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Month: June 2021

  • Reno Omokri: FG has no means to effect the suspension of twitter activities in Nigeria

    Reno Omokri: FG has no means to effect the suspension of twitter activities in Nigeria

    The renowned yoruba born human right activist, Bemigho Reno Omokri has noted with concern that the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari, has no means to effect the suspension of twitter activities in Nigeria.
    According to him “The suspension of the activities of @Twitter in Nigeria by the @MBuhari administration should
    be ignored by @Jack. The Buhari government has no means to effect the suspension, and even
    members of the administration are still on Twitter”

    Reno Omokri is a Nigerian human right activist and lawyer. Omokri was the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri, a Christian teaching TV show broadcast on San Francisco’s KTLN and Detroit’s.

  • Benue State Teachers Recruitment Portal 2023 | SUBEB Recruitment 2023

    Benue State Teachers Recruitment 2021/2022 |  Benue SUBEB Recruitment 2021-2022 Application Form Is Out | Benue state teaching service board recruitment portal 2021—see more important information about the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board Recruitment.

    Govt to recruit 3,172 academic, non-academic staff for tertiary institutions, SUBEB

     

    Over 3,172 teaching and non-teaching employees for higher institutions, as well as teachers for the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, have been Approved by the Benue state government.

    This was one of the outcomes of the State Executive Council meeting in Makurdi, which was presided over by Governor Samuel Ortom.

    Mrs. Ngunan Addingi, the Commissioner for Information, briefed journalists on the meeting’s results, saying that a committee had been formed to work out the recruitment protocols.

    Benue SUBEB Recruitment 2021-2022

    She explained that 1,172 teachers and non-teaching employeeswould be recruited for the state’s five tertiary institutions, while 2,000 instructors would be recruited for the SUBEB.

     

    READ ALSO: Delta State Ministry of Technical Education Massive Recruitment Graduates

    “The State Executive Council approved the establishment of a committee to work on modalities for the recruitment of 1,172 personnel in five tertiary institutions in the state,” the Commissioner said.

    Benue State Teachers Recruitment 2021

    “Among the institutes is Katsina-Ala College of Education, which will get 165 academic and 100 non-academic workers. Oju College of Education has a staff of 81 academics and 100 non-academics. 140 academics and 44 non-academics work at Benue State Polytechnic. 134 academic and 111 non-academic staff at Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, and 134 academic and 111 non-academic personnel at Akperan Oshi Polytechnic.

    Benue SUBEB Recruitment 2021 

    “A committee was formed as a result to work on the recruitment methods. The Chairman of that committee is the Secretary of State Government. Members include the Commissioners for Education, Finance, Special Assistants to the MDGs, and the Head of Service.

    “Another sanction was given for the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, to process the hiring of 2,000 instructors.

    “As we all know, as a result of deaths and retirements, the number of instructors in our profession is shrinking. There are around 16,000 teachers left. So EXCO got their consent for that employment to be done in order for some of the schools to obtain their teachers because some of them are now without teachers.”

    Benue State Teachers Recruitment 2021

    How to Apply for Benue SUBEB Recruitment 

    This is how to apply for Benue SUBEB Recruitment , all applications will be online but we want to let all applicants know that the application portal is not yet open for the application so you are advised to bookmark this page and check back later.

    # Benue State Teachers Recruitment 2021/2022 |  SUBEB Recruitment 2021/2022 

  • FG suspends Twitter’s operations in Nigeria

    FG suspends Twitter’s operations in Nigeria

    The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement in Abuja on Friday.

    The minister cited the persistent use of the platform for activities capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.

    He said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in the country.

    The statement was released by Mr. Segun Adeyemi,Special Assistant to the President Media office of the minister

  • NYSC: See the real reason why lawmakers seek an end of the scheme

    The bill on the discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps has reached the second reading in the House of Representatives.
    Sponsored by the lawmaker representing Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, the bill listed various reasons why the NYSC should be scrapped.
    It said the NYSC has led to the “incessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence; incessant kidnapping of innocent corps members across the country.”
    “Public and private agencies/departments are no longer recruiting able and qualified Nigerian youths, thus relying heavily on the availability of corps members who are not being well remunerated and get discarded with impunity at the end of their service year without any hope of being gainfully employed.
    “Due to insecurity across the country, the National Youth Service Corps management now gives considerations to posting corps members to their geopolitical zone, thus defeating one of the objectives of setting up the service corps, i.e. developing common ties among the Nigerian youths and promote national unity and integration.”
    The bill is seeking the alteration of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020.
    The youth service, which started on May 22, 1973, was established during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon under Decree No. 24 of 1973.
    NYSC was established to reconcile and reintegrate Nigerians after the Nigerian civil war.

    However, the Director-General of the National
    Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu
    Ibrahim has given reasons for the sustenance of the post graduate scheme, saying corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is compulsory for all Nigerians who graduate before the age of 30. The NYSC boss said, “Corps members are on reserve. They are part of the national defence policy of this country. So, where there is serious war, our corps members Nigerians to train them quickly to put in their best for the country? So, corps members are on reserve. They are also part of the national defence policy.” He said the NYSC is concerned about the security of corps members and that is why they had been advised not to move around at night. Ibrahim argued that the NYSC had become more important than ever in the face of the rising calls for secession.

  • Okowa: Nigeria needs a new constitution, not amendment.

    Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and PDP chieftain has said Nigeria needed a new constitution, as against the amendment of the operational 1999 Constitution (as emended) to accommodate emerging issues of good governance for the greater interest of all Nigerians. The stated this when Senate Sub-Committee on review of 1999 Constitution met yesterday in Asaba, the state capital.
    Okowa, who expressed concern over the constitution, saying that a new constitution for the country had become necessary in view of inherent flaws in the 1999 Constitution.

    He, therefore, advocated the insertion of a clause to pave way for a rewritten constitution, which would continue to be in operation until a fresh one was ready.

    “No doubt, there is still a lot to work on in our constitution to have a near perfect document and I know that the National Assembly has continued over time to ensure some of the amendments.

    “It’s good enough that those sent here are familiar with the zone. So, when the people speak, they would understand.

    “But, I also wished that some persons from other zones actually had the opportunity to come here and hear the voices of our people directly, because sometimes we do not understand the extent of the pains that the Niger Delta people truly suffer in the country.

    “We believe in one country and in the unity of Nigeria, but we will continue to ask for equity as a people, and I know that the people will give their opinion at the public hearing,” he stated.

    The governor urged the National Assembly to reconsider power devolution to the states, review revenue allocation formula, oil derivation and state police in the amendment to enable Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to provide revenue allocation formula proposal to directly before the lawmakers.

    He lamented that the revenue allocation formula had not been reviewed for the last 24 years, whereas it was supposed to be reviewed every five years.

    Okowa noted that oil-producing states had continued to struggle for the 13 per cent derivation fund, adding that oil was a wasting asset, while the environment where it was being extracted had continued to be polluted and degraded.

    Senator James Manager, who led the committee, said the Committee, which comprised senators from Edo, Bayelsa and Delta, visited the state for a two-day public hearing on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. He said apart from spiritual books, the constitution was the most important book in any country.

    “The National Assembly alone cannot amend the constitution, because it involves states’ Houses of Assembly and other stakeholders. The document is never a perfect one and therefore, amendments are inevitable from time to time and fine tuned to reflect current realities,” he added.