in the power sector is further sabotaging efforts at reviving the economy. Melaye had in his motion said that years after the privatisation of the power sector, the distribution companies (Discos) handling the retailing and marketing of electricity in the industry have not been able to effectively meter their customers, thereby leaving millions of them at their mercy through estimate...

http://ift.tt/2rX7hTy Stakeholders at the maiden education summit in Ogun State have advocated greater emphasis on vocational studies and skills acquisition as viable option to put the country back on the path of development. They further posited that it was not enough for education to be qualitative, but must be affordable. Scores of government officials, educationists, university scholars and development partners converged on the Abeokuta Cultural Centre for the two- day summit. In his paper titled: “Baseline and Assessment,” Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede harped on skills development, adding that qualitative education must be encouraged in the pursuit of excellence. While stressing the importance of skills acquisition, he said the economy could not sustain the workforce if government wins the ongoing fight against corruption. He noted that a permanent secretary who earns N100,000 monthly for instance, was not rel...

http://ift.tt/2oKlcxt The Police yesterday confirmed the killing of three suspected female suicide bombers after a failed attack along the Maiduguri-Damboa road. The spokesman for the command, Mr. Victor Isuku, made the confirmation in a statement in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said, “Today at about 17: 55 hours, (5:55pm), three female suicide bombers, suspected to have been conveyed by motorcycle and dropped at a distance to Mamanti village in Molai area, were sighted and intercepted by vigilant security operatives. “In the process, they hurriedly detonated explosives strapped to their bodies, killing themselves only,’’ Isuku said. He said that a team from the Police Explosive Ordinance Department was promptly drafted to the scene to restore normalcy, adding that there was no civilian casualty. The police had similarly confirmed the killing of three suspected suicide bombers after a foiled attack at the University of Maiduguri on May 19. Also on May 20, a suspected suicide ...

http://ift.tt/2rjHCs8 Babies at a Lagos home. PHOTO: FAB.NG Wilfred Ndidi is the Nigerian revelation and one Leicester City’s shiny stars after a dream 17 millions pound move to the English premiership side from Belgium in January. Born in Lagos State on December 16, 1996 to a soldier and taking to football from the streets of Lagos, Ndidi’s quick adaptation to European life and football was largely aided by a Belgian couple, Theo van Vlierden and his wife, Marleen, who adopted the emerging star on his arrival at Genk in 2015. He ended the season being voted as Leicester City’s Young Player of the Year and is today an inspiration to many Nigerians, including Kemi Adebayo, a physically challenged footballer, picked up from the streets as a destitute child by the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, but today living her dreams in Europe with her adopted parents. Adebayo is one of the over 400 children abroad across Europe, Asia, and America that have been giv...

http://ift.tt/2o8KKAS LUTH Health workers at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday protested against their poor welfare condition. The state Chairman, Trade Union Congress, Ogunremi Francis, told The Guardian “the protest was aimed at telling the LUTH’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Chris Bode, that we don’t like the way he is running the hospital.” According to the workers, the CMD is harassing the labour leaders, adding that his position is illegal because he has worked for over 35 years and above the retirement age of 60 years. The protesters were members of the Joint House unions and the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD). Ogunremi also claimed that the CMD usually deduct the union members salaries without remitting to the appropriate authorities. He said: “The unions had to come together because the problems had become unbearable. The CMD is also used to suspending doctors and other officials, while doctors’ full salaries and allowances wer...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A   revised timetable for the National Sports Federations elections has been released by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The deadline for submission of forms is now May 19, 2017 while verification of names of representatives of other constituencies except those from the zones will take place between May 23rd and 24th 2017. Zonal elections hold on May 25, 2017 while Bye Elections arising from Petitions and Appeals at Zonal and Constituency levels will take place on June 7, 2017. June 13, 2017 still remains the date for elections into positions of Federations’ Presidents and Vice Presidents while the inauguration of the Boards of National Sports Federations hold on July 13, 2017. The post New time table for nsf elections released appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qHFAlb