Pictures from some wards in Lagos where All Progressives Congress (APC) members trooped out to vote at the gubernatorial primary to decide the party flagbearer in the 2019 election.
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule , on Wednesday urged public school head teachers to come up with a school development plan in 2017, to improve basic education and enhance students’ personalities. Adebule, who is also the state Commissioner for Education, made the call at the end of the year programme for Lagos State Primary Schools Head Teachers organised by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Lagos. She said also urged them to make school improvement the first and foremost responsibility, to improve education standard. ” The government appreciates all your contributions to the development of primary education and has decided to approve teacher’s promotion with all financial benefits. Running cost to school managers has also been increased. ”I’m appealing that we continue to do what is right, be dedicated, disciplined and shun all forms of malpractice in the profession so that the state government can do more for our teachers. ”Alwa...
As the use of the old naira notes is gradually returning in Awka, following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) directive to banks to issue and receive the old notes, long queues for withdrawal have persisted. The Supreme Court on March 3, ordered that the old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain legal tender and would be in circulation till Dec. 31. A check at some banks at Zik’s Avenue, UNIZIK Junction, Regina and Aroma areas of Awka, on Friday, saw many people on queues waiting patiently to withdraw the new or old naira notes from their accounts. It was discovered that some of the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in major parts of Awka, were not dispensing naira notes while there were long queues at few ATMs dispensing. although many banks in Awka were paying customers between N3,000 and N5,000, over the counter, some complained about shortage of cash to pay. A bank official, who pleaded anonymity, said that there was scarcity of cash because of too many cash withdrawals and zer...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd right); his Ogun State counterpart, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (right); former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (2nd left) and former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Koffi Annan (left) during the grand opening of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Saturday, March 4, 2017.
Believe it or not, the villagers of Hokse, Nepal, are so poor that they’re forced to sell their own organs in order to make ends meet. The practice is so common there that the place has been nicknamed ‘Kidney Village’. Organ brokers regularly visit the village and its surrounding areas and convince cash-strapped locals to part with one of their healthy kidneys. These agents are notorious for tricking innocent villagers into traveling to Southern India to have their operations. They cook up all sorts of tales, telling the poor villagers that humans only need one kidney for survival or that the organ, once removed, will grow back! That particular trick was used to fool Geetha, a mother-of-four who sold her kidney for only $2,000. “For ten years people came to our village trying to convince us to sell our kidneys but I always said no,” Geetha said. But as her family grew, her desire to provide them with a house got stronger. “I have always wanted my own house and a piece of land,...
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