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Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has called on examination and assessment agencies in the country to adopt the use of ICT as best method to prevent malpractices and build a multi-dimensional approach to address the menace. He said this at the opening of a one-day National Sensitisation Workshop, tagged: ‘Role of Education Stakeholders in Tackling Examination Malpractice’, organised by National Examination Council (NECO), in conjunction with the National Assembly, held at Marriott Hotel Ikeja Lagos. Adamu, who was represented by the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, noted that malpractice is a major problem…

• Says past governors, appointees did same • Group fumes, seeks return of looted govt assets The Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, admitted that the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola; former deputy governor, Benedict Alabi and other appointees of the administration took away their official vehicles after getting approval from Oyetola. The state’s APC Director of Operations, Sunday Akere, who affirmed this during a radio programme monitored by The Guardian in Osogbo, while reacting to the directive by Governor Ademola Adeleke that the immediate past appointed officials should return government vehicles and property in their…

…Non-oil revenue now funds 73% of budget …FG has released N1.7trn for capital expenditure The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, has declared that Nigeria is not broke. The Minister was responding to questions after presenting the sixth edition of the PMB Scorecard: 2015 to 2023, from the standpoint of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in Abuja, yesterday. She said though the government may not have all the revenue it requires to meet the country’s expenditure needs, Nigeria continues to generate revenue which is distributed on a monthly basis by the Federation…

Newly appointed ADC National Representative in Lagos Campaign Council, Mabel Oboh, has said the party is committed to revamping Lagos State for good if elected into power come 2023. Oboh, who is currently the African Democratic Congress National Diversity and Inclusion director in a statement issued on Thursday said she was delighted to be appointed as the ADC national leader to oversee Funsho Doherty’s Guber campaign. She said: “We have no time to waste. All hands are on deck and ADC is prepared to unseat the ruling party this time around. The time has come for a third force party…

The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), has warned banana sellers to desist from using carbide to ripen bananas because of its health implications. The General Manager, NIHORT Ventures Limited, Dr Joel Akinfisoye, made this known at a four-day women and youth empowerment programme in horticulture, plantain and banana establishment and telfairia production. Dr Akinfisoye stated that the institute had warned those in the practice of using carbide to desist because of the health implications on consumers. “There are simple ways banana rips easily. Allow the banana to be mature from the tree and then, tie it in an enclosure that…

• Agency to train one million developers in 18 months • Google reiterates support for businesses in Africa, graduates 5,000 from Hustle Academy Director General and Chief Executive Officer, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, has said Nigeria has no excuse to be left behind in a fourth industrial revolution, even as he disclosed that the agency would train one million Nigerians as developers in the next 18 months. Abdullahi made this known at the 2022 Google Hustle Academy graduation, held in Ikeja, Lagos. The event, held simultaneously in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, celebrated 5,000 business owners…

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, yesterday, told senators that the N206 billion inserted in the ministry’s budget was for purchase of military equipment. The minister had disowned the money, last week, saying it was allegedly ‘inserted’ by the Ministry of Finance. Lawmakers had requested the two ministers to appear and clear the air on the controversial amount. However, while the Humanitarian Minister appeared with her Permanent Secretary, her Finance counterpart failed to turn up. Umar-Farouq spoke when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties, chaired by Senator Yusuf Yusuf (APC, Taraba Central).…

• 390 women, 72 newborns per 100,000 live births will die by 2030 in sub-Saharan Africa • Continent has 1.55 health workers per 1,000 people, below WHO threshold density of 4.45 World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm over setbacks in advances made by the African region in maternal and infant mortality. A new report released, yesterday, at a virtual press conference by WHO African Region, titled, ‘The Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022’, finds slowdown in progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality. The Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022 assessed the nine targets…

• Pledges to act on NIPSS report • Wike berates Agba over comments on governors fueling poverty • We’re coming after your thugs, NSA warns governors obstructing opposition campaign  President Muhammadu Buhari again came down hard on governors over what he said was their unbridled ill-treatment of the administration of resources at the local government levels, causing what he termed stunted development experienced at the third tier of government and unfair labelling of his administration at the grassroots. The President bared his mind yesterday after he delivered a speech at an event hosted for members of the Senior Executive Course…

The other day I was in an elevator and a woman pointed at my hand. “That’s a beautiful engagement ring,” she said. “Thanks,” I replied. “I picked it.” She smiled and said, “Good for you,” just as the doors opened and she exited the lift. When I say I chose my ring, I don’t mean that I sent preferences to my sister, who relayed them to my boyfriend, who did his best to find something that fit my style. My boyfriend and I went to a store together and chose something we both liked, which he purchased and kept for…