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Education is said to be the instrument of societal positive change, it us a tool used in learning and disseminating the learned, imperative is the human Element involved in the process, hence, the TEACHER. A teacher I that person who had dedicated his life long in learning and subsequently teaching the pupils/students. Katsina Media report, The pivotal role of a Teacherin Nation/State building and National Development cannot be easily washed away. The future of a child/ward and the society at large can only be achieved if the welfare of teachers is guaranteed and accorded the required priority by government and other concerned authorities. Teachers play an extraordinary role in the lives of children, their welfare, quality development and general condition of learning must not be considered. The importance of a teacher in the development of the society cannot be underestimated as their influence can and will stretch on long after the final well-being beyond the walls of the sc...

The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Kpotun-Idris, on Thursday assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of adequate deployment of armed policemen, vehicular patrols and helicopters for security during 2019 General Elections. Mr Idris gave this assurance in Lagos at a Conference on Logistics for the 2019 General Elections organised by INEC. He delivered a speech on “Election Security: Providing Adequate Security for the Deployment and Retrieval of Election Personnel and Materials in an Election.” The workshop, which brought together representatives of heads of other security agencies, logistics professionals, transportation unions among others was held in collaboration with the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES). The workshop, aimed at enhancing safe and timely delivery of materials and personnel to polling units across the country during the elections, was equally supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES...

The Bayelsa State Government has said that it owes nobody any apologies for removing ghost names from the over-bloated payroll in the state. The Government also stressed that the decision to flush out unqualified workers who came into the public service through dubious means should be commended by all well meaning citizens. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, stated this at the Oporoma headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area during the grand finale of a grassroots sensitization programme on the state government public sector reforms on Monday. Mr. Iworiso-Markson who described the various town hall meetings as a huge success, said the strong support expressed by the people would give government the needed impetus to drive the reform process to success. He reiterated that no amount of blackmail would truncate the process, stressing that those crying foul over the reforms are people who were benefiting from t...

A group, Niger Delta Peace Initiative (NDPI) have accused the leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva of attracting more cultists into the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group ‎made the accusation in a statement it released to journalists in Yenagoa‎ at the weekend, saying Sylva's APC remains a party of cultists. President of NDPI, Diepreye Ayah who signed the statement ‎also accused Sylva of making overtures to members of the ruling party in the State to join the APC. According to Ayah, it was Sylva who ‎lured the immediate past Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo to join the APC after promising him the ticket of the party for the Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency. Ayah said the APC leader met with Otobo in Abuja, where he made the promise, just the same way he had also promised Osonkinme Blankson for the same ticket. The statement recalled that the APC leader had used similar tac...

-Kyari and his men were given special promotion because of their efforts in the arrest of Evans and others  -DCP Jimoh Moshood was promoted in acting capacity to enable him be at par with sister agencies spokesmen -CP Edgal who also has AIG course mates was promoted because his zone has no CP and he has also passed all his exams without query in his file  A former member of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ms. Comfort Obi has said that the Commission only approved promotions of those recommended by the Inspector-General of police. Obi, who made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, stressed that there was no truth in the story currently trending in the social media that the Commission carried out illegal promotions. She said that the Commission had never selected any police personnel for promotion as only the IGP has the prerogative to submit names of those he considers qualified to be elevated or demoted. “The IGP i...

...SAYS OTOBO ACTED OUT OF GREED, INGRATITUDE The Bayelsa Youths Movement has urged the Governor of the state, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, not to give attention to the recent defection of the Commissioner for Youths, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo, to the opposition All Progressives Congress. The Secretary General of the group, Comrade Elisha Inodu, called on Governor Dickson to be resolute in his decision to raise a new generation of leaders to pilot the affairs of Bayelsa State in a statement on Saturday. He called on the Governor to ensure that he was not distracted by the betrayal and disloyalty displayed by the former commissioner who was a beneficiary of the visionary leadership provided by the governor. According to him, Otobo was picked by the governor out of thousands of youths who embraced the values of the Restoration Government and given the opportunity to serve Bayelsa in sensitive positions before his decision to turn his back on his political leaders in pursuit...

...SAYS REFORMS NOT DESIGNED TO SACK WORKERS, INFLICT HARDSHIP The Bayelsa State Government has debunked a wild claim by a faction of the All Progressives Congress led by Chief Timipre Silva that the government has sacked 28,000 workers as a fallout of the going reforms. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Friday that the claim made by the factional Chairman of the party, Mr. Jothan Amos, only confirmed the APC in the state as a party that thrives on lies and fraud. Iworiso-Markson said that Jothan and his faction of the APC only made a failed attempt to discredit the well-intentioned and generally received public sector reforms in Bayelsa. He said that Media reports quoting the factional APC Chairman as having described his imagined sacking of 28,000 workers as regrettable only shows that he and his misled followers are not abreast of developments in Bayelsa. The Commissioner said that it was not exactly une...