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The Northeast Zonal coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Abdulsalam Badamasi is dead. He was reportedly slumped in a hotel room in Maiduguri, and later died at the hospital he was rushed to early hours of Friday. NEMA Information Office, Mr Sanni Datti, confirmed the sad incident.  “Yes, He is dead, after he slumped at his room early hour on Friday and he was rushed to hospital but later gave up," Sanni said. Meanwhile, it has before now reported that some staff of NEMA have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over non-payment of N665 million staff claims. The claims, tagged unverified, the staff said have been generating crisis between the workers and the management of the agency which said the claims are not verified. There are reports that the workers who are under the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) are also protesting the transfer of the secretary of the Women Commission Member of the Trade Union Congre

A former director of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Professor Benjamin Ogunbodede, who was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment on Tuesday, has claimed that he and two other convicts spent N177million naira to bribe lawmakers and some employees of the Federal Ministry of Finance. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, had on Tuesday, sentenced Ogunbodede, to 40 years imprisonment for corruptly enriching himself to the tune of N177 million. Zacheus Tejumola, a former Chief Accountant of the institute, was also sentenced to 40 years imprisonment while Clement Adenose, another staff, bagged four years in jail. In a judgment which lasted over two hours, Ayo-Emmanuel said that he convicted the trio based on the overwhelming evidence against them. The judge, however, said that he had no reason to convict them on count 13 due to want of evidence. “There is no ambiguity in the facts tendered by the prosecution that

Senior Pastor at the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has penned a very touching tribute to his late Dad. Fatoyinbo announced the father's death on social media. "My Father has gone to glory. I am so privileged to have come to this earth through You. I learnt humility, love, leadership and kindness from you. You taught me how to deal wisely, how to manage people and how to choose my words whenever I talk. I am close to my children only because of how you loved us your children. I miss you already, but I am grateful for the privilege God gave to us (your children) to look after you properly. I appreciate the times we spent sharing about Jesus and praying together. I am consoled that you are with the Lord Jesus. I know your kind soul rests in peace already. Love you Dad."

Influential Nigerians, groups and associations have been admonished to lend hands of support to governments at all levels to radically transform the country’s education sector. This admonition was given by Professor (Chief) Emmanuel Olufemi Omisore of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife over the weekend while speaking at the 2017 Reunion of the 1982 set of old boys of Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan. Professor Omisore who is also the National President of Lagelu Grammar School Old Boys (LAGSOBA) explained further that the economic recession being experienced by the country has made it imperative for concerned groups and individuals to lift more than one finger in support of education in the country. His words “when we take care of education, we take care of the future. The present generation of youths must be supported to acquire quality education. Governments at all levels must get their priorities right. Education should be given the kind of attention it requires.”