OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA NOW 18M – MCARTHUR FOUNDATION
A RECENT SURVEY BY MCARTHUR FOUNDATION HAS SHOWN THE NUMBER OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA HAS RISEN FROM 15 MILLION TO 18 MILLION.
MCARTHUR FOUNDATION SAID THIS IN A DIALOGUE ON SITUATING CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS IN ELECTIONEERING ORGANISED BY THE ORDER PAPER IN COLLABORATION WITH MCARTHUR FOUNDATION AND BUDGIT, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF MCARTHUR FOUNDATION, DAYO OLAIDE, SAYS NIGERIANS MUST ENSURE THAT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DO NOT ONLY MAKE LAWS, BUT SHOULD ENSURE THE LAWS IMPACT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.
OLAIDE SAYS ACCOUNTABILITY IS A CRITICAL ASPECT OF GOVERNANCE AND BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS APART FROM INSECURITY WHICH MCARTHUR FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN MANY ASPECTS INCLUDING HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY.
THE MCARTHUR FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE SAYS IT IS SAD THAT OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ROSE FROM 15 MILLION TO 18 MILLION DESPITE THE LAWS BEING MADE BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET WITH EDUCATION SPENDING AND CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS INCLUSIVE SAYING THE IMPACT OF THE LAW WILL NEVER BE FELT UNLESS IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
HE HAS HOWEVER CHARGED NIGERIANS TO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY WOMEN ARE SAVED, HOW MANY GIRLS RETURN TO SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THE LAWS OR THE BUDGET PASSED.
Arsenal Ready to Break Bank for Osimhen, Offer Napoli €100m
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE GIANTS, ARSENAL, ARE SET TO BREAK THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO LURE SUPER EAGLES STAR, VICTOR OSIMHEN, WHO IS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT PLAYERS IN THIS SUMMER WINDOW, TO NORTH LONDON.
THE GUNNERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE READY TO OFFER NAPOLI €100MILLION FOR THE SERVICES OF THE NIGERIAN INTERNATIONAL STRIKER.
OSIMHEN WAS IN STELLAR FORM FOR THE PARTE-NOPEANS LAST SEASON, SCORING 18 GOALS IN 32 APPEARANCES. AND HIS PERFORMANCES, HAVE ATTRACTED SOME OF EUROPE’S BIG BOYS-MAINLY FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
NEWCASTLE UNITED, MANCHESTER UNITED, AND ARSENAL ARE THE FRONT RUNNERS FOR THE 23-YEAR-OLD’S SIGNATURE. NONETHELESS, NAPOLI’S PRICE TAG HAS BEEN A MAJOR SETBACK FOR SUITORS.
THE PARTENOPEANS ARE DEMANDING A FEE IN THE REGION OF €100MILLION-€110MILLION. BUT NONE OF OSIMHEN’S SUITORS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO MEET THAT PRICE.
HOWEVER, ARSENAL COULD MAKE A U-TURN, AS
THEY ARE LOOKING TO OFFER NAPOLI €100MILLION FOR THE SUPER EAGLES STAR.
THE GUNNERS ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THEIR PERFORMANCE OF LAST SEASON WHEN THEY FINISHED OUTSIDE THE TOP FOUR, AND THEY COULD SPLASH THE CASH THIS SUMMER, AS THEY ARE ALSO IN TALKS WITH MANCHESTER CITY FOR GABRIEL JESUS.
Mystery Stomach Disease Hits North Korean Province
NORTH KOREA IS RUSHING TO CONTAIN AN OUTBREAK OF A “MALIGNANT” INTESTINAL DISEASE A MONTH AFTER THE COUNTRY ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS DEALING WITH A COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
STATE MEDIA HAVE NOT DISCLOSED THE NAME OF THE INTESTINAL DISEASE BUT SAY NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN HAS SENT MEDICINES TO COMBAT AN “ACUTE ENTERIC EPIDEMIC” IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF SOUTH HWANGHAE.
ENTERIC DISEASES ARE OFTEN ACQUIRED BY CONSUMING CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER BUT CAN ALSO SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON. THEY CAUSE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DIARRHEA, FEVER OR CRAMPS AND CAN BE DEADLY IF LEFT UNTREATED.
Ekiti guber: Yakubu tasks INEC staff on oath of neutrality
Ekiti guber: Yakubu tasks INEC staff on oath of neutrality
Former CJN, Onnoghen Laments Poor Funding of Apex Court
THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA (CJN), JUSTICE WALTER ONNOGHEN HAS WARNED THAT UNLESS ADEQUATELY FUNDED, THE SUPREME COURT MAY SOON AT BEST BE A GLORIFIED HIGH COURT.
THE FORMER CJN, WHO GAVE THE WARNING LAMENTED THAT JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT HAD BEEN SUFFERING IN SILENCE SINCE 2008 WHEN THEIR SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS WERE LAST REVIEWED.
ONNOGHEN, WHO SPOKE YESTERDAY, IN ABUJA, AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF NIGERIA’S FIRST LAW BOOK ON CONSTRUCTION LAW, REVEALED THAT SOME JUSTICES OF THE APEX COURT STILL LIVE IN RENTED ACCOMMODATIONS IN UNSUITABLE AREAS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY.
BESIDES ACCOMMODATION ISSUE, THE FORMER CJN EXPLAINED THAT CHAMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WERE UNBEFITTING OF THEIR STATUS AND CALLED FOR THEIR PROPER FUNDING TO ENABLE THEM PERFORM OPTIMALLY.
Obi: Catholic church disowns Mbaka
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS DISOWNED THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF ADORATION MINISTRY, ENUGU, NIGERIA (AMEN), REV. FR. EJIKE MBAKA, OVER STATEMENTS HE MADE AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF LABOUR PARTY, PETER OBI, ON WEDNESDAY.
MBAKA HAD AMONG OTHER COMMENTS DESCRIBED OBI AS A STINGY MAN AND A JOKER WHO IS UNWORTHY OF BECOMING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.
IN A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ENUGU DIOCESE, CALLISTUS ONAGA, CONDEMNED AND DISSOCIATED THE CHURCH FROM MBAKA’S COMMENTS DESCRIBING IT AS DIVISIVE AND UNBECOMING.
ANDERLECHT SET TO SIGN NIGERIAN MIDFIELDER FOR €4.5M
BELGIAN GIANTS, ANDERLECHT ARE SET TO COMPLETE THE SIGNING OF NIGERIAN MIDFIELDER, ISHAQ ABDULRAZAK FROM SWEDISH CLUB, IFK NORRKOPIING, REPORTS COMPLETESPORTS.COM.
SPORTS REPORTS SAY ANDERLECHT WILL COUGH OUT €4.M TO COMPLETE THE TRANSFER.
THE 20-YEAR-OLD HAS MADE 10 APPEARANCES FOR IFK NORRKOPIING THIS SEASON AND PROVIDED ONE ASSIST.
ANDERLECHT HAS BEEN TRACKING ABDULRAZAK SINCE FEBRUARY AND HAS A BID REJECTED FOR THE KADUNA-BORN PLAYER.
THE FORMER GOLDEN EAGLETS PLAYER LINKED UP WITH IFK NORRKOPIING FROM UNITY ACADEMY IN 2020. HE HAS SCORED TWO GOALS IN 37 LEAGUE APPEARANCES FOR THE CLUB.
HE HAS ONLY A YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT.
EUROPEAN TRIO IN KYIV AS UKRAINE PUSHES FOR MORE WEAPONS
THE FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY LEADERS ARE IN KYIV FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS
EMMANUEL MACRON, OLAF SCHOLZ AND MARIO DRAGHI AIM TO COUNTER CRITICISMS OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
MACRON SAYS “FRANCE HAS BEEN ALONGSIDE UKRAINE SINCE DAY ONE” SAYING IT “MUST RESIST AND WIN”
SCHOLZ SAYS THE VISIT SHOWS COMMITMENT TO UKRAINE – “FINANCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO WEAPONS”
THE TRIO INSPECTED WAR DAMAGE ON A VISIT TO THE TOWN OF IRPIN WHICH RUSSIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED AT THE WAR’S START
IT COMES A DAY AFTER THE US PLEDGED ANOTHER $1BN OF WEAPONS AID TO KYIV
MEANWHILE A REGINAL GOVERNOR SAYS, 10,000 CIVILIANS ARE TRAPPED IN THE EMBATTLED EASTERN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK.
I REMAIN THE AUTHENTIC GUBER CANDIDATE OF APC IN EBONYI STATE. NWIFURU
THE OF EBONYI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, FRANCIS NWIFURU HAS SAID HE IS OPTIMISTIC HE WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF EBONYI STATE.
NWIFURU SAID THIS IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL DURING AN INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH JOURNALISTS.
THE SPEAKER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE PARALLEL CONGRESSES CONDUCTED IN EBONYI STATE AS EBONYI STATE IS ONE OF THE STATES THAT HAD A SUCCESSFUL APC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT NWIFURU SAYS IT WAS ONLY JULIUS UCHA WHO PETITIONED THE CONGRESS, WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED.
LABOUR PARTY NOT A THREAT IN ANAMBRA — STELLA ODUAH
STELLA ODUAH WHO REPRESENTS ANAMBRA SOUTH SENATORIAL ZONE IN THE SENATE UNDER THE PLATFORM OF PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTTY HAS SAID INCURSION OF THE LABOUR PARTY INTO ANAMBRA THROUGH FORMER GOVERNOR PETER OBI AS ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, IS NOT A THREAT TO THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP).
ODUAH SAID THIS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE DURING THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RETURN TO 30 PDP CANDIDATES WHO WON THE PARTY PRIMARIES FOR BOTH THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THURSDAY IN ABUJA.
20 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY PDP CANDIDATES AND 10 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES FROM ANAMBRA NORTH AND SOUTH WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF RETURN.
ODUAH SAYS IGBOS SHOULD WORK WITH A PARTY AND CANDIDATE WHICH WOULD WIN THE PRESIDENCY AND A PARTY THAT WOULD TAKE THEM TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
THE SENATOR SAYS IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME A NEW PARTY WOULD COME INTO ANAMBRA, BUT THE PDP HAD ALWAYS DEFEATED THEM.