Professor Ayatse installed as new Tor Tiv (photo)

A new Tor Tiv has been coronated. He is Professor James Ortese Ayatse.  However he will be officially known as  His Royal Majesty, Begha U Tiv, Orchivirigh, Prof Ortese Iorzua James Ayatse.

During the coronation which took place at the J S Takar Stadium in the Gboko, on Saturday, the new Monarch lamented the continued marginalization of Tiv people.

”The Tiv people, who are the fourth largest ethnic group in the country are not represented at the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

“No Tiv man has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of any federal parastatal in the current dispensation; we believe God will help you to correct this marginalization,” he said to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

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Senate summons FCT Minister over dilapidated public schools in Abuja

The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye has summoned the Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello, the Permanent Secretary of the FCT and the Acting Education Secretary to appear before the committee over the sorry state of public schools in Nigeria's capital city.

During an oversight visit to the LEA Primary School in Wuse Zone 1, Melaye said that it was unacceptable to allow such dilapidated facilities as he met there in any school in Abuja.

He expressed concern for the health of the pupils in the school.

His words:
“We are worried about the hygienic condition of the students that are in this school. This is an epidemic break out from very unhygienic conditions that I am seeing here.

“We are going to summon the Minister, the Permanent Secretary and the Secretary of Education. We want to know what is happening to the allocation of the education sector of the FCT.

“This has become a hide out for criminals. We are not even sure of those living in all these batchers (make-shift structures) that are scattered everywhere here. One is just surprised that, if a school within the metropolis, in the heart of Abuja can be this dilapidated, that it become a hideout for criminals, and hoodlums; one will be wondering what is happening to schools that are in the satellite towns and suburbs of Abuja because this is the heart of the city that is supposed to be the capital city, the school within the metropolis is this exposed to crime and criminality.

“No chairs, no windows and this is the heart of the city that is supposed to be capital of the most populous black country in Africa. This is unacceptable.

“We find people living within the premises and we are not sure of the people living within the school premises, they come back at night after school hours to sleep. The assembly hall is in a very precarious situation, we do not expect that anybody will build an assembly hall like this and leave it in this age and time in heart of the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“We will investigate this and we will make sure that in 2017 budget provision is made for the fencing and rehabilitation of this school and all illegal structures must be cleared. We are going to write to FCT Minister and Commissioner of Police to make sure that this place is cleared immediately”

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Photo news: Foundation stone laying of AISHA BUHARI FOUNDATION ORPHANAGE & SCHOOL

On February 28, 2017, the foundation stone of AISHA BUHARI FOUNDATION ORPHANAGE & SCHOOL was laid in Maiduguri, Borno State.

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Aisha Buhari commissions her mobile clinic

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has commissioned a mobile clinic to provide basic and essential medical services to Nigerians, especially those living in remote areas.

Speaking at the event which took place on Wednesday, 1st March, 2017 at the State House, Abuja, Mrs Buhari said that the mobile clinic was part of the humanitarian services of her NGO, Future Assured to underprivileged Nigerians especially those living in the remote and hard to access parts of the country.

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Abuja airport closure: Acting President visits Kaduna

Ahead of the expected closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on March 8, the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has visited the Kaduna Airport to see its level of readiness to act as the alternate airport. 

The Acting President in the company of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amechi and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed inspected upgrade works at the Kaduna Airport on Friday.

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Onnoghen, Osinbajo at Corruption Dialogue event (photo)

Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen were on Friday morning at the #corruptiondialogue event in Abuja.

The event was organized by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against  Corruption.

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Osinbajo crowned ‘Obong Emem of Akwa Ibom’ .(photo)

The Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Effiong Archianga, on Thursday, conferred the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, with the chieftaincy title of ‘Obong Emem of Akwa Ibom’

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