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  • NDLEA Destroys 54,244, 639kg of illicit drugs worth N10b in Kano

    NDLEA Destroys 54,244, 639kg of illicit drugs worth N10b in Kano

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) yesterday in Kano destroyed over 54, 244, 639kg of assorted narcotic drugs worth over N10 billion.
    Speaking during a brief ceremony witnessed by Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the state NDLEA chairman and Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd) raised the alarm over the high rate of Nigerian youths and women engaging in drug abuse and trafficking.
    According to him, the future of our youths should be paramount and from indication, with the involvement of them in drugs, the Federal Government must take immediate action to redeem their future and also tackle the menace of drug abuse.
    He added that, “in as much as the tonnage of the seized drugs for destruction today is a clear indication of a good performance by NDLEA, for 54.244 metric tons of drugs to be intercepted from a particular state in no such a long period of time is of unacceptable magnitude and quiet worrisome. It speaks of the extent and prevalence of these deadly substances in the state.”
    Giving details of the seizure, the NDLEA state Commander, Hamza Umar said it was a collective efforts of the state Command and the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport ( MAKIA ), NDLEA Command.
    According to him, “to fully appreciate the abnormality and magnitude of the problem, the two Commands within the last three years (2015-2017) made a total seizure of 12, 314, 3211 in 2016 and in 2017,  47, 12, 314, 3211KG from January to date, 14, 99, 424kg seizure was made as you can see the analysis of what we are burning today.”
    He said in all the figures, Cannabis Sativa was 11, 504.822kg, Psychotropic substances 42, 700.27kg, Cocaine 26.187kg, Heroine 13.360kg, adding that, “all the achievements would not have been possible without the full support of a visionary leader, His Excellency Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who provided condusive atmosphere to operate.”
    Umar also hailed the effort of the Joint Task Force that involved all the security agencies would not have worked positively without Ganduje’s moral and financial support, adding that the operational vehicles of the Command were mostly donation from Kano state Government.
    The NDLEA boss also used the opportunity to appeal to Governor Ganduje to facilitate the completion of rehabilitation centre which he said when completed will help in discouraging youths against the dangers of drug abuse.
    In his address, Governor Ganduje promised continuous support to NDLEA, just as he thanked Kano people, particularly the  Kano Concerned Citizens for their effort in curbing the menace of drug abuse among youths in the state.
     
    He added that apart from donating operational vehicles to NDLEA, his administration has continued to support the agency financially and otherwise, including the creation of a Special Taskforce that is aiding the agency in the fight against drug abuse.
    In his speech, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Youths and Students Affairs, Nasiru Adhama, regretted that crimes committed by youths are mostly caused by drug abuse.
    He advocated for more funding to the NDLEA, pointing out that, “how can the NDLEA fight drugs trafficking with meager Capital Budget of N127 million and total overhead of N393 million in 2017?”
  • 2019: PDP should put it’s act together, else will be difficult to win – Bafarawa

    2019: PDP should put it’s act together, else will be difficult to win – Bafarawa

    Former Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa and Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) stalwart has said that unless the party exhibits the principle and spirit of honesty and collective participation, the leadership of the country will not be grabbed.

    He said the PDP has to put it’s arts together in that direction otherwise it quest for the country’s leadership will be difficult to come bye on a platter of gold.

    Bafarawa spoke when he received officials of the Sokoto state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ ) on a courtesy visit to him at ‎his residence in Sokoto.

    The one time presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party ( DPP ) also noted that the media remain the live wire of any society, adding that” the media  will only ‎succeed if practitioners are fair and fearless in their reportage.

    According to him” Democracy without the media is like tea without sugar. ‎The media is the back bone of governance and development particularly in a democratic setting.

    “Therefore, journalists who kill stories, kill themselves. What is killing Nigeria’s democracy is arm chair journalism”, he pointed out.

    The former Sokoto state governor who is also the proprietor of the newly established Garkuwa FM radio station in Sokoto further appealed to meida practitioners and journalists to improve and engage in investigative journalism to better the patriotic zeal and commitment to the development, peace and stability of Nigerians and  the country’s democratic institutions‎.

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  • Senate endorse Health Sciences varsity, Otukpo

    Senate endorse Health Sciences varsity, Otukpo

    A bill which sought the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo ( FUHSO ), Benue state, has received the endorsement of the Senate and stakeholders in the education and health sectors of the country.

    The Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission ( NUC ), Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria ( MDCAN ), Nigeria Medical Association ( NMA ), National Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD ) and League of Idoma Professors ( LIP ) were unanimous in their submissions at the Senate Public hearing that the university is desirable.

    Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki who described t the bill as timely noted that the establishment of the university would help mitigate the crisis in the health sector.

    Saraki stressed that the university would open the window for admission and training of medical  doctors, nurses , pharmacists and  medical  laboratory scientists in Nigeria adding “the university when established would address the issues  of medical tourism and its associated capital flights”.

    Saraki who was represented the Chief Whip, Senator Sola Adeyeye lamented that Nigeria loses humongous sum of money about N3billion annually on account of citizens seeking medical attentions abroad.

    Sponsor of the bill and former Senate President, Senator David Mark, listed the educational, economic and social importance of establishing the Health University to include medical education, access to health care facilities and employment opportunities.

    Senator Mark urged his colleagues to support and pass the bill for the benefit of humanity .

    Education Minister Mallam Adamu Adamu added that the establishment of the Health University would help address the imbalance in health education just as it will solve the medical needs of citizens.

    Speaking through the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Sunday Echono, the minister assured that the  executive arm of government will do the needful as soon as the legislative processes are completed .

    The NUC executive Secretary  Professor Adamu Rasheed who spoke through Prof Ibrahim Yakassai said the university would be  an added value to the pursuit of medical Education in Nigeria .

    All the Speakers including Professor Innocent Ujah of Nigeria Institute for Medical Research ( NIMR ) , Professor Francis Uba of College of Medical Sciences, Professor Owoicho Akpa, of League of IDOMA Professors, former Interior minister Comrade  Abah Moro,  and Dr. Umar Adamu  of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA)  among others were of the consensus that the university be established forthwith to address medical challenges in Nigeria.

  • Alleged forgery: Prosecution’s error defer Misau ‘s arraignment

    Alleged forgery: Prosecution’s error defer Misau ‘s arraignment

    *To be arraigned Dec. 12

    The planned arraignment of Senator Isah Misau, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District was stalled yesterday owing to an error notice on the charge sheet filed by lawyers from the office of Attorney General of the Federation.

    Misau, who was in court, and dressed in a brown French suit, was to be arraigned on a 10-count charge in which he was accused of making false documents, including birth certificate.

    When the case was called, Misau, who had sat among the court’s audience, stood up and walked straight into the dock, where he stood for the 25 minutes duration of the proceedings.

    The prosecution lawyer, Saleh Barkun applied to substitute the seven-count earlier filed with an amended one of 10 counts filed on October 27, a request the trial judge, Justice Anwuli Chikere granted and struck out the earlier one.

    Barkun later applied that Misau be arraigned on the amended charge, an application lead defence lawyer, Joshua Musa (SAN) opposed, citing an irregularity on the face of the amended charge.

    Musa noted that the prosecution failed to affix the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA ) stamp on the charge.

    He argued that the omission amounted to an irregularity under Rule 10 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.

    The defence lawyer supported his position with the decision of the Supreme Court in case of Yaki Vs Bagudu 2015.

    Musa said: “There is an irregularity on the face of the charge, it will be dangerous for the defendant to take his plea.

    Responding, Barkun argued that it was unnecessary to place the stamp on the amended charge, having earlier affixed it to the old charge with which the amended one was substituted.

    Ruling, Justice Chikere upheld Musa’s position and agreed to postpone the arraignment to a later date.

    The judge directed the prosecution to address the irregularity before the next date and adjourned to December 12 this year.

    Misau is, in the amended charge, accused of making and “uttering” false documents which he allegedly submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission when he was seeking election to the Senate in 2011 and 2014.

    He was said to have made false affidavits in support of personal particulars; statutory declaration of age deposed to at FCT High Court and the Bauchi State Health Management Board Birth Certificate  with number 28799,

    He was accused of making and uttering a Bauchi State Health Management Board Birth Certificate  with number 141400C which he allegedly submitted to INEC on January 28, 2011, knowing it to be false.

    The various birth certificates and statutory declarations of age submitted to INEC by the senator at different times were said to have disclosed different dates of birth.

    Some counts in the charge read:

    “That you lsah Hamman Misau of Hamman Misau Residence, Turaki Street Turaki Street Misau Bauchi State on or about January 28, 2011 at Independent National Electoral Commission Headquarters, Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did make a false document to wit: Bauchi State Health Management Board Birth Certificate with Registration No. 141400C which you submitted to the independent Electoral Commission knowing it to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act.

    “That you Isah Hamman Misau of Hamman Misau Residence, Turaki Street, Misau, Bauchi State on or about January 28, 2011 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did utter a false document to wit: Bauchi State Health Management Board Birth Certificate Registration No. 141400C by submitting same to the Independent National Electoral Commission knowing it to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act.”

    Misau is facing a different charge before Justice Isahq Bello of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for allegedly making injurious falsehood against the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

  • Workers’ protest grounds academic activities in Ekiti college of education

    Workers’ protest grounds academic activities in Ekiti college of education

    Academic activities have been paralysed for two days at the College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti as workers of the institution are protesting against unpaid eight month arrears of their salaries.

    The protest which started on Monday continued on Tuesday as the angry workers chanting solidarity songs blocked the college’s main gate for two days running.

    The protest was spearheaded by members of the Non-Academic Staff Union ( NASU ) but was joined by members of the College of Education Academic Staff Union ( COEASU ).

    The workers accused the Provost, Prof. Mojisola Oyarekua, of allegedly holding on to three months salaries they claimed was released by the state government to offset part of the arrears.

    The protest on Monday lasted for about three hours during which the workers prevented vehicles from going in and coming out of the campus.

    While the protesters allowed students into the campus, no worker was allowed access. The action has disrupted the second semester examination that was supposed to start on Monday.

    But the protest assumed a frightening dimension on Tuesday when the workers shut the gate and tied palm fronds on it which is a sign that “the place was a no-go area”. Many of them carried placards and leaves.

    They sang: “Iya yi to, iya yi too, iya yi to Jesu ko ba wa lara mu” (This suffering is enough, it is enough, it is enough Jesus, it is unpalatable), “Solidarity forever, solidarity forever, we shall always fight for our rights,” “Awon to n ni wa lara Baba, ni won lara O” (Father, oppress our oppressors) among others.

    Some of their placards read: “We are dying of hunger, pay our salaries,” “No salaries, no exam,” “A Labourer deserves his wages,” “Madam Provost, pay our salaries,” “Denying workers of their rights is cruel,” among others.

    The workers said they won’t resume at their duty posts until they receive salary alerts.

    Speaking with reporters during the protest, NASU Secretary, Mr. Wale Animasaun, said the decision to carry out the action was reached at a congress held last Wednesday in which the college management was given up till last Friday to pay their salaries or face a mass action.

    Animasaun clarified that the protest was not against the government of Governor Ayo Fayose but against the college management led by Oyarekua.

    He said: “The governor has released three months out of the salary arrears owed us but the college management has refused to pay us. They used to give us net pay but they have even refused to pay anything.

    “This is despite the fact that they are generating revenue from other sources like the N2,500 each candidate pays as post-UTME fee, reparation fee students paid by all students during the last riot and other miscellaneous fees.

    “We workers of College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti are suffering and we will not allow anybody no matter how highly placed to deny us of our legitimate rights.

    “This protest will continue until our demands are met, the exam that supposed to start on Monday (November 6) will be on hold and we want to plead with students to show understanding with us.”

    But the Provost, Mrs. Oyarekua, denied receipt of three months salaries from the state government  maintaining that the college authorities had not received any subvention from the state government.

    She said: “The allegation (of holding on to three month salaries) is not true. In fact, I am embarrassed by the allegation because we have not got any subvention from the government.

    “A particular union is behind the latest crisis in the college; people are free to go and verify from the office of the Accountant General on the situation of things. We have not got any subvention from the government.”

  • RSUST, students laud NDDC for donating 522-bed hostel

    RSUST, students laud NDDC for donating 522-bed hostel

    The Rivers State University of Science and Technology ( RSUST ) authority and students, have lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC ) for the donating an ultra-modern 522-bed hostel worth N427 million to female students of the institution.

    The three-storey state-of-the-art hostel accommodation built for female students has continued to generate encomium nearly two years after it was inaugurated.

    The hostel is equipped with 171 rooms; two common rooms, paraplegics facilities; beautified internal court yards, green areas, cyber café and water treatment tanks, among other facilities.

    Some of the students, parents and university management made this known on Tuesday the hostel had eased accommodation deficit in the university campus.

    The respondents added that the complex has drastically lessened hardship and unnecessary exposures of students to shylock landlords and reckless life outside the campus.

    Ms Kate Brown, a 400-level student of Chemical Petroleum Department, said that she had squatted with six other students outside campus before NDDC prototype hostel came on stream.

    She said due to acute shortage of bed spaces in the past that many students were forced to seek male partners outside campus while some moved in with their “Aristo” lovers.

    “Before now, hostel accommodation in the campus could be likened to a prison. The living condition was extremely uncomfortable and not suitable for learning.

    “We struggled with poor ventilation and poor toiletry system that exposed us to contagious infection. But thanks to NDDC all that has changed now with the prototype hostel,” she said.

    A 300-level student, Boma Fynface, said the inability of school management to tackle the accommodation deficit head-on by building additional hostels had been a source of concern.

    “NDDC hostel has really ameliorated the sufferings of students. But NDDC alone cannot provide the entire accommodation infrastructure that is needed to improve living condition of student.

    “The state government, university management and private companies should come to our aide by replicating the NDDC hostel in the campus,” he said.

    President of the Student Union Government (SUG), Mr Bestman Azuonwu, said that the hostel has reduced cases of rape of female students who before now resided outside campus.

    The unionist said the hostel has been helpful to the student community and parents who paid exorbitant funds to secure accommodation for their children and wards outside campus.

    “We also want NDDC to build another hostel for male students and assist us to complete walkways from Faculty of Engineering to Faculty of Sciences,” he said.

    Also speaking, Dr Gregory Ademola, a lawyer and father of two students, said that there was need for government to address accommodation challenges on campuses across the country.

    He said that most hostels on campuses were known to be terribly bad, insanitary, congested and overcrowded which impeded the capability of students to learn effectively.

    “These realities made me to rent a self-contain apartment for my two daughters outside campus; I paid N190, 000 rent per annum, including transportation – which wasn’t easy.

    “I had no choice other than to move them due to difficulties to secure accommodation and unhygienic condition of the old hostels.

    “But, immediately NDDC hostel came on board; I quickly relocated them to the hostel; this intervention by NDDC is truly commendable,” he said.

    Dr Isaac Obipi, the Dean Student Affairs of the University, said the hostel has had immense impact on campus and was currently accommodating 672 female students.

    He said the university management was particularly impressed that the hostel was built for female students whose need for lodging was rather peculiar compared to their male counterpart.

    According to him, male students could operate from long distances or from their homes as their exposure to security risk is considerably less compared to that of the female student.

    “So, the hostel accommodation has been of tremendous help not only to the students; the entire university community but has giving the university an architectural facelift.

    “There is now privacy as four to five rooms in a section share one convenience as opposed to the old hostesl where a whole floor share fewer toilets and bathroom,” he said.

    Obipi said, however, that some of the reticulation and water facilities have fallen apart, faulting the competence of the contractor.

    He urged the commission to build more hostels and laboratories for students; sponsor researches and endower professional chairs for research and application of research findings in the university.

    The project awarded in 2004 at the initial contract cost of N1.230 billion, was later reviewed downwards by the commission to N427 million.

    NAN

  • Lagos deputy speaker finally reclaims official quarters

    Lagos deputy speaker finally reclaims official quarters

    Deputy Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly Hon Wasiu Esinlokun-Sanni yesterday gained access to his official quarters two and a half years after being elected into office.

    Keys to the house, located at No 3A Sasegbon Street was formally handed over to him by officials of the government.

    At about 10am a signboard designating the property as the official residence of the Deputy Speaker was mounted by officials of the state, signalling the official recovery of property from its last occupier.

    Last Friday, Policemen had stormed the house, hitherto given to former Deputy Speaker Hon. Funmi Tejuoso and evicted the residents.

    Tejuoso was said to be away to London on official assignment when the security operatives struck.

    The house was said to be occupied by Tejuoso’s relations and children.

    Speaking moments after inspecting the premises, Sanni narrated that his effort to secure the property had been met with brickwall since 2015.

    He said: “I came here after the place had been allocated to .e to discover that the property was not vacant. I reported to the Clerk of the House and to the Speaker and we had been trying to settle things amicably within us since then. We have demonstrated utmost maturity, empathy and care in resolving all matters regarding this property and this is the crystalisation of our collective will and efforts. Today, the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly can be said to now have a roof over his head.”

    He however said he is prepared to wait until all encumbrances is totally cleared and the house certified free by the Clerk of the House before moving in.

    When it was pointed to him that the house is under litigation, Sanni denied all knowledge of such. He said the House of Assembly is not aware that the last occupier had gone to court to contest the house, adding that in the event of such, tb appropriate arm of government with address the legal issues.

    He denied nay rancour in the house over the matter, adding that he had waited this long to ensure that all issues relating to the property is amicably resolved.

    On hand to ensure smooth transfer of the property to Esinlokun are officials of the state’s Housing Board, and men of the State’s Special Task Force, led by the Chairman Assistant Superintendent of Police Tajudeen Egbeyemi.

    Efforts to reach Hon Tejuoso proved abortive. One of her aides said she is presently out of the country, assuring that she will issue a statement on the matter anytime she returns to the country.

  • Sokoto trains 79 local miners to takeover FG mining sites – official

    Sokoto trains 79 local miners to takeover FG mining sites – official

    Sokoto state government has sponsored the training of no fewer than 79 local miners to acquire modern skills to takeover several Federal Government mining sites in the state.

    Malam Imam Imam, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal on Media and Public Relations, made the disclosure in an interview on Tuesday in Sokoto.

    Imam said the gesture was to boost solid mineral potential of the state, adding it was one area that had received the state government’s attention and focus for development.

    Imam said beneficiaries were expected to also train others in the mining communities, stressing that the idea was to key into Federal Government’s agenda on diversification of the economy and to boost employment opportunity among youths.

    The governor’s aide said the initiative had started having positive impacts on the lives of people of the state.

    He said that the state government was partnering with Raw Material Research and Development Council, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals and Federal Ministry of Environment as well as other stakeholders to drive the project.

    He explained that the state government, in addition had designed series of empowerment programmes for women and youths as part of its efforts to making them become self reliant and productive in the society.

    Imam said such training was either organised directly by government’s ministries and agencies in collaboration with Industrial Training Funds ( ITF ), National Directorate of Employment ( NDE ) and other stakeholders with similar mandates.

    According to him, Sokoto State Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency ( SOSEDAN ) is vigorously facilitating the growth of various entrepreneurs through coordination of its activities, access to funds, markets and management at different levels in the state.

    On agriculture, Imam said the state government was partnering with the Dangote group to boost rice cultivation through anchor borrower scheme.

    The governor’s aide said that 500 hectares of land were cultivated this year.

    He expressed optimism that the farmland would be expanded to about 2,000 hectares next year flowing from this year’s farming season huge success.

    He noted that the dry season rice farming was successful in the state as government provided nets against quela birds among other incentives.

    He said the Rabah farm named: “Sokoto Cattle Breeding, Dairy and Beef Processing Project’’ was established by the state government and equipped with modern tools and machines while foreign professionals were invited to train indigenous managers.

    Imam said state government facilitated the establishment of the state commodity board in which harvested farm produce were being purchased from farmers at appreciable prices to prevent loss due to market fluctuations.

    According to him, such commodities are being released to markets for public consumption as the need arises, to prevent hoarding, which usually results in price manipulation and artificial scarcity.

    “Government also facilitates the establishment of textile and fertiliser companies through public partnership initiative where government invested percentage to argument farmers efforts, increased internal generated revenues and employment opportunities in the state.

    “The government had facilitated the establishment of smaller rice mills and other agro-allied processing company at various locations to complement productions and markets,” Imam said.

    He said that a working committee was inaugurated to facilitate and coordinate all the agricultural projects in the state.

    NAN

  • Breaking: Notorious armed robbers, cultists escape police custody in Bayelsa

    Breaking: Notorious armed robbers, cultists escape police custody in Bayelsa

    Unascertained number of notorious armed robbers and cultists have escaped from the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS ) of the Nigerian Police in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

    The police were said to be combing all the nooks and crannies of the state capital to rearrest the suspected daredevil criminals.

    While some said the fleeing number was 10, security sources said the police were still trying to determine the figure.

    But one of them, it was gathered, had been rearrested by the police.

    Details soon.

  • Youths take leadership, mentorship campaign to secondary school

    Youths take leadership, mentorship campaign to secondary school

    Youths mostly university undergraduates have showed their commitment to train secondary school pupils to become visionary leaders that will help Nigeria achieve sustainable development.

    The youths in their resolve to train and mentor young students for leadership and career opportunities  organised a Youth and Leadership Career Summit for secondary school pupils under the aegis of i-Mentor Education Foundation.

    Themed “Youth Innovation; a Panacea to Underdevelopment,” the summit held at Iwerekun Community High School, Lakowe, Ibeju Lekki at Ajah area of Lagos state.

    The keynote speaker at the summit, Prince (Dr.) Ademuyiwa Oniwonlu advised the pupils to prioritise their academics and never put their hopes and aspirations on government.

    He lamented that greed is one of the major problems that have adversely affected the leaders of this country.

    Urging the pupils to develop the  will to change, he said they should look inwards and invest positively in their time and maximize all the opportunities that could prepare them for the future.

    He said, “Be determined to succeed, have plans to succeed. Understand the governance of your country and how it is being run. Understand the strength and weakness.

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    “Nigeria can only be developed if you young ones can be determined to grow up and take up the mantle of leadership and change the country for better. Nigeria need a new developmental plan and you are the ones to actualise this dream,” Oniwonlu said.

    The school vice-principal, Mrs. Amzat Mojirola, expressed delight at the gesture of the facilitators of the programme as she said the school will always be open for youth and innovation-oriented programmes subsequently.

    She noted that the leadership programme demonstrated that there is still hope for Nigeria to become great.

    Also speaking at the summit, founder, Parliarment of Poets, Michael Babajide, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, ( UNILAG ), said self discovery is key to successful career adding that every child has a been blessed with  specific talents.

    Convener, Foundation  for Young Leaders, Akorede Taiwo advised the pupils to prepare themselves for future through valuable trainings before they graduate from school.

    President, Chance Foundation, Ibrahim Oladimeji noted that it was very imperative to make effective use of the internet and essentially the social media.

    Urging the pupils to create creative and impactful contents, he warned them never to allow the social media jeopardize their academics and moral values.

    Speaking on HIV/AIDS, representative, Nigeria Youth Aid Program, Lagos, Niniola Adesina urged the pupils to know their health status through regular and periodic checks.

    Noting that a bad health could be detrimental to one’s choice of career and dream, he advised the pupils to read more and get education about the HIV/AIDS virus in order to be safe from contacting the disease.

    i-Mentor Education Foundation  is a Not For Profit organisation designed to equip students with requisite skills needed to become a self reliant adult, who will add value to the country and the world at large.

    According to the convener of the foundation, Hassan Ahmed, Physics Education, faculty of education, ( UNILAG ), i-Mentor seeks to leverage, train and link mentors to support secondary school students with academics and career exploration.