President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for teachers.
The President has also increased the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40 years.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known today, October 5 in a speech he delivered while representing the President at the 2020 World Teachers Day celebration.
He said the new salary scheme is to motivate teachers for greater productivity and effectiveness.
Polaris Bank has re-launched its popular Salary Advance with an added capability of enabling non-account holders to access quick funds with same speed and ease as the Bank’s customers.
According to the Bank’s Group Head, Products & Markets Development, Mrs. Bimpe Ihekuna: “the phenomenal success and testimonials from beneficiaries of the initial offering, informed the need to extend the opportunity to more Nigerians to enjoy the benefits.”
She explained that “this added feature has made Polaris Salary Advance, a readily available, convenient, and accessible solution to customers’ immediate financial needs, as well as serving identified new markets,”
Salary Advance is a small, short-term unsecured loan that relies on the borrower having previous payroll and employment records. As a Salary Advance beneficiary, you repay it either out of your next paycheck or over an agreed time span.
Polaris Salary Advance has enabled Nigerians across board, meet pressing needs and some unexpected expenses with less difficulty which explains the high adoption rate and patronage it has enjoyed across the country.
Scores of workers in private employment, corporate Nigeria, civil servants in state and federal employment have accessed easily and benefitted immensely from the facility extended from the Bank, long before they receive their salary.
As an instantly available, no-collateral facility, which customers can access anytime, anywhere, Polaris Salary Advance is available to all salary earners (both Polaris account holders and non-account holders).
Tottenham cashed in on Anthony Martial’s first-half red card to make mince meat of Manchester United 6-1 as Jose Mourinho enjoyed a dream return to Old Trafford on Sunday.
Son Heung-min and Harry Kane scored twice as Spurs opened up a disorganised United defence at will even before Martial was harshly punished for an off-the-ball clash with Erik Lamela.
Tanguy Ndombele and Serge Aurier were also on target for Tottenham, who showed no ill-effects of a draining week in their fourth match in eight days.
United’s worst home defeat since 2011 will turn the spotlight onto them ahead of the transfer deadline on Monday.
Uruguayan striker Edison Cavani is reportedly set to join the Red Devils, but it is at the other end of the field Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are in desperate need of reinforcements.
Mourinho, who was sacked as United boss in December 2018, has claimed his old club are too often the beneficiaries of dubious penalty decisions. But he could have no complaints when Davinson Sanchez upended Martial inside the area in the first minute.
Bruno Fernandes coolly slotted home the spot-kick to seemingly give the home side the perfect start.
However, within four minutes it was 1-1 as calamitous defending from Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw presented Ndombele with the chance to sweep home an equaliser from close range.
Kane was the provider for all four of Son’s goals in a 5-2 win at Southampton two weeks ago and the two combined to perfection once more as Spurs took the lead three minutes later.
Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka were caught ball watching as Kane’s quickly taken free-kick was perfect for the South-Korean to race through and dink the ball over the advancing David De Gea.
The visitors could have had plenty more as a poor touch from Son denied him another one-on-one with De Gea before the Spaniard saved from Aurier.
Any chance of a United revival went with Martial as he was shown a straight red card for raising his hands to Lamela’s face in retaliation to an elbow from the Argentine, which went unpunished from VAR.
Even that decision, though, could not mask a disastrous performance from United, who gifted another goal away within two minutes of losing a man.
Kane intercepted Bailly’s attempt to play out from inside his own box and when the ball broke to Son, he unselfishly squared for Kane to slot into an unguarded net.
Son had been a major injury doubt after suffering a hamstring problem in last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Newcastle, but he was full of energy as he burst into the box to flick his seventh goal of the season between De Gea’s legs.
Solskjaer introduced holding midfielders Scott McTominay and Fred at half-time in a bid to stem the tide, but United were cut open again when Paul Pogba failed to track Aurier’s run and he fired into the far corner from Pierre Emile-Hojbjerg’s perfect pass.
Pogba was at fault again for the sixth as he dived in on Ben Davies and Kane converted emphatically from the penalty spot.
A second straight home defeat to start the season drops United to just above the relegation zone in 16th, while Tottenham move up to fifth.
First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerian youth to engage themselves in creative industry and other useful trades for them to remain relevant in the nation’s socio-economic development.
Speaking yesterday, October 4, at a dinner organized for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Contingent on the recent National Day parade, Aisha Buhari said: “our music, movies, arts, ICT and other creative endeavors offer great and lucrative opportunities for all to explore, and they are youth driven; please take full advantage of these opportunities.”
She charged commended the NYSC members for giving Nigerians a memorable 60th independence anniversary during the National Day parade, adding that stellar performance leads to great success in the future.
She said the statement stands true for all Nigerian youths who perform well in various endeavors.
This was even as the minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for doing a lot in building a bright future for Nigerian youth through the various arms of the Social Investment Programme.
She highlighted the most recent to include the N75 billion National Youth Investment Fund, designed to finance youth-led innovations.
“Sunshower,” Kadiri Alex’s entry in the Quramo, QWP 2020 competition has won one million naira
The Prize was won Sunday, October 4 during the final of the competition at the Quramo Festival of Words, (QFest2020), after three day virtual and live literary and artistic excursion that ran from Friday October 2 – Sunday October 4, 2020. The competition featured master classes, book chats, panel discussions and exciting poetry performances.
The winner was picked by a panel of judges made up of A. Igoni Barrett and Molara Wood with Toni Kan as head judge.
The announcement of the winner was made after a citation of the Top three entries were after three day virtual and live literary and artistic excursion that ran from Friday October 2 – Sunday October 4, 2020.
The competition featured master classes, book chats, panel discussions and exciting poetry performances.
In their citation, the judges described Sunshower as “a young man’s coming-of-age story told in the shadow of his mother’s illness as well as his troubled relationship with his father.
“We consider this entry a beautifully wrought tale told by a gifted story teller with an uncanny facility for words. We believe that our winning entry is a very rewarding read, with a solid conclusion and as such a deserving first place winner.”
The 3rd place went to Adeniyi Timilehin for his entry, Unchained which was described by the judges as “a story that riffs on domestic violence as the big theme but there is of course the mental health component.”
The second place went to Aliyu Baba-Ari for his entry The Paths That Take Us which the judges noted is a “beautifully crafted, topical and bloody story. It is Nigeria’s contemporary story writ large and a well told story by a gifted and confident writer.”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has given the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu a marching order to carry out reforms that would change the ugly behavior of some officers.
The Vice President, who met with the police boss today, October 4, at the Presidential villa, Abuja, expressed his open anger over the arrests and brutal killing of young Nigerians by the Police.
Professor Osinbajo directed the IGP to ensure that police officers that were found culpable in the maiming and killing of young men and women should be made to face the full wrath of the law. The Vice President, who spoke to news men shortly after the meeting said: “I am very concerned, in fact, very angry about what I see happening to young men and women who are arrested, in some cases maimed or killed by men of the police force.”
He said that the President, Muhammadu Buhari and himself had discussed the matter on a number of occasions with the President also showing his displeasure about such reports, resolving to ensure reforms.
According to him, such violations of human rights are “completely unacceptable because these are individuals who are meant to protect Nigerians. The arrest, maiming or killing of young people or anyone at all, is completely wrong. It is unlawful and illegal, and anyone involved in this act ought to be investigated and prosecuted.
“Today, I had a meeting with the Inspector General of Police. We reviewed several of these issues. The President and I have had discussions on this; he is very concerned about it. He wants to see a reform.
“You are probably aware that the IGP has issued a statement looking at all these issues, in particular, the warning against the use of these tactical units such as SARS for purposes of doing anything other than anti-robbery.
“For example, and I think in his statement, he specifically said that you cannot have a situation where SARS says they are investigating Cybercrime by arresting young men and women carrying their laptops and phones. Cybercrime is an electronic crime. I don’t see how you can investigate that by seizing people’s phones in a taxi or in their cars.
“It is very obvious that this is a major concern, a few bad eggs in the police force are causing all of these problems because it is all over the place, in different states. There is a need to take serious action.
“The IG’s statement today, is a good first step. He has said clearly that police men must wear police uniforms. You cannot say that because you belong to a tactical unit, you can dress in your casual clothing and be armed, because people can’t even tell the difference between robbers and the police, if you are not properly dressed in police uniform. So, clearly, a reform is in the offing. “So, I will like to encourage civil society activists, young men and women, who bring this regularly, by the way, to the attention of government and the police. And I think that activism is important because they have been able to bring a lot of these issues to the attention of the police and government, and that is an important part of the process of the reform.
“It is very obvious that this is a major concern. A few bad eggs in the police force are causing all of these problems. It is all over the place, in different states. There is a need to take serious action. The IG’s statement today, is a good first step.
“He has said clearly that officers have to dress properly. You cannot say that because you belong to a tactical unit, you can dress in your casual clothing, armed in a car.
“People can’t even tell the difference between robbers and the police, if you are not properly dressed in police uniform.”
The Vice President said that all hands should be on deck to effect the reforms, adding: “I think that we all have to work together to ensure that the police and law enforcement agents, do what their duty is and their duty is to protect us, protect our society and livelihoods and homes.
“By the way, many of them are doing their duties excellently well, but there are some of them who are engaged in these activities.
“So, we must see this as something we all must work together to achieve, as individuals, to bring to the attention of the police and government, where there have been violations.
“And on the part of government and the police: to ensure that every one of those allegations is properly investigated and those found responsible are prosecuted and publicized so that people know that prosecution has taken place and this is the consequence. I am very confident that we will have a reformed police force and that process has already begun.”
File photo of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has blamed the Federal and some State Governments for establishing any form of negotiation with kidnappers and bandits, saying that the criminals should not be allowed to enjoy the proceeds of their crimes.
Governor Yahaya Bello, who spoke today, October 4, at the opening of Retreat by the Senate Press Corps in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, said that the only way to drastically reduce the menace of kidnapping is to stop negotiating with the perpetrators and preventing them from enjoying the proceeds of the crime.
According to the governor, who was represented by his Deputy, David Onoja, being ruthless against the criminals will keep them at bay, saying that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum largely due to his administration’s resolve to tackle the criminals headlong.
Governor Yahay Bello recalled that before emergence of his administration in 2016, “Kogi was noted as the kidnap capital of Nigeria.
“Our highways were littered with virtually weekly occurrences of armed robbery, especially night travelers in luxurious buses.
“In four years nine months later, though we have not been able to eradicate kidnappings totally, the numbers have drastically reduced to the barest minimum.
“And highway robberies and bank robberies are becoming things that are in our history books rather than what we experienced.
“We are doing our best in fighting insecurity in Kogi and ensuring that life and property are secured.”
The governor assured Kogi residents and Nigerians that his administration is determined to provide succour for victims of flash flooding in the state.
“While we may not be able to stop the flooding, we will prevent as many lives as possible from going with the menace.
“That is our focus, that is our target, that is what we shall achieve by the grace of God.”
Senate President Ahmad Lawan who was represented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stressed the importance for National Assembly and the State Houses of Assembly to work closely together in enacting legislations that would aid the development of the country.
He commended Governor Yahay Bello for his developmental strides, especially for ensuring relative peace and security in the state.
The theme of the Retreat is: “Democracy and development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States and Parliaments.”
The Presidency has cautioned Nigerians to beware of enemies of State that have taken pleasure in sponsoring and encouraging discord and anarchy in Nigeria, either for selfish ends or as revenge for perceived injuries
In a statement today, October 4, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, noted that some groups of Nigerians “have been dolorous, disgruntled, and disconsolate” since the organized labour suspended the planned nationwide strike and decided to go for dialogue.
“Since Organized Labour toed the path of sense and sensibility last week, seeing reason with the imperatives of fuel price adjustment, and opening a further window of dialogue on the service based electricity tariff, some groups of Nigerians “have been dolorous, disgruntled, and disconsolate.”
Femi Adesina said that such Nigerians had perfected plans to use the strike by the labour unions as smokescreen to unleash anarchy on the land, fomenting mayhem and civil disobedience.
“But the plan blew up in their faces, and they have been in severe pains since then. They have launched series of tirades against Organized Labour.
“For some interest groups, their intention was to use the umbrella of the strike to further their whimsical and pie-in-the-sky dream of a revolution in the country. It went bust in their faces.
“For some others, Bitter-Enders, who have remained entrenched in pre-2015 and 2019 elections mode, it was opportunity to avenge the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests, which they believe largely devalued the government of the day, and led to its eventual ouster in 2015.
“The strike that was to have come up last week, they wanted to use as opportunity for a pound of flesh, which they calculated would weaken the government so much, and influence the 2023 elections. For them, it was all about hanker for power, its trappings and appurtenances. Nothing about love of country. They have since then been calling Organized Labour all sorts of names, claiming they deceived Nigerians.
“The times in which we live-with severe security, economic and social challenges-call for all hands to be on deck, and goodwill and support for government, as it strives to put the nation on an even keel. We commend Organized Labour for putting the country first.
The spokesman said that the Muhammadu Buhari government is only interested in engendering better quality of life for the citizenry and “nothing more.”
Makkah’s Grand Mosque will see the return of Umrah pilgrims tomorrow, October 4, for the first time since the pilgrimage was temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus, with the exception of Hajj.
Information from Saudi Arabia said that pilgrims will gather at allocated sites in Makkah including Ajyad, Al-Shasha, Al-Gazzah and Al-Zahir, and will be transported to the mosque by special busses.
It said that the Umrah pilgrims will be accompanied by a health care professional, adding that the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is already in the mood to receive pilgrims and has various preventative measures in place to ensure their safety.
According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), at least 1,000 employees have been enlisted to monitor Umrah rituals at the Grand Mosque and it is cleaned 10 times a day.
The mosque’s toilets are cleaned six times a day and carpets, floors, Zamzam water fountains and all maintenance vehicles are sanitized around the clock.
Sanitizing devices have been installed at the entrances of the mosque and on escalators. Air-conditioning systems are cleaned with ultraviolet rays and scent is sprayed in the mosque frequently.
Thermal cameras are being used in the mosque to identify people with high body temperatures.
The Mataf area surrounding the Kaaba will only be used by Umrah pilgrims to perform the Tawaf ritual to ensure their safety and comfort.
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has confessed that he caught his estranged wife, Precious in bed with a married man
Reacting to a viral video of him allegedly abusing his wife, Fani-Kayode said that contrary to the video making the rounds, there was no physical abuse.
According to him, he collected the phone from his wife to stop her from recording him after he caught her in bed with a married man.
The former minister tweeted: “a video posted which supposedly depicts me ABUSING my estranged wife. This is nothing but a propaganda video.
“There was NO physical abuse. I simply took the phone from her to stop her from recording me after catching her in bed with a married man days earlier.
“I repeat there was no physical abuse whatsoever and she had been insulting and subjecting everybody, including family members, staff and children, to physical and verbal abuse the whole day. As usual, it was a nightmare.
“My words in the video are self explanatory. I urge those that watched it to listen to those words carefully. I told her that everyone wanted peace except for her and all she did was indulge in scandal after scandal. I have never physically abused my estranged wife.”
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for teachers.
Polaris Bank has re-launched its popular Salary Advance with an added capability of enabling non-account holders to access quick funds with same speed and ease as the Bank’s customers.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has given the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu a marching order to carry out reforms that would change the ugly behavior of some officers.
Makkah’s Grand Mosque will see the return of Umrah pilgrims tomorrow, October 4, for the first time since the pilgrimage was temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus, with the exception of Hajj.
