Skip to main content

Advert

Ng

FG Declares 26th / 27th December, 2016 And January 2, 2017 As Public Holidays

By

The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 26, and
Tuesday Dec. 27, 2016 as public holidays to mark the Christmas
and Boxing Day.
Similarly, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 has also been declared as public holiday to mark the New Year.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen.
Abdulrahman Dambazau in Abuja on Wednesday.
He called on all Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to
remain committed and supportive of the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari and urged them to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity and peaceful co-existence across the country.
The Minister wished all Nigerians at home and abroad, a Merry
Christmas and prosperous New Year 2017.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NECO records 70 per cent pass

By
THE National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the result of its 2017 June/July Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with 745,053 candidates – about 70.85 per cent – making five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. Announcing the release of the results yesterday in Minna, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, said 1,051,472 candidates sat for the examination. He said 903,690 candidates made credit and above in English Language, 849,335 got credit and above in General Mathematics), 561,437 in Economics and 599,093 (Biology). Uwakwe added that the result showed 1.11 per cent improvement in candidates’ performance compared with 2016 results. Ekiti State, he said, emerged top in students’ performance with 85 per cent scoring five credits and above, including Mathematics and English. Edo and Bayelsa states came second and third with 84.61 and 84.52 per cent. The examination body said 276 schools were involved in mass cheat...
Post a Comment
Read More>>

VC University of Ibadan advocates family life, health education in schools

By
A don, Prof. Abel Olayinka, has stressed the need for Nigerians to acquire sound Family Life and Health Education (FLHE) to achieve a fulfilling and rewarding life. Olayinka, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, gave the advice at a National Workshop, organised by the Ibadan Social and Evaluation Research Team (ISERT) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FLHE is a planned process of age appropriation, cultural and gender sensitive education that foster the acquisition of knowledge of life skills. It also gives reproductive health information, which should lead to positive changes in behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, values and the development of skills by adolescent to cope with emerging life sexuality issues. The Vice-Chancellor said that the university, through the efforts of Ford Foundation, had undertaken some activities designed to scale up the implementation of FLHE in schools. He said that the team has conducted research on F...
Post a Comment
Read More>>