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Diezani Alison-Madueke Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that Internet scammers widely referred to as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Nigeria were now role models in the country due to drop in moral values.  She made the remarks while delivering a lecture at a virtual, event which was also attended by her former boss, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, a report by PUNCH said. Speaking at the event organised by the Ijaw National Development Group on Friday, Diezani stressed the need for mentorship of Ijaw youths. Diezani Alison-Madueke The videos were posted on Twitter by blogger, Jackson Ude, who is also the publisher of Point Blank News. She said, “The ones that have swag, the Yahoo Yahoo boys as my son would say; these in short, are the role models they are looking at. These are the ones that reinforce negative societal norms and values. “This is a travesty of an unfolding tragedy for us. Why have I spent time talking about fatherless homes an

Armed bandits are currently attacking Kurfi community under Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State, SaharaReporters has gathered. A resident of the area confirmed that the bandits stormed the two communities around 9:40pm on motorcycles while armed with weapons. Sahara Reporters Media He said that they were shooting at every available object, adding that many residents escaped to nearby communities while some passed the night inside the bush. Katsina is one of the states in the North-West that have suffered from repeated attacks by armed bandits on communities. No fewer than 200 people have been reportedly killed by bandits in Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana local government areas of the state in the last two months. Insurgency Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3gE885o via EDUPEDIA

Babajide Akeredolu Babajide, son of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes barely a month after his father recovered from the virus. Babajide Akeredolu SaharaRepoters gathered that Babajide has since gone into self-isolation.  “The governor’s son is already in self-isolation as required by the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.” Babajide is the Secretary of the Response Fund Committee on COVID-19 set up by the state government few months ago. PUBLIC HEALTH Breaking News Exclusive News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3io8CNn via EDUPEDIA

A day after his death, the animosity between late ex-lawmaker from Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, and former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, remains rife. Kashamu died at the First Cardiology Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos from COVID-19 complications on Saturday. In a condolence letter that carried more of jabs than eulogies, Obasanjo said that Kashamu used his lifetime to “maneuver law and politics to escape facing justice on alleged criminal offence in Nigeria and outside”, adding that, “No legal, political, cultural, social, or even medical maneuver could stop the cold hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up.” Before Saturday, Obasanjo had in a letter on January 7, 2014 to the then Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, threatened to withdraw his membership of the in Ogun and South-West over what he described as the treatment of Kashamu with reverence. Describing the late ex-lawmaker as an habitual criminal wanted abroa

Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio A civil society group, Act for Positive Transformation, has faulted the reason given by the Niger Delta Development Commission on why it could not make payments to students on scholaship abroad. President Muhammadu Buhari had last week following public outcry ordered the NDDC to immediately pay the fees and stipends of the students, who have been facing hardship abroad. The commission was reported to have said that the students had not been paid because the agency could not make payments from its domiciliary account without an Executive Director Finance and Administration. Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio. The group in a letter addressed to President Buhari and signed by its Head, Directorate of Research and Programme, Kolawole Johnson, said that it had taken time and resources to investigate happenings at the commission, uncovering several corrupt practices ranging from contracts scams, outright embezzlement and and extra-b

IMPACT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS ON A CORPORATE ORGANISATION (A STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ENUGU ZONAL HEADQUARTERS) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study For proper perception and understanding of this work, it will be wise to trace the historical background of the bank under study which is First Bank of Nigeria Limited in line with background of Public Relations. According to Edward Louis Bernays, Public Relations is “Practically as old as society”. Patrick Jackson, a publisher of the Public Relations society of America (PRSA) asserts that Public Relations arose from the basic need of building and improving human relationship which existed immediately God created Adam and Eve. The concept of Public Relations has been with man. The creation of Public Relations between the creator and the creature both bought harmony and understanding in their relationship. Public Relations, however, existed during the days of Moses. Moses was a stutter and needed someone who would co

IMPACT OF MODERN OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES ON SECRETARIES’ LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY AT THE HEAD OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background to the study For decades now, fast changes have been taking place in all facets of human life including the office environment. This is as a result of technological advancement. Every office in today’s business world, be it government, industry or other human endeavors, require facts and accurate information for quick decision-making. The office worker, including the secretary, expects certain support from the organization into which he/she is employed. This support can be technological (machines and equipment) and human. In offices of past, manager’s dictated memos and letters and secretaries typed them. Most recently, business have developed word processing centers and relied on personal computers and even electronic mail in an effort to lessen the need for secretarial support and make the employee-secretary very prod

IMPACT OF INEQUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ASPIRATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AKOKO NORTH-EAST OF ONDO STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Education is a process which is continuous throughout life, bringing about positive and remarkable changes in the totality of all life experiences that a learner (person) acquires in form of skills, knowledge, attitudes, values, knowledge competences and other forms of behaviours which fit the individual into the society in which he lives. In Nigeria there is a clear recognition of the fact that education is the greatest instrument for man’s economic progress and political survival (Johnson and Rahman, 2005). Education is a major aspect which aims at human resource development. A person can increase knowledge and expand his/her vision only through education. The real aim of education is the unfolding of hidden potentialities of an individual. For John Dewey “education is the process of livi

L-R: Omoyele Sowore; Julius Malema and; Bobi Wine. From the southern tip of the continent to the eastern horn and down to the western coastline, the African continent has since cemented a new political trinity which is intrinsically linked by visionaries and enhanced visions for the motherland. And this intriguing trinity of persons and philosophies is connected by a common socio-political thread, since all of the continent is beset by the demons of gerontocracy, kleptomania, nepotism and frightening socio-economic underdevelopment which appears to be deliberately dictated by a certain diminishing class bent on fostering an oligarchy on the continent, while bequeathing stupendous wealth to dependants and inheritors of its estates.  But propelled by congenital love for the majority on the margins, and guided by tested political philosophies and the worthwhile experiences of other continents, Omoyele “Yele” Sowore in Nigeria, Julius “Juju” Malema in South Africa, and Robert “Bobi