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...Commissions A Fully Furnished Block Of 3 Classrooms At Udoeke Primary School Abagana. ...Says Provision Of Educational Infrastructure, Training And Retraining Of Teachers Essential To Achieving Academic Excellence. The leading governorship aspirant for the November 6 election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Uche Ekwunife (Iyom) has assured that education will be a primary focus of her government if elected as the next governor of the state, stating that she has crafted an agenda that is focused on revamping the education sector.  Ekwunife promised that her government will rejig the education curriculum to produce people capable of solving contemporary world problems. Ekwunife made the above remarks on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, while commissioning a fully furnished Block Of 3 Classrooms she constructed at Udoeke Primary School Abagana, Njikoka LGA. Speaking shortly before the commissioning, she described Abagana community as one of the communiti...

  Jay-Z   is opening up about family life with   Beyoncé   — and not pushing their own dreams and aspirations on their three kids.  "Feeling loved is the most important thing a child needs, you know?" the 51-year-old rapper turned mogul told  The Sunday Times  in a rare interview. "Not: 'Here's this business that I’m going to hand over to you, that I'm creating for you.'" The Roc Nation founder continued, "What if my child" — referring to  Blue Ivy , 9, and twins Sir and Rumi, 3 — "doesn't want to be in music or sports? I have no idea, right? But as long as your child feels supported, and feels loved, I think anything is possible." When it's noted that their destinies seem defined as the children of two major superstars — after all Blue already  won her first Grammy  for "Brown Skin Girl" — he acknowledged that they do have a large legacy to live up to. “Yeah,” he replied. However, their goal is "just make s...

By Ozioma Ubabukoh  At a time many Nigerians are expressing frustrations over the lethargy of elected representatives and decay in the country’s polity, accentuated by transactional electoral process, Dr. Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili decided to abandon the lamentation hall.  With #FixPolitics, the former Presidential candidate seems to have identified the root cause of the problems and is mobilizing to take remedial steps by grooming citizens with the right knowledge tools to take charge and right the wrongs in the nation’s polity.  When Nigerians named her ‘Madam Due Process’, it was their own way of acknowledging Ezekwesili’s eyes for details and dexterity with facts.  Ezekwesili’s work during her stint at the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligent Unit (Due Process Unit) did much to show, not only her diligence and patriotism, but also her belief that Nigeria can do things right.  Perhaps, having worked with Professor Jeffrey Sachs at the Centre for Intern...

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Monday night announced the sighting of the moon and noted that the 2021 Ramadan will begin on Tuesday, April 13th.   This is according to a broadcast by the President-General of NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. The Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called on Muslim Ummah in Nigeria to use the period of this year’s Ramadan to pray for the peace of Nigeria, he also asked the Ummah to pray for leaders in the country for wisdom to handle all the challenges facing the nation. He called on Muslims to adhere to the teachings and practice of Islam during the month, urging them to live in peace and harmony with their neighbors. Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest shrines, had earlier announced that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will start on Tuesday, as Muslims worldwide face coronavirus curbs. “Tomorrow, Tuesday… is the beginning of the blessed month of...

Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have asked the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the union. They warned that should the government fail to honour its agreement in the next four weeks, they would be forced to declare another indefinite nationwide industrial action. President of NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, gave the warning on behalf of his colleagues when he featured on a live TV program on Monday. “We have been given a leap of faith to believe in the system and we hope and pray that the system does not fail us,” he said during his appearance on the  Channels Television  breakfast programme. The doctor added, “If it fails us, we don’t have a choice but to call a meeting in the next four weeks, which is the timeline for this strike that we suspended. “If our demands are not met in four weeks’ time, I think it will go back to us going on indefinite strike again.” Members of the union had embarked on strike on April 1, but it was susp...