Sokoto To Feed One Million Students With N5.4bn...Read It All On Tafia World

Sokoto State Government says it has earmarked over N5.4bn to feed no fewer than one million students in its primary and secondary schools in 2017.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Alhaji Mainasara Ahmed, on Thursday said, “These pupils and students are currently studying in both boarding and non-boarding schools across the 23 local government areas in the state.
“This money also includes the homegrown school feeding programme to be jointly undertaken by both the federal and state governments.
“The gesture is aimed at shoring up students’ enrolment, retention, and completion, especially girl child education.”
He spoke at a three-day workshop organized by a USAID-assisted Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) Project being implemented in Sokoto and Bauchi States.
Ahmed disclosed that the state government had established the female education, secondary education, and examinations boards to improve the standard of education in the state

Buhari has a right to his vacation, no need to intrude – Presidency...Read It All On Tafia World

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that the president will not speak to Nigerians as he has a right to his vacation.

The president’s extended vacation in the UK has caused a stir in the country with many speculating about his state of health.
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, were the latest people to visit the President in UK although many have urged him to speak with Nigerians to dispel rumour about his state of health.
Adesina, who appeared on a show on TVC, on Thursday, said the president has a right to his vacation and there was no need to intrude.On the issue of the president’s health, he said: “It is a matter of opinion and that those who say are welcome to their opinion as there are some people who don’t want to believe the word of other people and no matter what you say or do you have not done it well hence you leave them to their opinion.”
“If Buhari will speak to Nigerians it will be his choice, his prerogative. We don’t need to intrude. What some people want to do is to ram it down his throat willy-nilly. It is a point of principle that Buhari is not speaking to Nigerians.”

Housewife bags 7 months imprisonment for converting friend’s N100,000...Read It All On Tafia World

A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a housewife, Gift Benjamin, 41, to seven months imprisonment for converting her friend’s N100, 000 to personal use.

Benjamin, a resident of Abattoir area of Jos borrowed the amount from her friend and did not pay back.
She faced a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and theft, punishable under sections 317 and 322 of the penal code.
The Magistrate, Mrs Helen Danboyi, gave the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for mercy.
Danboyi said that the sentence would...

No crisis in Akwa Ibom APC – Chairman...Read It All On Tafia World

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, Dr Amadu Attai, has said that the state Executive Council was intact and there was no crisis in the party.

Attai gave the assurance on Friday in Uyo at a news conference on state of affairs of the state executive council of the party.
He said that the party had on Jan. 23, expelled Sen. John Akpanudoedeghe, a former governorship aspirant of the party in the 2015 general election.
According to him, the expulsion is contained in a letter addressed to the APC National Vice Chairman/Zonal Chairman South South, titled: “Expulsion of Senator John James Akpanudoedeghe”.
He said: “Furthermore, we want it be known that...read it here...

Senate threatens to arrest contractor over abandoned N37m project...Read It All On Tafia World

He made this threat when the committee visited the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology Zaria.
Senator Na’allah threatened to arrest Mushaj Fahaj Nigeria Ltd for absconding with about thirty-seven million naira (N37m) meant for the completion of the college’s third hangar project.
He explained that he threatened to the contractor upon realization that he had been mobilized with about thirty-seven million (N37m) naira and had only performed a job valued at about eleven million naira (N11m) .
He criticized further the absence...read it here...

Biafra: Buhari has influenced ECOWAS Court to ignore Kanu’s case – IPOB...Read It All On Tafia World

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed disappointment over the handling of its case against the Nigerian government by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. IPOB said the inability of the court to rule on the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu was disappointing.

The pro-Biafra group had hoped that the ECOWAS Court would deliver express judgment in order to have its leader released, but has now expressed displeasure that the Court seemed aligned with Nigerian courts to frustrate their aspiration.
In a statement by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group said...read it here...

Court orders arrest of Ondo APC chieftain...Read It All On Tafia World

 A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday ordered the immediate arrest of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Ademola AriyThis follows his failure to produce an accused person, Bimbo Akinsehinwa, whom he stood for as a guarantor.

Akinsehinwa, with four others, including Aderonke Gbadamosi, Akinsira Usiola, Kofoworola James and Ganiyat Itunu, were brought before the court over fraudulent practices.
All the accused had pleaded not guilty to...read it here...

PDP, AD, SDP form opposition forum...Read It All On Tafia World

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and several other political parties have agreed constitute a broad based political opposition, known as United Forum of Democrats.

The group disclosed this in a resolution signed by Prof. Jerry Gana on Thursday in Abuja after its Wednesday’s meeting.
According to the resolution the forum is made up of of the leadership of PDP, People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (PDP), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Accord Party, among other political parties.
It stated that the...read it here...