Afrilearn, Nigeria’s favourite learning app, has set the educational landscape excited with the launch of its revolutionary learn-and-earn app. This innovative tool has sparked widespread jubilation among Nigerian students, making learning not just accessible but also incredibly engaging and rewarding. In a nation where quality education is a persistent challenge, Afrilearn stands out by aligning with the national curriculum to offer the most comprehensive suite of educational resources. These include curriculum-based class notes, animated video lessons, instant homework assistance, game-based exam practice, and personalised learning dashboards. This multifaceted approach empowers primary and secondary school students to learn at their own…
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Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Monday in Abuja hailed the Presidential Directive on Local Content Compliance Requirements as crucial for enhanced competitiveness and mitigation of risks in regard to unqualified contractors, just as he unveiled five focal areas for implementation of the policy initiative. The Executive Secretary spoke at the Nigerian Content Seminar, the opening day of the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Conference, in Abuja. The NCDMB boss listed the areas as ‘Promoting the Utilisation/Growth of In-country Capacities,’ ‘Enhancing the Cost Competitiveness of Oil and…
…over allege disregard to host community Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Aggrieved youths from the Anyama Clan of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and Onuebum Community of Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa State have stormed the site of the appraisal of oil well project in OPL 2005 located in the community and shut down its activities. According to the youths, the owners of the project, sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO) allegedly showed disregard to the State Government’s directive on resumed negotiations with host community and compliance with local, state and Federal laws, including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).…
GIVE AGRICULTURE PRIORITY NOW! The Editorial Board of PR Primus has condemned the neglect of Agriculture by Governments and Citizens in the South Western part of Nigeria, resulting in the prohibitive costs of food and prevalence of hunger in a region once renowned for its manifest wealth and life abundance. Iconic relics like Cocoa House and enduring legacies of the past built with wealth procured from agriculture are vivid reminders of the humongous potentials of agriculture. Time it was that the Farm Settlements Farmington in 1950s by the late sage, the avatar, Chief Obafemi Awolowo provided food and cash crops…
Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Elemide Oludaisi has promised to treat the petitions of the disgruntled communities of Obafemi Owode Local Government over alleged land grabbing issue. The communities of Agboro and Latunde in an earlier report had accused the Olu of Obafe, Taofeek Owolabi of forcefully taking over their lands worth 500 hectares. Addressing the protesters, Hon. Elemide gave the protesters his words on the abolition of land grabbing issues at the State House of Assembly on Tuesday. He emphasized that the state has zero tolerance for land grabbing, reiterating Governor Dapo Abiodun’s recent warnings…
The Senate has described the submission by a former national vice chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, as “meretricious”. Lukman, a former member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), in a statement, on Tuesday, said the 10th National Assembly led by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajuddeen Abbas, has failed Nigerians. But reacting to the claim in an exclusive chat with Daily Trust, the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), said Lukman has lost touch of…
The Sultanate has finally broken its silence on the proposed amendment of Sokoto State Local Government Law 2008. Speaking at the opening of the public hearing on the amendment of the law, the Sa’in Kilgori, Dr. Muhammad Jabbi Kilgori, said the amendment would not strip the Sultan of his powers or functions. He said contrary to speculations, there is no issue between the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and the governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu. Kilgori, who doubles as district head of Kilgori and council member of the Sultanate, said the Sultanate is aware of some enemies who are…
Sokoto State Government, on Tuesday, declared that the Sultan of Sokoto has no constitutional power to appoint anyone. Speaking at the public hearing on the Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law 2008, Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Nasiru Binji, said the existing Chieftaincy law in the state contravenes the constitution of Nigeria. Binji said Section 76(2) of the law is inconsistent with Section 5(2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. According to him, “Section 5(2) of the constitution stipulates that the executive power to appoint in the state is vested on the Governor directly or through his deputy, commissioners or any…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a solidarity visit to the Southeast Governors Forum in Enugu. The former leader stormed the meeting of the Governors at the Enugu Government House in the company of the former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Dr. Emeka Anyaoku and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe. Obasanjo, who came to the meeting around 11am, left around 1pm. He however refused to entertain questions from newsmen while security agents refused journalists from taking his photograph. However, it was gathered that Obasanjo was in the meeting to parley with the Governors on the…
Governors of the South-East states, on Tuesday, resolved to interface with the Federal Government for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. This was expressed in the communiqué issued at the end of the Forum’s meeting in Enugu. South-East Governors present at the meeting, which also had other stakeholders in attendance, were Hope Uzodinma, Dr. Alex Otti, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru of Imo, Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi states, respectively, as well as the host, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. The communiqué reads, “The Forum commiserated with Government and people…