Nigerian Prisons Service’s truck breaks down with prisoners inside.
The truck broke down yesterday afternoon along Airport road, Ajao Estate, Lagos.
And it had to be pushed with the assistance of the prisoners they were conveying because pedestrians did as if they didn’t hear d warders shouting, “let’s join hands together to push our nation forward.
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I dont even know what to say so, Whatever they call this. Lord have Mercy.
I know some people will curse me for bringing these photos to you, but look
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Many are currently feared dead in a bomb explosion which occurred at workers’ biometric screening centre in Sabon Gari local government area of Kaduna State this morning.
More details later
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Since establishment in 1948, the University of Ibadan, UI, has again recorded another achievement, emerging the best in Nigeria. The enviable position of the university arose from the latest ranking of African universities and higher institutions conducted by Journals Consortium on 1,447 higher institutions.
National Mirror learnt the Journals Consortium made use of research publications and citations from the last five years (2010 to 2014) as well as visibility on the internet. On Africa point of view, the University of Ibadan was 8th best university in a ranking largely dominated by South African institutions, which occupied six of the first best 10 institutions.
The results of the ranking which is available on the web (http:// ranking.journals consortium. org/), revealed that South African institutions dominated the top ten, with University of Cape Town topping the rank with Total Influence factor (TIF) of 45.02, followed by Cairo University (43.43) and the University of Pretoria (43.35).
The top ten include six institutions from South Africa, two from Egypt and one each from Kenya and Nigeria (University of Ibadan).
First generation universities were in top positions in the latest ranking with University of Ibadan coming 8th in Africa and first in Nigeria, followed by University of Nigeria, Nsuka (13th), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (18th), University of Lagos, UNILAG, (20th), Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile -Ife (24th), University of Ilorin (31st), University of Portharcourt (36th), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (42nd), University of Calabar (43rd), Federal University of Technology (FUTA-49) while the only private university in the top list is Covenant University which is placed 53rd in the ranking.
Reacting to the ranking, the Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Isaac Adewole, said the vision of the university is to be a world-class institution for academic excellence geared towards meeting societal needs.
He added that the university will not rest on its oars until it ranks at par with renowned universities and higher institutions globally, saying his administration was poised to expand the frontiers of knowledge through provision of excellent conditions of learning and research.
The Vice Chancellor, however, called for special funding status for the university from the Federal Government for its vision and mission to be fully realised towards transformation of the Nigerian society through creativity and innovation
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I just wonder what the current CBN governor is really doing there. Since Sanusi Lamido left the CBN, things have been getting from bad to worse for the Naira and Emefiele claims he is working?
As at the time of posting, NL observed that the Naira was already going for N236.50 to the Dollar, N235 against the Euro and N345 against the Pound.
This is not good for our economy
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Highlife musician Flavour N’abania, is set to go on a musical tour of the United States soon, courtesy of Club Nationale.
Already, in a preparatory mood to the event, Flavour, who has been nominated for the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) ‘Best Live’ act, took to his Instagram account yesterday to announce the tour in a poster tagged ‘Live in concert, Flavour Nabania ‘with his live band.’
According to the poster, the events being hosted by The Wowoboys will see Flavour performing in Houston, Texas on July 24th while he will be hosted on August 1st in Detroit, Michigan.
‘Motown are you ready?’ He asked in a message accompanying the poster, addressing the legendary record company. ‘I’ll be in the automotive capital of the world, Detroit on August 1st.’
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Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, yesterday hosted Mrs. Ruth Uche whose husband abandoned after she was delivered of a set of twins, her third.
Adebule advised the run-away husband to come forward and take up the responsibility of taking care of his family, admonishing him to be appreciative of the divine blessings that have come his way through the children.
Mrs. Uche was hosted at the deputy governor’s office following the directive of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode that the woman and her children be rehabilitated and assisted by all relevant government agencies to ensure they are in good condition.
Speaking at her office, the deputy governor sympathized with Mrs Uche over the traumatic experience of trying to raise six children following the disappearance of her husband. She assured her that the government will ensure the children’s well-being.
She thanked the woman for coming forward to seek help instead of abandoning the children.
“As a woman and a mother, I can only imagine what you have gone through managing six children, it must have been energy sapping and depressing, but I salute your courage and I want to assure you that this government will not abandon you, we will stand by you and ensure that you are assisted to get back to a normal life,” Adebule said.
The Deputy Governor added that the governor had approved the release of some amount of money, which will be paid into an account and part of it used to attend to some of the immediate needs of the children and their mother, adding that officials from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation have been directed to provide the necessary logistics support to her.
Mrs. Uche expressed appreciation to the government for supporting her, noting that the love shown to her and her children could only have come from a government that truly cares about the well being of its people.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a bailout for Nigerian states, many of which have not been able to pay workers salaries for months.
According to Vanguard sources, President Buhari approved a three-pronged relief package including sharing of fresh allocations, granting of soft loans and restructuring of states’ debt-servicing payments. The packages are expected to go into effect this week.
About $2.1b (N413.7bn) will be shared in fresh allocation between the states and the federal government. The money is sourced from recent Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) proceeds to the federation account, reports Vanguard.
The relief package also includes a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-packaged special intervention fund that will offer financing to the states, ranging from between N250bn and N300bn. This would be a soft loan that states could access to pay the backlog of salaries.
The federal government will also implement a debt relief programme proposed by the Debt Management Office (DMO), which will help states restructure their commercial loans currently put at more than N660bn, and extend the life span of such loans while reducing their debt-servicing expenditures.
Also, a total of N391 billion from the Excess Crude Account, ECA, will be shared among the three tiers of government, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, disclosed yesterday.
With the N413.7 billion LNG proceeds it means the three tiers of government will share a total of N804.7 billion.
Sources explained that this package, which was considered at the National Economic Council, NEC, last week, is designed specifically for workers, adding that President Buhari reviewed and approved the package in his bid to intervene and alleviate the sufferings of workers, some of whom have not been paid for over 10 months.
Contacted, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina confirmed the development, adding that the President is deeply concerned about the plight of the workers.
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The United Nations (UN) has commenced the screening of 2,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for the first phase of providing means of livelihood and early recovery support scheme to the victims of Boko Haram insurgency.
Speaking in Gombe, yesterday, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, Dr. Daouda Toure, told the IDPs that the screening was to ascertain if they were actually victims of insurgency.
“UNDP, in partnership with the governments of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, is undertaking to ameliorate the suffering of the displaced people in the three states as a result of Boko Haram insurgency,” Toure said.
“UNDP is embarking on the Livelihoods Support Scheme. Under the first phase, 500 victims will be selected in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
“These victims will be placed in a two-week compulsory orientation programme, where you are going to undergo physical exercise, training, capacity-building on mediation, conflict prevention, conflict transformation, social integration and peaceful co-existence for two weeks.
“And because it is an intensive programme, we are very mindful of those we select and we are doing this screening because we want people that genuinely need this assistance to be selected.
“Some of you started having hope, but unfortunately, their lives or their means of sustaining livelihood have been cut short, because of the Boko Haram insurgency.
“But let me assure you that for every one that is impacted in one way or the other, you will be accommodated in the various phases of the Early Recovery Programme. This is one of it.”
Toure, who was represented by Mr. Matthew Alao, UNDP’s Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Analyst, said the beneficiaries would be placed on a paid six-month or one-year skills acquisition programme.
He explained that the successful candidates would be supported with take-off grants and also equipped with the tools of the skills they acquire.
Toure cautioned the IDPs already shortlisted against lobbying, saying the scheme was not a government largesse, but a specific programme targeted at specific people who really needed help.
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aces Of Suspected Boko Haram Prisoners Released Today By The Nigerian Army.
See More Photos Below:-
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These are victims of the bomb attack in Borno state who were lucky to survive the attack but not without horrific injuries
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