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Thursday 27 February 2020
Tuesday 25 February 2020
NERC STOPS ESTIMATED BILLING OF CUSTOMERS
NERC abolishes estimated billing by Discos
…Mandates metering April 30
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) to stop further collection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system.
The suspension order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr. James Momoh and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Mr. Dafe Akpeneye, takes effect from February 20, and has been circulated to all Discos concerned.
The copy of the directive order sighted by Daily Sun titled ‘‘Order on the Capping of Estimated Bills in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), repeals the methodology for estimated billion regulations 2012 and shall cease to have effect on the issuance of a new order on the same subject matter by NERC.
NERC directed further that based on the above, the estimated billing methodology is hereby repealed and shall cease to have effect as a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers in NESI.
‘‘Discos shall ensure that all customers on tariff class A1 in their franchise areas are properly identified and metered by 30 April 2020. While all unmetered RS and C1 customers shall not be invoiced for the consumption of energy beyond the cap stipulated in schedule 1 of this order.
All R1 customers, who by definition consume no more than 50 kilo watt hour(kWhr) of energy per month, shall continue to be billed at N4 kWhr and a maximum of N200 per month unless otherwise amended by an order of the commission.
The NERC order instructed further that the energy cap prescribed by the commission shall only apply to R2 and C1 customers, adding that all other customers on higher tariff classes must be metered by Discos no later than April 30, 2020, failing which these customers are not liable to pay any estimated bill issues by Discos
Any customer on such higher tariff classes not metered beyond April 30, 2020 shall remain connected to supply without further payment to the Disco, until a meter is installed on the premises under the framework of Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations or any other financing arrangement approved by the commission.
Customers whose current estimated bills are lower than the prescribed energy cap shall remain so without any upward adjustment until a meter is installed by the Disco under the MAP regulation or any other initiative approved by the commission.
However, it warned that any customer that rejects the installation of a meter on their premises by a Disco shall not be entitled to supply and must be disconnected by the Disco, and shall only be reconnected to the network with the installation of a meter.
Meanwhile, ahead of the April target for the likely introduction of new electricity tariffs, NERC said it will, begin a nationwide consultations with stakeholders.
According to a notice by Momoh, the consultations will hold from February 25 to March 11 in 12 locations nationwide.
He said the NERC has received Extraordinary Tariff Review Applications from the eleven (11) Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc (TCN).
He said the consultations will hold as follows: Eko Electricity DISCO (February 25); Kaduna (February 25); Abuja (February 26); Ikeja (February 26); and Ibadan, (February 28).
…Mandates metering April 30
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) to stop further collection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system.
The suspension order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr. James Momoh and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Mr. Dafe Akpeneye, takes effect from February 20, and has been circulated to all Discos concerned.
The copy of the directive order sighted by Daily Sun titled ‘‘Order on the Capping of Estimated Bills in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), repeals the methodology for estimated billion regulations 2012 and shall cease to have effect on the issuance of a new order on the same subject matter by NERC.
NERC directed further that based on the above, the estimated billing methodology is hereby repealed and shall cease to have effect as a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers in NESI.
‘‘Discos shall ensure that all customers on tariff class A1 in their franchise areas are properly identified and metered by 30 April 2020. While all unmetered RS and C1 customers shall not be invoiced for the consumption of energy beyond the cap stipulated in schedule 1 of this order.
All R1 customers, who by definition consume no more than 50 kilo watt hour(kWhr) of energy per month, shall continue to be billed at N4 kWhr and a maximum of N200 per month unless otherwise amended by an order of the commission.
The NERC order instructed further that the energy cap prescribed by the commission shall only apply to R2 and C1 customers, adding that all other customers on higher tariff classes must be metered by Discos no later than April 30, 2020, failing which these customers are not liable to pay any estimated bill issues by Discos
Any customer on such higher tariff classes not metered beyond April 30, 2020 shall remain connected to supply without further payment to the Disco, until a meter is installed on the premises under the framework of Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations or any other financing arrangement approved by the commission.
Customers whose current estimated bills are lower than the prescribed energy cap shall remain so without any upward adjustment until a meter is installed by the Disco under the MAP regulation or any other initiative approved by the commission.
However, it warned that any customer that rejects the installation of a meter on their premises by a Disco shall not be entitled to supply and must be disconnected by the Disco, and shall only be reconnected to the network with the installation of a meter.
Meanwhile, ahead of the April target for the likely introduction of new electricity tariffs, NERC said it will, begin a nationwide consultations with stakeholders.
According to a notice by Momoh, the consultations will hold from February 25 to March 11 in 12 locations nationwide.
He said the NERC has received Extraordinary Tariff Review Applications from the eleven (11) Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc (TCN).
He said the consultations will hold as follows: Eko Electricity DISCO (February 25); Kaduna (February 25); Abuja (February 26); Ikeja (February 26); and Ibadan, (February 28).
Sunday 23 February 2020
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*PUNCH*
Engine warm practice in olden days
Fulani herdsmen collected N1.7m, malt drinks before my release Freed Edo teacher
Certificate forgery: We cant remove sacked Bayelsa deputy governor-elect, says Senate
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People only interested in making money from Ogoni clean-up Nsuke, MOSOP factional leader
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Begging, stealing wont give youths financial freedom Akolawole, development professional
Oyo not fulfilling obligations to LAUTECH Oyetolas aide
Nigeria retains 45% of $20bn oil industry spending
Pension operators reduce investment in real estate to N220bn
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*VANGUARD*
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DELTA KILLINGS: Enter our bush and die, rogue herdsmen bark at police, soldiers
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Adopt new processes to block revenue collection leakages ' Anambra Assembly
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*GUARDIAN*
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My life became brand new after I met him
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Understanding mental bondage
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OCP, IRC raise farmers, agro dealers capacity in Adamawa community
Happy Birthday to a true oracle of God ' Dr. Anene Nwachukwu
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Bamiro: High production cost major challenge of local production
PDP charges NASS to probe plots to divert repatriated fund
*DAILY TIMES*
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Outrage as police vehicle hits, kills woman, injures others in Jigawa
RCCG extends assistance to over 50 widows of policemen in Sokoto
Zambia suspends collection of blood for HIV survey assessment after resistance from citizens
FG, nutrition group to develop roadmap to tackle nutrients deficiency
Probe Buhari over repatriated funds diversion, PDP tells NASS
Lassa Fever: vaccines `still a work-in-progress in Nigeria, says FG
Farmer/herder conflicts require real-time, practically-oriented solution Malami
Oyo govt. warns against unauthorised road closure
Adopt new processes to block revenue collection leakages- Anambra Assembly
Loss of family values cause of Nigerias security challenges Cleric
Just In: Fire razes mother, daughter, vulcaniser in Ogun tanker explosion
NAF neutralises ISWAP leaders in Borno
Nigerians should be prepared to pay more for electricity TCN boss
Declare Kalus seat vacant Abia PDP chieftain
Nigerians to enjoy hourly train services on Lagos-Ibadan route soonNRC
Breaking: Team Nigeria wins Region 2 & 3 tournament
Gov. Obaseki flags off countdown to Edo 2020
Two winners emerge with cash prize of N3M as FashMode Reality TV Show Ends
*DAILY TRUST*
Why Buhari will not endorse Tinubu for presidency ' Yarima
A feud most dangerous
Royal Scuffle: I remain Oluwo of Iwoland ' Oba Akanbi
EU plans Schengen visa restrictions on Nigerians
COVID-19: WHO raises alarm over spread of virus to Africa
No vaccines for Lassa Fever in Nigeria yet, says FG
For Governor Nasir El-Rufai at 60
Telcos, subscribers endorse proposed new SIM ownership policy
CBN to create 10m jobs for smallholder farmers in 5 years
CBN refunds N82m to Katsina bank customers
Lampard completes historic double over Mourinho
Gbajabiamila, Sanwo-Olu, others laud 2020 Lagos Polo Festival
World Polo League All-Stars: Valiente edge Dantata's SD Farm in final
Dare inaugurates SIWG steering committee
Nasarawa Utd talks tough ahead of Enyimba clash
Kwara State First Lady pledges support to sporting activities
Wrestling Federation opens Bayelsa camp for Olympic qualifiers
Dakkada held to goalless draw by Kwara Utd
Salazar link hit me financially and emotionally, says Farah
Tsitsipas rolls into second straight Marseille final
*DAILY INDEPENDENT*
Pirates Attack Lagos-Bound Oil Vessel, Kidnap 9 Foreign Nationals
Litmus Test For APC In Edo, Ondo Gubernatorial Polls
Fight Against Corruption In Nigeria Is Politicised ' Nwoko
Oyo Government, NURTW Bicker Over PMS
Diri And Challenges Of Bayelsa's Development
I Don't Want To Be Deputy Governor To Anybody ' Kekemeke
Crisis Of Confidence Over Ondo LG Poll
Will Nigeria Ratify Pan-African Parliament Malabo Protocol
How Safe Is The National Assembly
Doctors' Threat To Pull Out Of Teaching Hospitals
Cost Implications Of Fire Outbreaks And The Need For Insurance Protection
You Are Secured: Nobody Can Destroy You!
Finance Act May Affect Insurance Business ' REA Boss
Prices Of Tomatoes, Pepper Fall Again
Need To Divert Cargoes To Eastern Ports Long Overdue ' ANLCA
FG Condemns Slave Labour, Cautions Foreign Employers
Senate Committee Applauds Pace Of Work On Lagos-Badagry Expressway
New Strategic Investor Acquires 39% Equity Stake In AIICO Insurance
FG Tasks NCC On New Regulation To Transform Telecoms Sector
Customs Intercepts N40.14m Goods At FOU 'A
Can Oritsemeyiwa Live Up To Expectations
Gov. Obaseki Flags Off Countdown To Edo 2020
Dare To Sponsor Two Air Warriors Players To Olympics
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Hit Ibadan For Oyo Unity Cup Finals
FIBA Confirms Tip-Off Times For Men's OQT
Former Portugal International, One Other Begin Work With Abuja based Club Side
Lagos JOF U-13 Football Cup Ends Today
Japanese Food Is Delicious, I Think People Will Try Sushi ' Takakura
*TRIBUNE*
Rigatta Festival can produce Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria ' Gbajabiamila
Rigatta Festival can produce Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria ' Gbajabiamila
We must make impact devoid of personal interests, Bauchi governor tells PDP caucus
Complaints: CBN recovers over N82m for commercial banks customers in Katsina
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Leaked memos: Struggling for control in the seat of power
I staged a one-man protest in secondary school and it was closed down 'Adeniran
When Nigeria's former First Ladies recounted their roles in governance
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I'm not afraid of jail, South Africa's Zuma tells supporters
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*BLUE PRINT*
Messi scores 4, becomes first player to hit 1000 goals as Barcelona thrash Elbar
Happening Now: Messi nets hatrick in 40mins as Barcelona lead Elbar at La-Liga
Breaking: Protesters stone Oshiomhole as Police, Soldiers storm Benin airport
Coronavirus: China take World Cup qualifier to Thailand
In Kaduna, Gunmen kill prison warder, another, abduct 13-year-old girl
Taekwondo: Okuomose, Anyanacho to meet Mozambique, Gabon in Olympic qualifier opener
Breaking: Again, Lampard truimphs over Mourinho as Chelsea down Tottenham, retain 4th Premier League spot
Sani Ndanusa, Abdulrahman Gimba: Where are they now
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Anthology of poems in honour of late Adesanmi released
Winners of 2020 teen authors' prize emerge
The sound and fury of silence
Re: Between Yari and Matawalle, who is ignorant
I don't care what people say about me ' Angela Okorie
Breaking: Nigeria Taekwondo picks 2020 Tokyo Olympic ticket
Uwajumogu: Uzodinma makes crucial pronouncement in Imo as Lawan leads burial train
Breaking: Tension as Police gun down one in Jos
Supreme Court judgement review: Why Zamfara gov is panicky
Taraba governor, Ishaku, explains absence from state
Nigeria almost self-sufficient in food production says Buhari
*SPORTS*
Agbaje threatens to dump Nigeria after Olympics disappointment - Punch
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Hit Ibadan For Oyo Unity Cup Finals - Daily Independent
Aribo: We were ecstatic after Braga win - Punch
Arteta's delight as 'good energy' starts to flow through Arsenal - Goal
Aubameyang, Pepe, Saka proving to be key components of Arteta's Arsenal rebirth - Goal
Awaziem, Omeruo suffer loss in La Liga - Punch
Bel urges parents to introduce kids to sports - Punch
Breaking: Team Nigeria wins Region 2 & 3 tournament - Daily Times
Burnley 3-0 Bournemouth: VAR decisions a 'psychological' blow to players - Howe - BBC
Can Oritsemeyiwa Live Up To Expectations - Daily Independent
Coronavirus: Inter Milan v Sampdoria among Serie A games postponed - BBC
Dakkada held to goalless draw by Kwara Utd - Daily Trust
Dare inaugurates SIWG steering committee - Daily Trust
Dare to sponsor two Air Warriors players to 2020 Olympics - Punch
Dare To Sponsor Two Air Warriors Players To Olympics - Daily Independent
Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury II: 'He wants to make a statement' - Meet Tyson Fury's stylist - BBC
Dubai Tennis Championships: Simona Halep wins title for second time - BBC
Eagles Roundup: Ideye On Target In Aris Draw, Osimhen Assists As Lille Thrash Toulouse - Complete Sports
Edo 2020: About 11,000 athletes ready for National Sports Festival - Vanguard
EPL: Former friends turn foes at Old Trafford - New Telegraph
EPL: Giroud on target as Chelsea beat Spurs - New Telegraph
EPL: Iheanacho Struggles As Jesus Grabs Man City Win At Leicester - Complete Sports
EPL: Jesus sinks Foxes, wins for Palace, Burnley - New Telegraph
EPL: Jesus sinks Foxes, wins for Palace, Burnley - New Telegraph
Euro 2021: England Women to open tournament at Old Trafford - BBC
Everton renew interest in Dennis - Punch
Ex-ref criticises VAR over Lo Celso decision in Chelsea vs Spurs match - Vanguard
Exclusive: Newcastle Keeping Tabs on Dutch Teenage Sensation Myron Boadu With View of Summer Move - FTBpro
Good morning to all of us and Wishing ourselves happy Sunday Service
@olowoyogbenga
Saturday 22 February 2020
Types Of Teachers
*TYPES OF TEACHERS.*
*1. The Playful Teacher : Always smiling and seen around students and other lazy teachers. They are termed 'friends of students and teachers '. Always playing with phones in the classroom and excited whenever a public holiday is announced.*
*2. The Lazy Teacher : Ready to give out notes, never explaining. *Not teachable. Not willing to put more efforts towards self development and improvements. Always disobedient and disrespectful to authorities.* *non challant.*
*3. The Corrupt Teacher : Seeking ways to gratify himself (herself) at the expense of the students and other teachers either financially or in kind. A potential paedophile. Very dubious, doubtful and unfaithful to the school authorities. Wants to be promoted without hardwork. Always ready to bribe his way through a proccess.*
*4. The Strict Teacher : Not always smiling, always ready to exert authority on students and colleagues. Highly principled and disciplined but can be trusted. Focused and determined to accept responsibility. Does not practice aye service, very goal oriented and purpose driven.*
*5. The Archaic Teacher : Re using the same lesson notes from the 70s.*Obsolete and out dated method of teaching. Unwilling to learn new things. Always difficult to correct and unwilling to embrace change. Always doing the same thing same way repeatedly while expecting a new result.*
*6. The Teacher for the Future : The ever-evolving teacher, burning with passion and compassion , equipped with skills to deliver quality all-round academic experience . The teacher for the future is the 21st century teacher with fucus on self development and self improvement, always ready to abide by the three domains of learning.*
*WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE ?.
*CONCERNED PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS*
*1. The Playful Teacher : Always smiling and seen around students and other lazy teachers. They are termed 'friends of students and teachers '. Always playing with phones in the classroom and excited whenever a public holiday is announced.*
*2. The Lazy Teacher : Ready to give out notes, never explaining. *Not teachable. Not willing to put more efforts towards self development and improvements. Always disobedient and disrespectful to authorities.* *non challant.*
*3. The Corrupt Teacher : Seeking ways to gratify himself (herself) at the expense of the students and other teachers either financially or in kind. A potential paedophile. Very dubious, doubtful and unfaithful to the school authorities. Wants to be promoted without hardwork. Always ready to bribe his way through a proccess.*
*4. The Strict Teacher : Not always smiling, always ready to exert authority on students and colleagues. Highly principled and disciplined but can be trusted. Focused and determined to accept responsibility. Does not practice aye service, very goal oriented and purpose driven.*
*5. The Archaic Teacher : Re using the same lesson notes from the 70s.*Obsolete and out dated method of teaching. Unwilling to learn new things. Always difficult to correct and unwilling to embrace change. Always doing the same thing same way repeatedly while expecting a new result.*
*6. The Teacher for the Future : The ever-evolving teacher, burning with passion and compassion , equipped with skills to deliver quality all-round academic experience . The teacher for the future is the 21st century teacher with fucus on self development and self improvement, always ready to abide by the three domains of learning.*
*WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE ?.
*CONCERNED PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS*
Nigerian Newspaper Online Today
*NEWS HEADLINES FOR SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2020*
*PUNCH*
Why Oluwo is fighting some traditional rulers Onigege of Igege
Thugs kill father of three at bar over N50 change
Weve abolished making women drink water used to wash dead husbands Enogie of Ekpoma
My professional football career began by accident Odegbami
How our husband chained us up, put pepper in our private parts Katsina housewives locked up for 10 months
Driver arraigned for allegedly killing of two customs officers
Ebonyi airport: owners of demolished buildings face hard times amid delayed compensation
Obasanjo, others call for unity among Nigerians
Thirteen remanded in prison over illegal arms
Delta APC crisis worsens as chairman suspends secretary
Odenigbo building a house, planned to return home before Easter Brother of man in viral video allegedly killed by kinsman in South Africa
Resources, properties lost in Ife-Modakeke crisis havent been recovered Kolawole, Osun PS
Bandits kill two, kidnap 13-year-old girl in Kaduna
Stay off North-East conflict areas, army tells Intl organisations
Girls, dont let your friends massacre your destiny
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UK warns Nigerian students against fraud, freezes 95 accounts
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Killings: CAN declares Jan 21 annual national prayer day
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Military suspends troop withdrawal as security threats worsen
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We are not opening borders now, Buhari tells neighbouring countries
FAAN workers vandalise concessionaires facilities, contractor alleges
Same mistake all over
Osinbajo, Makinde, others bid Are farewell as late PUNCH director is buried
NEXIM, Katsina to increase exports of sesame, others
*VANGUARD*
INSECURITY: Why we still have problems 'Ango Abdullahi
Commissioner urges police cadets to exhibit good conduct
13 Fulanis remanded in Ekiti prison over unlawful possession of firearms
INSECURITY: Why we still have problems ' Ango Abdullahi
Killings: Why Boko Haram singles out Christians ' Army Commander
What Buhari doesn't want to hear about roads ' Fashola
Banditry: Kebbi govt to sustain welfare of soldiers families
Repatriated funds earmarked for critical projects ' Presidency
NNPC donates equipment worth N230 m to AKTH
FG promises to create 300, 000 jobs in Plateau through agric scheme
Kogi Assembly advocates joint security operation to curb spate of kidnapping
Insecurity: Gov. Ugwuanyi signs Enugu security trust fund bill into law
HAPPENING NOW: Adamawa boils as army, Boko Haram engage in fierce gun battle
13 herdsmen remanded in Ekiti prison over unlawful possession of firearms
Police kill 2 armed robbery suspects in Abuja
Again, court sentence woman to death by hanging for killing husband in Kano
123 traffic offenders, 110 convicts arrested by FCTA
The political coup at Gov Emmanuel's father's burial
I have no intention of joining 'coronavirus infected' APC ' Fayose
Attack on Odili: Oshiomhole exonerates self, demands retraction, apology from Wike
We've made substantial progress in North East ' Buhari
Move beyond deregistration, strategize for better Nigeria, coalition urges deregistered parties
Shopify joins nonprofit behind Facebook's Libra currency
NSE market indices dips 0.65%, amid Nestle N112 loss
Forex: CBN injects $292.34million into retail Secondary Market
As the scramble for soul of Ogun West commences in earnest
Orange alert: Twitter labels to tackle misinformation by politicians
Fenerbahce ends contract with French international Rami
*THE NATION*
Buratai to troops: give Boko Haram no breathing space
N3.5bn Emirate funds: Court dismisses panels report against Emir Sanusi
Over 1,600 patients benefit from Mrs. Ugwuanyi, US-based foundation free medical outreach
Rector to students: work hard to achieve your targets
Eulogies as Senator Uwajumogu is buried
Jaiyesimi sworn in as LASUMBA President
Insecurity: Uzodinma cautions critics of military, calls for support against insurgency
Eulogies as late Senator Uwajumogu is buried
Rivers govt maligned my reputation over attack Oshiomhole
Dickson condemns alleged sponsored demonstrations against Odili
Southeast security : Were working together to secure Ndigbo, say governors, Ohaneze
Boko Haram in deadly two-hr operation at Yobe checkpoint
Theres been drop in influx of illegal arms since border closure Buhari
NHRC condemns attack on judges over political decisions
Why Obaseki revoked Iboris C.of.O
APC members stage solidarity rally for Oshiomhole
FG releases N386m to fight Coronavirus
Judgment: Politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa, says IYC
Bayelsa governor under pressure to jettison Dicksons policy
NYSC discharge certificate scandal hits another govt official
Ogunyemi, IPPIS, ASUU and sexual harassment bill
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Two W/African MTF alumni films get AMVCA nominations
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Ooni of Ife, Oyetola, others for Osun Festival Award
Mama G, Sobowale in dramatic rivalry
*THISDAY*
Zenith Bank Posts N209bn Profit After Tax, Recommends N2.50 Final Dividend
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Canon Rewards Winners of Initiative
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Access Bank Retells African Story through CNNs Avant-Garde
NOC Charges States, Fitness Clubs on Skills Update
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Bayelsa Senatorial Bye-Election
Yeshaneh Smashes Half-marathon Record
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Power Tussle at our Collective Expense
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals
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*THE SUN*
Bayelsa: APC wants to set Niger Delta on fire 'PDP
North is not prepared to relinquish power in 2023 'Shettima
Herdsmen may form own security outfit soon ' Bodejo, Miyetti Allah Boss
AAAN holds 2020 business outlook seminar
Foreign forces desperate to break Nigeria ' Ex-Minister, Birma Dauda
Niger Delta group flays setting up of NDDC interim management committee
Sokoto establishes micro-finance bank, disburses N1bn soft loan
Nigeria sliding into anarchy 'Bishop Isong, Pfn Scribe
Politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa over S'Court verdict ' IYC
Gov. Ganduje assures of Kano's competitive participation at Edo 2020
Let North forget 2023 Presidency 'Ex-Kaduna Gov. Muktar Yero
Oyo LG crisis: Mixed reactions as parties make progress in an out-of-court settlement
Cruel betrayal
Edo, Ondo guber: INEC warns APC, PDP, others against acrimonious primaries
NHRC condemns attack on judges over court rulings
General overseer kidnaps self for N5m
Ijaw youths warn politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa over S'Court verdict
Nigeria almost self-sufficient in food production 'Buhari
Osun traditional rulers council suspends Oluwo
Maligning my name sacrilegious, Oshiomhole warns Wike
Kano: Sanusi floors Ganduje as Court quashes fraud charges against Emir
Tempers rise over Osun Royal rumble
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APC relying on unorthodox means to takeover Bayelsa governorship ' PDP
Broadcast industry: FG not out to gag Nigerians ' NBC
*GUARDIAN*
Tension still high as Bayelsans bemoan supreme court judgment
Insecurity: Plugging the loopholes that paved way for resurgence
Gunmen kill palace guard in Plateau State
Ghanaian jailed 35 years for drug trafficking
The Future Awards partners AU to beam light on young enterprising Africans
Stakeholders harp on empowerment to boost women capacity building
Dealing with thumb sucking addiction in children
Lekan Oyegbade counts blessings at birthday gig
N76 million fraud: EFCC arrests, grills Kano commissioner
Joshua's visit reawakens old memories in Awo's Dynasty
*DAILY TIMES*
Lagos State Govt. to punish illegal Real Estate business practitioners
Farmers/herders clashes: Edo govt holds public hearing
Attack on Odili: Oshiomhole asks Wike to apologies
Restructuring has become the song of those seeking entrance into Nigerias political space Fuoad Oki
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Deregistration: UPP joins APC, refuses to take INEC to court
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Fashola charges staff on service delivery
KDSG seeks custody of sexually abused children
German investigators discover drugs worth over 50m
Ebonyi LG election: Group urges fair, balanced reportage of electioneering activities
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British Airways CEO, GM summoned over consumer rights violation
Oluwo of Iwoland suspended for six months
*DAILY TRUST*
Oshiomhole not responsible for Edo APC crisis'Odubu
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Kado fish market thrives amidst odds
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Dogo Nahawa: 10 years after attack, Plateau community lives in fear
LMC grappling with bloody derbies in NPFL
Isaac Danladi: Rescuing Nasarawa United from relegation is mission possible
City's loss devalues the Champions League
Furious Fury battles hard punching Wilder in Las Vega
Adopt an athlete' campaign yielding positive results
Wilder wants Sheffield United to reel in top-four rivals
Inter seeking to 'bounce back' against Sampdoria
Klopp writes to 'cheeky' Man Utd fan who wants Liverpool to lose
Solskjaer puts faith in Martial after Rashford setback
*DAILY INDEPENDENT*
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South Africa To Increase Personal Income, Excise Taxes In Budget
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Police Kill 2 Armed Robbery Suspects In Abuja
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NNPC Donates Equipment Worth N230m To AKTH
NNPC Donates Equipment Worth N230m To AKTH
Zambian Police Arrest 16 Suspects After Chemical Attacks
Ighalo Wants To Partner Martial Against Watford
Senate Declare Diri, Ewhrudjakpo's Seats Vacant
Femi Branch Playfest: One Musical, 10 Cities
LASUBEB Tasks Stakeholders On Success Of School Feeding Programme
Arsenal Fear Losing Teen Sensation Bukayo Saka As Man Utd, Liverpool Show Interest
Imported Camels Evacuated From Tripoli After Port Comes Under Fire
10,000 People Join Greta Thunberg At Hamburg Climate Protest
Ancelotti's Counters To Wreak Havoc In High-Scoring Game
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Embracing Mother Tongue At 81
Abdulrazak Hands Over New Security Vehicles To State Security Agencies
Barca Target Fourth Straight LaLiga Win Against Eibar
Commission Summons British Airways CEO, GM Over Consumer Rights Violation
Woman Jailed For Forging Documents To Get Training Grants
Chronicling Adventures Of Desperate African Youth Across The Sea
*TRIBUNE*
Olamide goes international, signs joint venture deal with Empire Worldwide
Can I tie my womb
Men in engineering are helpful, willing to support ladies 'Funmilayo Waheed
Buried in shallow graves: Story of Fulani herdsmen's bloodletting in Delta communities
Toke Makinwa disagrees with Pastor Adeboye on marriage advice, says men should learn how to cook
Number of Nigerian immigrants to Canada has tripled in the last five years
Turtleneck for stylish gents
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Is friendship with opposite sex after marriage advisable
I just knew it' says 9-yr-old school boy with calendar in his brain
I dread going home after work 'cos my wife never ceases to threaten and fight me 'Husband
I fall sick anytime I'm with my husband, woman tells court
My husband gets drunk, comes home naked; stole my pants for rituals
*BLUE PRINT*
US Embassy begins massive employment, opens recruitment portal *How to apply
Breaking ' NPFL: Katsina United get LMC's nod to admit fans weeks after descending on Kano Pillars
Certificate forgery: INEC devices new strategy, picks dates for Edo, Ondo display
Ogun again! Explosion rocks Abeokuta; property destroyed, houses burnt
Fx intervention: CBN injects $292.34m, CNY 22.8m into Retail SMIS
A step-by-step guide on how to acquire an eVisa
Mo Abudu now a grandmother
Corruption: SERDEC tasks religious, traditional leaders on exemplary leadership
Taraba govt offers employment to 300
Border closure: Buhari calls for more patience from neighbouring countries
CAN honours slain chairman, declares Jan. 21 day of prayers
FG calls for unity, tolerance among Nigerians
Lawan declares Bayelsa Gov, deputy's seats vacant
We're ready to conduct council polls in September ' Abia govt
Fayose denies plan to join APC
Sokoto establishes micro-finance bank, disburses N1bn soft loan
Asking Supreme Court to reverse self, mockery of democracy ' Don
Uwajumogu was an advocate of unity ' Lawan
My suspension political ' Oluwo
Masari Commission Katsina ITF Area Office Complex
FCT Police foil robbery, gun down 2 suspects
Odili: Lawyer raises alarm, says Judges no longer safe
Housing: Gombe keys into FG's cooperative housing scheme to address deficit
Rotary club empowers 100 widows, donates books to school in Sapele
Despite criticism, we've made progress in North-east ' Buhari
FG releases N386m for coronavirus prevention
EFCC grills Kano commissioner over N76m 'fraud
*SPORTS*
18 Schools to Battle for Honours at PwC Chess4Change - Thisday
Adopt an athlete' campaign yielding positive results - Daily Trust
Ajide U20 Football Championships Kicks off Today - Thisday
Amokachi, Yobo can boost football fortunes - New Telegraph
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shoronmu storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals - New Telegraph
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals - Thisday
Arsenal Fear Losing Teen Sensation Bukayo Saka As Man Utd, Liverpool Show Interest - Daily Independent
Arsenal vs Everton Preview: How to Watch on TV, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News - FTBpro
Arteta, Van Persie hail wonder-kid Saka - Punch
Astros whistleblower says he's received death threats - CNN
Athletics: Ethiopias Yeshaneh smashes half marathon world record by 20 seconds - Daily Times
AZ Zola, Abu Babes Battle in JOF U-13 Football Cup Final - Thisday
Barcelona: Trouble in paradise for catalan giants - Vanguard
Bayern Munich 3-2 Paderborn: Lewandowski's late show settles thriller - Goal
Black Leopards 2-0 Amavarara: Lidoda Duvha seal Nedbank Cup quarter-final spot - Goal
Casemiro Reveals He Wanted Neymar to Join Him at Real Madrid - FTBpro
City's loss devalues the Champions League - Daily Trust
Dare, Makinde for Oyo Unity Cup finals - Punch
Dogo Nahawa: 10 years after attack, Plateau community lives in fear - Daily Trust
Enyimba on the rise again - New Telegraph
EPL: Liverpool captain out for three weeks with hamstring injury - Punch
Europa: Moses happy with Inter win - Punch
Evra reveals how he convinced Solskjaer to give Williams a chance at Man Utd - Goal
Exceptional' Vardy earns Guardiola praise ahead of Man City's Leicester test - Goal
FCT Court Frees Pinnick, Sanusi from $8.4m Corruption Charges - Thisday
Fenerbahce ends contract with French international Rami - Vanguard
Freestyle soccer star is on mission to nutmeg Beyonce - CNN
Furious Fury battles hard punching Wilder in Las Vega - Daily Trust
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08030703704
*PUNCH*
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FAAN workers vandalise concessionaires facilities, contractor alleges
Same mistake all over
Osinbajo, Makinde, others bid Are farewell as late PUNCH director is buried
NEXIM, Katsina to increase exports of sesame, others
*VANGUARD*
INSECURITY: Why we still have problems 'Ango Abdullahi
Commissioner urges police cadets to exhibit good conduct
13 Fulanis remanded in Ekiti prison over unlawful possession of firearms
INSECURITY: Why we still have problems ' Ango Abdullahi
Killings: Why Boko Haram singles out Christians ' Army Commander
What Buhari doesn't want to hear about roads ' Fashola
Banditry: Kebbi govt to sustain welfare of soldiers families
Repatriated funds earmarked for critical projects ' Presidency
NNPC donates equipment worth N230 m to AKTH
FG promises to create 300, 000 jobs in Plateau through agric scheme
Kogi Assembly advocates joint security operation to curb spate of kidnapping
Insecurity: Gov. Ugwuanyi signs Enugu security trust fund bill into law
HAPPENING NOW: Adamawa boils as army, Boko Haram engage in fierce gun battle
13 herdsmen remanded in Ekiti prison over unlawful possession of firearms
Police kill 2 armed robbery suspects in Abuja
Again, court sentence woman to death by hanging for killing husband in Kano
123 traffic offenders, 110 convicts arrested by FCTA
The political coup at Gov Emmanuel's father's burial
I have no intention of joining 'coronavirus infected' APC ' Fayose
Attack on Odili: Oshiomhole exonerates self, demands retraction, apology from Wike
We've made substantial progress in North East ' Buhari
Move beyond deregistration, strategize for better Nigeria, coalition urges deregistered parties
Shopify joins nonprofit behind Facebook's Libra currency
NSE market indices dips 0.65%, amid Nestle N112 loss
Forex: CBN injects $292.34million into retail Secondary Market
As the scramble for soul of Ogun West commences in earnest
Orange alert: Twitter labels to tackle misinformation by politicians
Fenerbahce ends contract with French international Rami
*THE NATION*
Buratai to troops: give Boko Haram no breathing space
N3.5bn Emirate funds: Court dismisses panels report against Emir Sanusi
Over 1,600 patients benefit from Mrs. Ugwuanyi, US-based foundation free medical outreach
Rector to students: work hard to achieve your targets
Eulogies as Senator Uwajumogu is buried
Jaiyesimi sworn in as LASUMBA President
Insecurity: Uzodinma cautions critics of military, calls for support against insurgency
Eulogies as late Senator Uwajumogu is buried
Rivers govt maligned my reputation over attack Oshiomhole
Dickson condemns alleged sponsored demonstrations against Odili
Southeast security : Were working together to secure Ndigbo, say governors, Ohaneze
Boko Haram in deadly two-hr operation at Yobe checkpoint
Theres been drop in influx of illegal arms since border closure Buhari
NHRC condemns attack on judges over political decisions
Why Obaseki revoked Iboris C.of.O
APC members stage solidarity rally for Oshiomhole
FG releases N386m to fight Coronavirus
Judgment: Politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa, says IYC
Bayelsa governor under pressure to jettison Dicksons policy
NYSC discharge certificate scandal hits another govt official
Ogunyemi, IPPIS, ASUU and sexual harassment bill
Of Lyon and his ruining mate
For privileged Nigerian
Pedro sets ribs cracking as he claims new age at book launch
Two W/African MTF alumni films get AMVCA nominations
Mc Ijaw Pikin sells out unscripted 3
Ooni of Ife, Oyetola, others for Osun Festival Award
Mama G, Sobowale in dramatic rivalry
*THISDAY*
Zenith Bank Posts N209bn Profit After Tax, Recommends N2.50 Final Dividend
Upfield Restates Commitment to Bilateral Ties
Canon Rewards Winners of Initiative
Worlds Largest Bread to be Unveiled at Festival
Access Bank Retells African Story through CNNs Avant-Garde
NOC Charges States, Fitness Clubs on Skills Update
Man Utd Host Watford Live on GOtv
School Sports, an Incubator for Growing Talents- Oghomienor
Future Still with QPR
Lyon: Ex-militant Leaders Dare RNDA over Threat of Violence
WBC World Heavyweight Title: Wilder, Fury Rumble Again
Your Allegation against Me Reckless, Oshiomhole Replies Wike
Bayelsa Senatorial Bye-Election
Yeshaneh Smashes Half-marathon Record
Will Bayelsans Appreciate Dicksons Development Strides
Murtala Ramat Muhammed: 44 Years After
Kamara Leaves Ivory Coast by Mutual Agreement
The Emirs Sermon
Sujimoto Edges BUA Group in 2020 Lagos International Polo
Imo Guber: Supreme Court and Common Knowledge
The Truth about Katsina, Zamfara Killings
Lewis Rates Wilder, Fury above Joshua
Bayelsa, INEC and Need for Review
Guardiola Says City Players are Free to Express Themselves the Way they Like
Power Tussle at our Collective Expense
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals
Too Much Blood on the Landscape
AZ Zola, Abu Babes Battle in JOF U-13 Football Cup Final
*THE SUN*
Bayelsa: APC wants to set Niger Delta on fire 'PDP
North is not prepared to relinquish power in 2023 'Shettima
Herdsmen may form own security outfit soon ' Bodejo, Miyetti Allah Boss
AAAN holds 2020 business outlook seminar
Foreign forces desperate to break Nigeria ' Ex-Minister, Birma Dauda
Niger Delta group flays setting up of NDDC interim management committee
Sokoto establishes micro-finance bank, disburses N1bn soft loan
Nigeria sliding into anarchy 'Bishop Isong, Pfn Scribe
Politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa over S'Court verdict ' IYC
Gov. Ganduje assures of Kano's competitive participation at Edo 2020
Let North forget 2023 Presidency 'Ex-Kaduna Gov. Muktar Yero
Oyo LG crisis: Mixed reactions as parties make progress in an out-of-court settlement
Cruel betrayal
Edo, Ondo guber: INEC warns APC, PDP, others against acrimonious primaries
NHRC condemns attack on judges over court rulings
General overseer kidnaps self for N5m
Ijaw youths warn politicians plotting violence in Bayelsa over S'Court verdict
Nigeria almost self-sufficient in food production 'Buhari
Osun traditional rulers council suspends Oluwo
Maligning my name sacrilegious, Oshiomhole warns Wike
Kano: Sanusi floors Ganduje as Court quashes fraud charges against Emir
Tempers rise over Osun Royal rumble
Over 1,600 patients benefit from Mrs. Ugwuanyi's free medical outreach in Enugu
APC relying on unorthodox means to takeover Bayelsa governorship ' PDP
Broadcast industry: FG not out to gag Nigerians ' NBC
*GUARDIAN*
Tension still high as Bayelsans bemoan supreme court judgment
Insecurity: Plugging the loopholes that paved way for resurgence
Gunmen kill palace guard in Plateau State
Ghanaian jailed 35 years for drug trafficking
The Future Awards partners AU to beam light on young enterprising Africans
Stakeholders harp on empowerment to boost women capacity building
Dealing with thumb sucking addiction in children
Lekan Oyegbade counts blessings at birthday gig
N76 million fraud: EFCC arrests, grills Kano commissioner
Joshua's visit reawakens old memories in Awo's Dynasty
*DAILY TIMES*
Lagos State Govt. to punish illegal Real Estate business practitioners
Farmers/herders clashes: Edo govt holds public hearing
Attack on Odili: Oshiomhole asks Wike to apologies
Restructuring has become the song of those seeking entrance into Nigerias political space Fuoad Oki
Yes I lost two gallant soldiers, OPSH boss confirms
Trumps peace plan cant be stopped even if democrat wins -Netanyahu
Deregistration: UPP joins APC, refuses to take INEC to court
Congresses: PDP extends deadline for sale of forms
Fashola urges top ministry officials to work as team
Shrine that may be burial site of Romes mythical founder discovered
Oyo LG crisis: ALGON tells court it received terms of settlement
Fashola charges staff on service delivery
KDSG seeks custody of sexually abused children
German investigators discover drugs worth over 50m
Ebonyi LG election: Group urges fair, balanced reportage of electioneering activities
I have more than I need in life
Senators push motion for effective budget in Nigeria
Banditry: Kebbi govt. to sustain welfare of soldiers families
Society urges govts to promote travel medicine in Nigeria
Here is what you need to know about eVisa
Passengers from China visiting Moscow to be quarantined Mayor
Obasanjo, others call for unity among Nigerians as FEPSAN boss Etuh buries wife
Osinbajo honours Mimiko at mothers funeral
South Korean city on full alert as coronavirus numbers soar
13 bandits killed, several ammunition recovered in Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi
Gowon seeks Gov. Mohammads support for prayer rally in Bauchi
British Airways CEO, GM summoned over consumer rights violation
Oluwo of Iwoland suspended for six months
*DAILY TRUST*
Oshiomhole not responsible for Edo APC crisis'Odubu
Zamfara: Yari, Matawalle rift deepens
Drug trafficking: Why do they do it
Raising IGR in Adamawa
16 students from poor families get OPM scholarship to study in Turkey
Royal Scuffle: I remain Oluwo of Iwoland, I was not suspended ' Oba Akanbi
US kicks as FG plans to 'give $100m Abacha loot' to Gov Bagudu
Taller men might have a lower risk of dementia
Home Remedy Alert! PROBLEM: Mosquito problem
RE: ADIEU DR. HABIB ' GOOD MAN TAKEN BY LASSA
Coronavirus in chicken' claim completely false, says NCDC
NNPC donates equipment worth N230m to Kano Teaching hospital
More than 20 African countries can test for coronavirus disease ' WHO
Coronavirus: Cured cases surpasses new confirmed cases ' Embassy
South Korean city on full alert as coronavirus numbers soar
Kado fish market thrives amidst odds
MDXi unveils Microsoft Stack Cloud offers in Lagos
Dogo Nahawa: 10 years after attack, Plateau community lives in fear
LMC grappling with bloody derbies in NPFL
Isaac Danladi: Rescuing Nasarawa United from relegation is mission possible
City's loss devalues the Champions League
Furious Fury battles hard punching Wilder in Las Vega
Adopt an athlete' campaign yielding positive results
Wilder wants Sheffield United to reel in top-four rivals
Inter seeking to 'bounce back' against Sampdoria
Klopp writes to 'cheeky' Man Utd fan who wants Liverpool to lose
Solskjaer puts faith in Martial after Rashford setback
*DAILY INDEPENDENT*
Abia Warriors, Enyimba: Condemning The Show Of Shame In Umuahia
Malawi Maize Output Projected To Climb 8.8% As Rains Return
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The Green Eagles Of Yore!
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South Africa To Increase Personal Income, Excise Taxes In Budget
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Police Kill 2 Armed Robbery Suspects In Abuja
Mabel Segun: A Rare Gem @ 90
Restructured City Midfield Will Hurt Leicester
NNPC Donates Equipment Worth N230m To AKTH
NNPC Donates Equipment Worth N230m To AKTH
Zambian Police Arrest 16 Suspects After Chemical Attacks
Ighalo Wants To Partner Martial Against Watford
Senate Declare Diri, Ewhrudjakpo's Seats Vacant
Femi Branch Playfest: One Musical, 10 Cities
LASUBEB Tasks Stakeholders On Success Of School Feeding Programme
Arsenal Fear Losing Teen Sensation Bukayo Saka As Man Utd, Liverpool Show Interest
Imported Camels Evacuated From Tripoli After Port Comes Under Fire
10,000 People Join Greta Thunberg At Hamburg Climate Protest
Ancelotti's Counters To Wreak Havoc In High-Scoring Game
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Embracing Mother Tongue At 81
Abdulrazak Hands Over New Security Vehicles To State Security Agencies
Barca Target Fourth Straight LaLiga Win Against Eibar
Commission Summons British Airways CEO, GM Over Consumer Rights Violation
Woman Jailed For Forging Documents To Get Training Grants
Chronicling Adventures Of Desperate African Youth Across The Sea
*TRIBUNE*
Olamide goes international, signs joint venture deal with Empire Worldwide
Can I tie my womb
Men in engineering are helpful, willing to support ladies 'Funmilayo Waheed
Buried in shallow graves: Story of Fulani herdsmen's bloodletting in Delta communities
Toke Makinwa disagrees with Pastor Adeboye on marriage advice, says men should learn how to cook
Number of Nigerian immigrants to Canada has tripled in the last five years
Turtleneck for stylish gents
Bold, ingenious: Meet Nigeria's tech-savvy investors, their stories, their impacts
Is friendship with opposite sex after marriage advisable
I just knew it' says 9-yr-old school boy with calendar in his brain
I dread going home after work 'cos my wife never ceases to threaten and fight me 'Husband
I fall sick anytime I'm with my husband, woman tells court
My husband gets drunk, comes home naked; stole my pants for rituals
*BLUE PRINT*
US Embassy begins massive employment, opens recruitment portal *How to apply
Breaking ' NPFL: Katsina United get LMC's nod to admit fans weeks after descending on Kano Pillars
Certificate forgery: INEC devices new strategy, picks dates for Edo, Ondo display
Ogun again! Explosion rocks Abeokuta; property destroyed, houses burnt
Fx intervention: CBN injects $292.34m, CNY 22.8m into Retail SMIS
A step-by-step guide on how to acquire an eVisa
Mo Abudu now a grandmother
Corruption: SERDEC tasks religious, traditional leaders on exemplary leadership
Taraba govt offers employment to 300
Border closure: Buhari calls for more patience from neighbouring countries
CAN honours slain chairman, declares Jan. 21 day of prayers
FG calls for unity, tolerance among Nigerians
Lawan declares Bayelsa Gov, deputy's seats vacant
We're ready to conduct council polls in September ' Abia govt
Fayose denies plan to join APC
Sokoto establishes micro-finance bank, disburses N1bn soft loan
Asking Supreme Court to reverse self, mockery of democracy ' Don
Uwajumogu was an advocate of unity ' Lawan
My suspension political ' Oluwo
Masari Commission Katsina ITF Area Office Complex
FCT Police foil robbery, gun down 2 suspects
Odili: Lawyer raises alarm, says Judges no longer safe
Housing: Gombe keys into FG's cooperative housing scheme to address deficit
Rotary club empowers 100 widows, donates books to school in Sapele
Despite criticism, we've made progress in North-east ' Buhari
FG releases N386m for coronavirus prevention
EFCC grills Kano commissioner over N76m 'fraud
*SPORTS*
18 Schools to Battle for Honours at PwC Chess4Change - Thisday
Adopt an athlete' campaign yielding positive results - Daily Trust
Ajide U20 Football Championships Kicks off Today - Thisday
Amokachi, Yobo can boost football fortunes - New Telegraph
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shoronmu storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals - New Telegraph
Amokachi, Yobo, Adepoju, Shorunmu Storm Ibadan for Oyo Unity Cup Finals - Thisday
Arsenal Fear Losing Teen Sensation Bukayo Saka As Man Utd, Liverpool Show Interest - Daily Independent
Arsenal vs Everton Preview: How to Watch on TV, Live Stream, Kick Off Time & Team News - FTBpro
Arteta, Van Persie hail wonder-kid Saka - Punch
Astros whistleblower says he's received death threats - CNN
Athletics: Ethiopias Yeshaneh smashes half marathon world record by 20 seconds - Daily Times
AZ Zola, Abu Babes Battle in JOF U-13 Football Cup Final - Thisday
Barcelona: Trouble in paradise for catalan giants - Vanguard
Bayern Munich 3-2 Paderborn: Lewandowski's late show settles thriller - Goal
Black Leopards 2-0 Amavarara: Lidoda Duvha seal Nedbank Cup quarter-final spot - Goal
Casemiro Reveals He Wanted Neymar to Join Him at Real Madrid - FTBpro
City's loss devalues the Champions League - Daily Trust
Dare, Makinde for Oyo Unity Cup finals - Punch
Dogo Nahawa: 10 years after attack, Plateau community lives in fear - Daily Trust
Enyimba on the rise again - New Telegraph
EPL: Liverpool captain out for three weeks with hamstring injury - Punch
Europa: Moses happy with Inter win - Punch
Evra reveals how he convinced Solskjaer to give Williams a chance at Man Utd - Goal
Exceptional' Vardy earns Guardiola praise ahead of Man City's Leicester test - Goal
FCT Court Frees Pinnick, Sanusi from $8.4m Corruption Charges - Thisday
Fenerbahce ends contract with French international Rami - Vanguard
Freestyle soccer star is on mission to nutmeg Beyonce - CNN
Furious Fury battles hard punching Wilder in Las Vega - Daily Trust
Compiled by:
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08030703704
Thursday 20 February 2020
Acronyms For Common Abbreviations
Correct meaning of *"OK"* is the name of a German engineer *Otto Krovens* who worked for Ford car company in America.
As chief inspector he wrote his initial as *OK* upon each car he passed.
Hence it continued till date as All correct
💚 Do we know actual full form of some words??? 💚
*💛 _ 🔗News paper = _ 💛*
_North East West South past and present events report._
*💛 _ 🔗Chess = _ 💛*
_Camel, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers._
*💛 _ 🔗Cold = _ 💛*
_Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease._
*💛 _ 🔗Joke = _ 💛*
_Joy of Kids Entertainment._
*💛 _ 🔗Aim = _ 💛*
_Ambition in Mind._
*💛 _ 🔗Date = _ 💛*
_Day and Time Evolution._
*💛 _ 🔗Eat = _ 💛*
_Energy and Taste._
*💛 _ 🔗Tea = _ 💛*
_Taste and Energy Admitted._
*💛 _🔗Pen = _ 💛*
_Power Enriched in Nib._
*💛 _🔗Smile =_ 💛*
_Sweet Memories in Lips Expression._
*💛 _ 🔗SIM = _ 💛*
_Subscriber Identity Module_
*💛 _ 🔗etc. = _ 💛*
_End of Thinking Capacity_
*💛 _ 🔗Or = 💛*
_Orl Korec (Greek Word)_
*💛 _ 🔗Bye _ 💛*
Be with you Everytime._
*💚 share these meanings as majority of us don't know ...😁😄*
As chief inspector he wrote his initial as *OK* upon each car he passed.
Hence it continued till date as All correct
💚 Do we know actual full form of some words??? 💚
*💛 _ 🔗News paper = _ 💛*
_North East West South past and present events report._
*💛 _ 🔗Chess = _ 💛*
_Camel, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers._
*💛 _ 🔗Cold = _ 💛*
_Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease._
*💛 _ 🔗Joke = _ 💛*
_Joy of Kids Entertainment._
*💛 _ 🔗Aim = _ 💛*
_Ambition in Mind._
*💛 _ 🔗Date = _ 💛*
_Day and Time Evolution._
*💛 _ 🔗Eat = _ 💛*
_Energy and Taste._
*💛 _ 🔗Tea = _ 💛*
_Taste and Energy Admitted._
*💛 _🔗Pen = _ 💛*
_Power Enriched in Nib._
*💛 _🔗Smile =_ 💛*
_Sweet Memories in Lips Expression._
*💛 _ 🔗SIM = _ 💛*
_Subscriber Identity Module_
*💛 _ 🔗etc. = _ 💛*
_End of Thinking Capacity_
*💛 _ 🔗Or = 💛*
_Orl Korec (Greek Word)_
*💛 _ 🔗Bye _ 💛*
Be with you Everytime._
*💚 share these meanings as majority of us don't know ...😁😄*
NIGERIA AT WAR.....DANJUMA
TY DANJUMA calls out the APC and the BUHARI PEOPLE ...
T.Y. DANJUMA.
FULANIS HAVE DECLARED WAR AGAINST INDEGINOUS NIGERIANS AND GRABBING OUR LANDS IN NORTH AND MIDDLE BELT AND WE PLAYING GAMES WITH BUHARI...THE GAME SHOULD BE UP NOW.
Retired General Danjuma has urged all indeginous Nigerias from North, South, East and West to face reality, to rise up and defend themselves. The Nigerian Army under Burantai is working with President Buhari to grab lands from indeginous Nigerians owners and give it to Fulanis from West Africa and turn indegineous Nigerians people and land to modern day fulani Colony. Rise and defend your land now, rise now before it is too late. No election until this Fulanis killing is stopped and lands grabbed restored back people and the criminals identified, arrested and punished according to Law of the land. This pogrom must stop, yes, it must be stopped. We did not elect them to murder us.
It is a big shame to about 165million indeginous Nigerians from predominaltly Hausa North, middle belt, Igbo East and Yoruba West to allow, only 3 million Fulanis (who are Arab Africans) we accommodated to take over Nigeria and be killing everybody in the name of Herdsmen and Boko Haram, and take over our ancestral lands. Big shame to the rest of the people crying like fools. President Buhari's primary objective to use Nigerian Armed forces, Boko and Herdsmen to fight jihad and massacre the indigenous people and take over our lands and give to Fulanis have started. They have conquered Hausa, they lost who they are, now, they are fighting and killing people across middle belts (Kogi, Taraba, Plateau, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Brono, Benue etc) sacking them from their communities and Presidency protecting and arming the murderers. They have conquered SW by half through Tinubu dynasty, after Middle Belt, they planned to workover South West to gather strength to fight the SOUTH SOUTH and SOUTH EAST. This will be the battle of Amaggadon. It is a shame for indiginous Hausa, Igala, Tiv warriors, Idoma, Igbo, Yoruba, Calabar, Calabari, Benin, Ishan, Uroboh etc to name but few to seat and watch Buhari destroy and turn Nigeria to Fulanis colony. This is a war against 165 million Nigerians declared by 3 million Fulanis headed by Buhari. It is time to rise and stop Buhari and his gang of murderers called Fulanis Herdsmen. He is their patron and his loyalty goes to the Fulanis in West Africa and Arabs.
If you are a soldier, police, members of national assemble, professor, academicians, Governors, from these indeginous 165 million being used by Buhari to destroy your ancestral inheritance and your people, you should be shamed and do everything now to stop Buhari . Because in the end after using u to destroy your people, you yourself will be destroyed. We must all say no to Fulanis Herdsmen destruction now and stop them. Meyitti Allah now determines what happen in the presidency. They warn constitionally elected governors of states and threaten destruction and Nigerian Army support them. This is not about politics, it pogrom and ethnic cleansing by Buhari and his gangs.
Let's the indigenous Nigerians rise now and said enough is enough. Our soldiers should refuse Buhari and Burantai command and secure their people. Senate and House of reps should stand up to their duties and stop this evil before Buhari destroy every one.
Enough is enough. We are tired of mass burials of innocent people from across Middle belt killed and murdered by Meyitti Allah and Fulanis Herdsmen and their land stollen and renamed.
It is time to rise up boldly against this killings and land grabbing and let us all say no to grazing root and planned illegal land grabbing by Federal Government to give Fulanis Herdsmen in the name of open grazing and ranching. Ranching should be a private business, not government business.
Let us all throw away our divisions and fight this war, unleashed on indigenous Nigerians by President Buhari and His Fulanis Herdsmen which he is their life patron.
Pass this and share until the indigenous Nigerians and their leaders wake up and fight this war and end herdsmen killing. They are not stronger than us. Our people in the Army, police, navy should rise Against Buhari and his Fulanis commanders of Armed forces. Share to save life. Do not fear President Buhari and killing squard of Nigerian Army and Fulanis Herdsmen; do not be intimidated, they are not stronger than us. We gave him our sovereignty and now he has abused it and started to kill us and give our lands to foreigners, we must take our sovereignty back now. We cannot wait till 2023, it is to far. We must fear only God not man, we have to be alive to do election. Nigerians - 165 million Nigerians must arise now to stop Buhari and his 3 million herdsmen and Nigeria military who are killing the people paying tax that pays their salaries. The Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram they are supporting are not paying tax, they are foreigners - Arab Africans. This is more than religion, Both indigenous Christians and Muslims are massacred under the supervision of President Buhari. It is land grabbing.
Please Share to atleast 20 persons in you handle to save lives, save indegineous Nigerians from North to South, from East to West and your God given inheritance - land, culture, faith, lineage and community. Both God and your Ancestors will not forgive you if you do nothing over these murderers and criminal gangs ruling Nigerians now. After join the movement to remove them and send them to ICC for crime against humanity. This is not politics or religion issue, it is battle of existence.
Share now to 20 people for mobilizations. Nigerian Army are not protecting you. They are working with Fulani Herdsmen as we pay them salary through our taxes. It must stop. Shared as received. We must reclaim our nation from Fulanis by God's grace and mercy.
T.Y. DANJUMA.
FULANIS HAVE DECLARED WAR AGAINST INDEGINOUS NIGERIANS AND GRABBING OUR LANDS IN NORTH AND MIDDLE BELT AND WE PLAYING GAMES WITH BUHARI...THE GAME SHOULD BE UP NOW.
Retired General Danjuma has urged all indeginous Nigerias from North, South, East and West to face reality, to rise up and defend themselves. The Nigerian Army under Burantai is working with President Buhari to grab lands from indeginous Nigerians owners and give it to Fulanis from West Africa and turn indegineous Nigerians people and land to modern day fulani Colony. Rise and defend your land now, rise now before it is too late. No election until this Fulanis killing is stopped and lands grabbed restored back people and the criminals identified, arrested and punished according to Law of the land. This pogrom must stop, yes, it must be stopped. We did not elect them to murder us.
It is a big shame to about 165million indeginous Nigerians from predominaltly Hausa North, middle belt, Igbo East and Yoruba West to allow, only 3 million Fulanis (who are Arab Africans) we accommodated to take over Nigeria and be killing everybody in the name of Herdsmen and Boko Haram, and take over our ancestral lands. Big shame to the rest of the people crying like fools. President Buhari's primary objective to use Nigerian Armed forces, Boko and Herdsmen to fight jihad and massacre the indigenous people and take over our lands and give to Fulanis have started. They have conquered Hausa, they lost who they are, now, they are fighting and killing people across middle belts (Kogi, Taraba, Plateau, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Brono, Benue etc) sacking them from their communities and Presidency protecting and arming the murderers. They have conquered SW by half through Tinubu dynasty, after Middle Belt, they planned to workover South West to gather strength to fight the SOUTH SOUTH and SOUTH EAST. This will be the battle of Amaggadon. It is a shame for indiginous Hausa, Igala, Tiv warriors, Idoma, Igbo, Yoruba, Calabar, Calabari, Benin, Ishan, Uroboh etc to name but few to seat and watch Buhari destroy and turn Nigeria to Fulanis colony. This is a war against 165 million Nigerians declared by 3 million Fulanis headed by Buhari. It is time to rise and stop Buhari and his gang of murderers called Fulanis Herdsmen. He is their patron and his loyalty goes to the Fulanis in West Africa and Arabs.
If you are a soldier, police, members of national assemble, professor, academicians, Governors, from these indeginous 165 million being used by Buhari to destroy your ancestral inheritance and your people, you should be shamed and do everything now to stop Buhari . Because in the end after using u to destroy your people, you yourself will be destroyed. We must all say no to Fulanis Herdsmen destruction now and stop them. Meyitti Allah now determines what happen in the presidency. They warn constitionally elected governors of states and threaten destruction and Nigerian Army support them. This is not about politics, it pogrom and ethnic cleansing by Buhari and his gangs.
Let's the indigenous Nigerians rise now and said enough is enough. Our soldiers should refuse Buhari and Burantai command and secure their people. Senate and House of reps should stand up to their duties and stop this evil before Buhari destroy every one.
Enough is enough. We are tired of mass burials of innocent people from across Middle belt killed and murdered by Meyitti Allah and Fulanis Herdsmen and their land stollen and renamed.
It is time to rise up boldly against this killings and land grabbing and let us all say no to grazing root and planned illegal land grabbing by Federal Government to give Fulanis Herdsmen in the name of open grazing and ranching. Ranching should be a private business, not government business.
Let us all throw away our divisions and fight this war, unleashed on indigenous Nigerians by President Buhari and His Fulanis Herdsmen which he is their life patron.
Pass this and share until the indigenous Nigerians and their leaders wake up and fight this war and end herdsmen killing. They are not stronger than us. Our people in the Army, police, navy should rise Against Buhari and his Fulanis commanders of Armed forces. Share to save life. Do not fear President Buhari and killing squard of Nigerian Army and Fulanis Herdsmen; do not be intimidated, they are not stronger than us. We gave him our sovereignty and now he has abused it and started to kill us and give our lands to foreigners, we must take our sovereignty back now. We cannot wait till 2023, it is to far. We must fear only God not man, we have to be alive to do election. Nigerians - 165 million Nigerians must arise now to stop Buhari and his 3 million herdsmen and Nigeria military who are killing the people paying tax that pays their salaries. The Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram they are supporting are not paying tax, they are foreigners - Arab Africans. This is more than religion, Both indigenous Christians and Muslims are massacred under the supervision of President Buhari. It is land grabbing.
Please Share to atleast 20 persons in you handle to save lives, save indegineous Nigerians from North to South, from East to West and your God given inheritance - land, culture, faith, lineage and community. Both God and your Ancestors will not forgive you if you do nothing over these murderers and criminal gangs ruling Nigerians now. After join the movement to remove them and send them to ICC for crime against humanity. This is not politics or religion issue, it is battle of existence.
Share now to 20 people for mobilizations. Nigerian Army are not protecting you. They are working with Fulani Herdsmen as we pay them salary through our taxes. It must stop. Shared as received. We must reclaim our nation from Fulanis by God's grace and mercy.
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*NEWS HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2020*
*PUNCH*
Remit N542m in three weeks
Senate proposes varsity to tackle Ogoni environmental challenges
NUPENG, Rivers disagree as union begins strike
Robbery hoax sparks panic in Ondo
Dad always advised us to be disciplined, principled and strong Are-Igun
Court clears Wada over certificate forgery allegations
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Lagos to close two roads for railway construction
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Nigerias security architecture ineffective, expert tells Senate
Abiodun, Amosun clash over $250m World Bank loan
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Gov aspirant sues Obaseki over ban on rallies
YPP tackles Cross River Assembly on Ayades N35b loan request
Register new members now, Lagos APC urges LGAs
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One good thing about Buharis regime
CITN to seek tax improvement for development
FIRS targets 17% tax to GDP ratio by 2023
Flight diversion: NAMA says calibration ongoing on landing system
Buhari enlarges NDDC team, appoints Pondei
Nigeria to begin online ship registration
Onne Port Customs plans N140.2bn revenue in 2020
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Customs seize food items hidden in gas cylinders
*VANGUARD*
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Bandits invade another LGA in Niger, kidnap scores of people, rustle cattle
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Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to climate change fund
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*DAILY INDEPENDENT*
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*TRIBUNE*
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Harry and Meghan to make final appearances as senior British royals
WHO says man with coronavirus in Egypt is recovering
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British government launches tougher immigration rules
*BLUE PRINT*
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Mr President, kindly sign the Electoral Act
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Kogi seeks cooperation with cashew dealers to diversify economy
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FEC okays N1.4bn for Edo, Ondo road
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*SPORTS*
500 runners to feature in Makurdi 20km marathon - Daily Trust
AC Milan's 10 Best Footballers of All Time - FTBpro
Adidas unveil new Champions League knockout stages ball ahead of last 16 clashes - Daily Times
African Stars to watch in the UCL tonight - African Football
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Ambrose: Lampards my hero - Punch
Anjorin mull over Chelsea future - Punch
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Anthony Joshua Visits Sagamu, Spotted at Akarigbos Palace - Thisday
Atalanta 4-1 Valencia: Hans Hateboer scores twice as Serie A side thump Spanish club - BBC
Atalanta Brush Aside Valencia With Ruthless Display in Last 16 Champions League Tie - FTBpro
Atalanta defeat Valencia 4-1 in Champions League last 16, first leg - Punch
Athletes Demand Payment of Allowances Owed By Gusaus AFN - Thisday
Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool: Klopp explains Mane's substitution, updates on Henderson's injury - Miss Petite
Atltico Madrid's 10 Best Footballers of All Time - FTBpro
Barcelona want ex-Middlesbrough forward Martin Braithwaite - Daily Times
Bewarang remains Technical Director ' NFF - New Telegraph
Bitrus Bewarang remains Technical Director, says NFF - Daily Trust
Boudaoui banned for four matches - Daily Times
Bouming' conclusion to FC Goa's near-flawless ISL league stage - Goal
Boxers to stage protest after missing Olympics qualifier - Punch
Breaking: Bitrus Bewarang remains Technical Director - Daily Times
Brugge to unleash Dennis, Okereke on United - Punch
BVB have psychological edge over PSG ' Watzke - Daily Trust
Cameron Norrie knocked out of Delray Beach Open - BBC
Can Bruno Fernandes spark Manchester United's midfield to life - Goal
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*PUNCH*
Remit N542m in three weeks
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*VANGUARD*
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*THE NATION*
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Buhari replaces Nunieh with Pondei as NDDC Acting MD
We are not recruiting, PSC warns job seekers
We are committed to customer satisfaction
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Ogun West deserves development commission
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Supreme Court and Imo verdict
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VAT increase: AGoF says states, councils to get more allocation from February
50,000 for Anchor Borrowers Programme
Ikeja Electric donates to Ikorodu General Hospital
Shells N56m Livewire grant for 140 Niger Delta youths
NDPHC, Lagos to improve power supply
Seplats ANOH gas project to boost Nigerias power output by 1,200Mw
Regulation is stifling downstream petroleum industry, says MOMAN
*THISDAY*
Analysts Raise Concern over Planned Reversal of SIM Registration Policy
Study: 91% of Africas Leaders Explore Data Analytics
Anyaoku Calls for FGs Utilisation of Capital Market to Fund Infrastructure
Middernacht: Stimulating Agriculture Wise Decision By Govt
Driving Palm Oil production
Data as Africas New Blood
Partner Mobile Unveils New Smartphone
Firm Increases Presence in Africa
Terragon Launches Proprietary Software
Spectranet, Zenith Insurance Introduce Modem Protection Plan
Masade-Olowola: Social Entrepreneurship Crucial for Economic Transformation
Coronation Merchant Bank Foresees Stable Naira in 2020
MDXi Introduces Microsoft Stack Cloud
United Capital Posts N4.9 billion Profit, to Pay N3 Billion Dividend
FG Highlights Dangers in the Use of Pirated Software
Upskilling Workforce Critical to Organisations Growth
Customs Engages Stakeholders on N140.2bn Revenue Target for Onne Port
Firm to Boost African Startups with $100,000 Entrepreneurship Fund
Girls Not for Sale
NBCC Organises February Breakfast Meeting
TECNO Picks Campus Reps in Talent Hunt
Airtel Supplies Electricity to Omishakin Community
Those Threatening the Security of This Nation Are Our People
S/West Will Not Accept Amotekun under Nigeria Police
Sanofi AfricaTech 2020 Challenges Ready
Politicians Regroup in Uyo at Funeral of Emmanuels Father
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*THE SUN*
Imo: Uzodinma, Ihedioha supporters in hot exchange
Kwankwaso seeks Supreme Court's review of Kano guber polls
Edo Assembly an illegal contraption -Osagie
2023: What 'll make Buhari support Igbo Presidency 'Prof Igwe
2021: My advice to Anambra people 'Igwe Orizu III
Imo: Aggrieved politicians should wait for 2023 'Chima, Rep member
Bayelsa judgment: APC, PDP trade blames
Kano guber: Kwankwaso wants review of Supreme Court verdict
Bayelsa: CSO condemn protests at Justice Odili's residence
Breaking News: Bayelsa Supreme Court verdict: Lyon breaks silence, warns against violence
Sports elixir to tackle ethnicity, insurgency, says Prof Danfulani
NCDMB to record $360m annual turnover from partnerships
AfDB earmarks $500m for 4 agro zones in Nigeria
VAT increase: States, LGs to get more allocation from February 'AGoF
Labour, LCCI kick as FG takes $2.2bn World Bank loan
Approves $250m facility for Ogun
Senate moves to resolve Rite Foods, 7-Up rift
AfDB earmarks $500m for 4 agro zones in Nigeria
SON issues MANCAP certificates to 19 companies in Anambra
FG, states, LGAs share N647.353bn in January
FG, States, LGAs share N647.353bn in January
Leah Sharibu: CAN asks Buhari to fulfill promises
Don't be horrible members, Lumumba tells Nigerian lawmakers
Alleged contempt of Court: Minister, Immigration boss know fate March 31
Clergy, parishioners raise the alarm as truck boxes Catholic church in
NDDC: Buhari sacks Nunieh, names Pondei, new acting MD
SECCIMA tasks S'East govs on IPP, railways projects
Stakeholders laud Obiano's strides in community development
*GUARDIAN*
Sources of vitamins (antioxidants) and their mechanism of action
We did not appoint Amokachi technical director, says NFF
Fury describes rematch with Wilder as biggest heavyweight fight in 50 years
Why schools should restrategise on teaching, learning concept, by Koiki
SECtasks stateson specific target projects to boost IGR
Technical education imperative for national development
Group seeks Abba Kyari's arrest over alleged usurpation of power
Southern Kaduna vows to set up security outfit
Government, NUPENG rift induces fuel scarcity in Rivers
Cleric calls for development of sporting facilities in schools, communities
*DAILY TIMES*
Witness recounts how 2.556bn fraud was uncovered
AU-ECOSOC alleges Amnesty International sponsored to destabilize Nigeria
Senate proposes establishment of Civil Defence Academy
3 die, 3 others sustain injuries in Ogun multiple crash
CSO, others seek removal of police prosecutorial powers
NUJ vows tough action against purveyors of fake news
We will drag Buhari, others to ICC over Delta killings Zionists
FEC resolves to address power challenges
World Bank approves $250m facility for Ogun
2023: Group slams Bode George over comments against Tinubus alleged presidential ambition
Bill for establishment of Police Academy passes 2nd reading in Senate
Bayelsa Assembly elects new speaker, deputy
Buhari presides over FEC as Ministries of Power, Trade make presentations
Requirement that Nigerians must supply their BVN before obtaining e-passport was unnecessary Wike
Soyinka denies report linking him with Ihedioha/Uzoodimmas Supreme Court review
British government launches tougher immigration rules
Israel lifts restrictions on Gaza fishing zone after relative calm
Syria reopens Aleppo airport after 8-year closure
EFCC Radio takes-off soon
NAFDAC announces gradual phase out of paraquat in Nigeria
Excessive heat increases cases of Chronic Kidney Disease- Nephrologists
WHO reports 92 cases of human-to-human coronavirus cases outside China
Breaking: Lassa fever spreads to Lagos, patient isolated at LUTH
Daily Times Newspaper, Thursday, February 20, 2020
Nigerians to experience more drop calls unless NCC
Small arms proliferation responsible for incessant killings- Senate
Zamfara assembly probes N2bn contract award by Yari
Court orders release of Dasukis passport
*DAILY TRUST*
Another constitution review jamboree
Buhari to lawmakers: Nigerians say you're overpaid
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OUTLAWING OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN LAGOS STATE
*THE ILLEGALITY OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE*: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POLICY: ADENAYA, A.O
There was a circular to schools recently on this issue. From the release, we read that "Caning, beating or physical torture of school children has been outlawed entirely, and declared both illegal and criminally culpable throughout the state since July 2011." It says further that "This is in recognition of the basic human rights of school children in Lagos State, which till date is the only state in Nigeria with this law." And that: *"Teachers are no longer considered authority figures granted the same rights as parents to punish students in their care, if they do not adhere*.
Unfortunately and sadly, the circular was silent on the modus operandi of maintaining law and order in the schools!! That Lagos State, the Centre Of Excellence, is the *only* State in Nigeria that has prohibited Corporal Punishment in her schools is a commendable one. The State is truly the pacesetter of the nation's advancement. However, assessing the enactment objectively and critically, one needs to ask some questions:
1. Since the year 2011 that the law has been in existence, to what extent has it benefitted the learners concerned?
2. Has the law improved the cordial relationship between the teachers and the learners?
3. In what way is the present system better than the previous one?
4. To what extent has the era of *no punishment* improved the performance of the learners in Lagos State Schools? These and more questions are begging for responses.
To start with, every coin has two sides. Even death, as dreadful as it is, has its own benefits! Corporal Punishment is not an exception. The essence of any punishment is to reform and not to deform: to build and not to maim; to encourage good conducts and performances and not otherwise. I am quite aware of some teachers who flog their learners like when herdsmen descend on erring cattle! I know of teachers who use handy objects like wood, shoes, bunch of broom and so on to hit their learners arbitrarily! I am also not blind to those ones who use their heavy hands and even legs to settle scores with the children under their tutorship!!! These people, to say the least, are the misfits or cheats in the name of teachers we have in the teaching profession. This alone, is enough for any Government that cares to outlaw the barbaric practices. Looking at it from this angle, the Lagos State Government deserves a pat at the back.
On the other hand, the policy makers need to assess the situations in the schools today and determine the workability or otherwise of the policy. Critically and objectively viewed, the law has *NOT* achieved the desired results! It needs to be said that the observed situations that led to the enactment of the law exist in every profession!! We have heard of a surgeon who left surgical blade or so in the stomach of his patient, let alone those who, out of nonchalant attitude sent many patients to the great world beyond! Can we talk about several innocent people that have been killed by our law enforcement agents through the "accidental discharges of their A.K 47 riffles! The government has not prohibited the use of the weapons by the security personnel because of these avoidable mortal accidents! Also wigs are not removed from the lawyers who through careless infractions have their clients sent to prisons! In other words, no profession is free from one hazard or the other. The management of the problem is what should be the priority of the concerned authority. It is very unwise to use a problem to create more problems.
The studies on line that the teachers are referred to in the circular are Western World based! That is, Florida, Georgia, Northern/Southern Carolina, Texas etc in the United States! Are Nigerian Children not different in skin, colour, culture, academic background and even in home training from their counterpart in the Western World? Is this not the same problem that is plaguing Nigeria from development? Nigeria, a country over blessed with both human and material resources and at over fifty still managing to crawl!! We always look up to the Western World in everything and still, lack the willpower and attitude to do things aright as we see them do!
I make bold to say that I am a researcher on Discipline. I have my established facts and figures to prove that Corporal Punishment, if sparingly and judiciously used is an *excellent* way to promote discipline, at least in Nigeria, today! I used it throughout my teaching years and I am *blessed* for it. Anybody who doubts my stand should challenge me for an open debate. I will foot the bill. Let me just use a case out of many to illustrate this stand.
I am from a polygamous family. My father was a laissez faire in handling children. Having discovered this weakness in my father, my mother became tough with her own children. She believed, as I also share with her till today, in reward and punishment. She could sell herself to please any of her children who behaved well and vice versa. My sister was promoted from one class to another and my mother rejected it! The headmaster refused to bulge and my mother withdrew her to another school! I was beaten and sentenced to cutting grass for running away from Yoruba lessons in my "form 4" in the Secondary School. I hated the subject then. I went back home late. My mother queried me why I was late and I explained to her. She replied me in an ironical way: "Don't mind those teachers. They behave as if they do not have children at home": About 20 mins later, she sent for me to come and collect my lunch in her room. As soon as I entered, she locked the door, picked up a long whip that had just been cut from the back of our house and decorated my body with it. That was her system of dealing with any child of hers who went astray and once the door was locked, she would not open it until justice was done! The next day, she took me back to the school, showed the effects of her punishment to the Yoruba teacher and ordered me to prostrate in appreciation of the punishment the teacher gave me. Having appreciated him profusely, she handed me over to him. All the teachers in the staff room applauded my mother! Since that day, I became the toy of almost all the teachers in the school. Those who had never shown interest in me made me their "boy"!! The Yoruba Subject Teacher made me the "Governor" of his class. Today, Yoruba Language is my means of livelihood!
As I had earlier released in my research findings on Discipline, learners in Nigeria can be classified into THREE:
Group A: *The Gems*: Members of this group are obedient, studious, peaceful and cooperative. They come to school regularly and punctually. They are the ones that always sweep the compound. Head boy/head girl, library, health and punctuality prefects in particular, often come from this group. This group is the Pride of any worthwhile institution. Corporal Punishment *is NOT* for this group at all. Words of encouragement is the bottle of tonic for the learners that form this group. They look up to ideal role models in life!
Group B: *Bendistees*: The learners here are not really bad except that they lack certain home training. They are ready to learn if given the opportunity. Members of this group can be easily influenced positively or negatively. With proper mentoring and counselling, many of them change with ease. However, in schools where they are not recognised and appreciated, they go astray! Corporal Punishment is occasionally necessary to tackle certain knotty problems associated with a number of them. Members of this group are also considered for certain offices like labour, utility, sports prefects and so on.
Group C: *The Suprados*
This is the real problem of any school. They are few but powerful and notorious! They are very confrontational and hardened!! They are the Custodians of hard drugs, charms, stolen cell phones and are full of satanic practices. They subject their juniors and even mates to all forms of corporal punishments openly and secretly in the schools. They do not have regard for the authorities of their schools. They move from school to school during inter house sports, football matches and other festive occasions to create chaos. They have god fathers outside the school. Demonstrate love to members of this group, they will abuse it! You are truly their "master" if only you support them in their waywardness! They are the originators of *SCHOOL 2*!!! This is a dreaded rendezvous, around a school, where they smoke, rape and commit criminal activities!! Where there is no *tough* disciplinary action, this group will take full charge of such an institution. The innocent students often suffer terribly from the devilish hands of these criminals in the school uniforms! In essence, the so called "learners" here deserve nothing short of Corporal Punishment, as they also treat innocent children. *Stubbornness is rooted in the heart of a child but the rod of correction drives it away.* (Proverbs 29 vs 17) When this fear is thrown in them, as they offer to others, their ego and pride will be greatly challenged hence a soft ground for a meaningful counseling has been cleared. It is for this purpose that hardened criminals are tortured by the law enforcement authorities, when arrested, before confessional statements are made.
We are all aware of a secondary school student in Lagos State, who recently sold his colleague! We are also aware of secondary school students who went to meet their biology mistress at home and told her with effrontery that they came to visit her for the practical aspect of what she taught them in the biology lab!!! They gang raped her!!! That students use dangerous weapons and charms to attack their colleagues and even teachers on the school premises is no longer news in Lagos State Public Schools today! What about the emergence of Secret Cults, even in our primary schools, let alone secondary institutions! How do the Policy Makers in Lagos State expect the authorities of the learning institutions to tackle these menace and others? Is it through a mother like love? *These and others call for a very deep reflection and urgent actions* from Lagos State Government.
Before closing this piece, I want us to have an insight into the situation of Discipline in some schools I visited recently. I did this to assess the attitude of the teachers and students to the "NO PUNISHMENT " order in Lagos State Schools. Actually the phrase, " No Punishment" in schools is misleading! The articles of the law banning Corporal Punishment in Lagos State *must* have been misquoted and interpreted wrongly! How will there be no punishment! Once there is no punishment, there will be no authority or control! Lawlessness and anarchy will surly reign supreme in all the schools! But the circular in question is emphatic on the teachers " having no authority as given the parents to punish the children under them." Since the law recognises the parents in that respect, the law to ban the same parents from further bothering the teachers with the disciplinary problems of
their children should be enacted immediately!
This policy has no doubt given birth to a new dawn in the Education System Of Lagos State! How?
*MY RECENT STUDY AND FINDINGS ON THE POLICY*
No Of Schools Covered= *20*
Research Tools= *Observation*
FINDINGS: (1) A large no of teachers have been demoralised as a result of this policy. They now concentrate mainly on teaching without much, if at all, any concern for discipline, the key to a purposeful life of their learners. For instance, while exchanging batters with some teachers in the staffroom of a school, a girl came in weeping profusely. She reported to a teacher that a boy slapped her. The marks were visible on her cheeks. The teacher concerned simply pointed to the direction of the principal's office with the order: "Go and report!" As soon as the girl went out, a mistress remarked: " But you should have sent for the boy!" The teacher replied: " So that I'll become a judge without the authority to rule!" While leaving the staffroom, a teacher I assumed to be on duty saw three boys roaming the compound: "You there! Go down on your knees!" He snapped. Without looking back, the boys disappeared to a corner. Cleverly, the man was able to arrest one of them."Where are others? " He queried the boy. "I'm the only one." He lied. " "O.k, follow me!" The teacher held him by the hand. "What have I done now?" The boy protested as he struggled to gain his freedom. While this was going on, two teachers came out of their classes to complement the efforts of the man.
While being seen off by two teachers in another school, during break, two students were seen fighting with many others watching. As we were approaching them, I was expecting the crowd to disappear! Only a negligible percentage of the audience ran away. Unfortunately again, my hosts were unconcerned! I felt bad and challenged them. One of them replied thus: " Oga, schools today are different from what they were during your time! Do you know that a teacher might be harmed by these hooligans and nothing ; sir, I say nothing will come out of it!"
(2) Many students are aware of this policy of "No Punishment" and are using it to become loose and even notorious! For instance, at break time in another school, a food vendor was embittered about the rudeness of a girl to her. She threatened to report to a particular teacher. This girl had the effrontery of replying thus: "Do you mean Mr...........? ( to remain as anonymous) You've made a mistake, the Oga patapata will help you better!" In this same school, I decided to act a mini drama with the boys playing ball in a small courtyard. I expected them to stop playing the ball as I attempted to cross but the opposite was the case. I asked them to handover the ball to me. One of them asked stupidly: " Who is this guy?" I picked a small stick from the side of their small "stadium" and in a moment, one of them remarked: "Sé e lè nà wá ni?" That is, "Can you beat us?"
(3) The level of lateness to schools has increased tremendously! Apart from the known problems of bad roads and the dearth of vehicles to some schools, many learners do not just care about when they get to schools. Many, though late, will still hang around for shopping. For instance, I was in front of a school by 6.30 in the morning and found out that about four students had resumed before I got there! In the same school, a large number of students came in between 7.30 and 8.30 am. The last latecomer, at least while I was there, came in at exactly 9.15 am. The two teachers that met me at the gate side could not help the situation at all. Like traffic wardens, they kept on beckoning to the latecomers to run. While some recognized them, others were busy buying one thing or the other. By 7.58 am , the two teachers vacated the gate side. This is almost the case in all the schools sampled early in the morning.
*RECOMMENDATIONS*
(1) The law makers should revisit the law forbidden Corporal Punishment in the schools. It has *not* achieved the desired results.
(2) Law makers and other concerned Government Functionaries are hereby challenged to authenticate the findings of this study by replicating it *confidentially*
(3) It is not easy for a teacher to stand before a hundred , let alone thousands of children without an "authority" to make them behave. Mere "shouting" has never and will never solve this problem! A cane is necessary, at least as a threat. After all , should there be a riot in a primary school, to say the least, that calls for the invitation of law enforcement agents, the police, for sure, will not be there with sticks but teargas and even live ammunitions!!! Are the teachers standing in the midst of these children every now and then invincible or angels?
(4). Nigeria is a peculiar Country with her peculiar children and problems. Using the findings on education and discipline peculiar to Western World Children without any form of modifications to solve the peculiar problems of the Nigerian Children is fraught with danger. After all, Nigerian Children are different from those of the other continents in skin, colour, background, environments and so on. Can we compare the population of students in a class in an American School to that of a class in a public school in Lagos State in particular? Or is it the type of training and recognition given to teachers in London or Ireland that is given to Nigerian teachers? These and more are the reasons why we need to carry out meaningful researches into the problems of Education in Nigeria with the intent to providing lasting solutions to its peculiar problems. This brings to mind the view of one of the legends of Education in Nigeria, Professor Babs Fafunwa, of blessed memory: "Nigerian Education System is like Joseph's multi coloured cloak patchy in places with threads running in all directions. It seems the system lack direction and growth and it is often haphazard and disorganised." What else? This was said over four decades ago and the situation is getting worse today!
(5) Seminars and workshops should be organised for the teachers from time to time on the maintenance of discipline in schools. They need a sound Knowledge of the *PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT*!!
(6) In the absence of Corporal Punishment, appropriate sanctions for all forms of indiscipline in the schools such as cultism, hooliganism, vandalism, alcoholism, bully, rioting and the recently embraced MARLIANS. ....a situation where female members must not use under wears and brassieres and male members must also dress funnily in a particular way! Where are we going with these "angels" that the teachers must regard as "Sacred Cows" even while in the learning institutions!
(7) The teachers, as in Loco parentis should be models to the learners while in the school. They should always remember that the children are looking up to them as mirrors by which they want to evaluate themselves. The children, being at a formative stage, idolize adults that attract them in one way or the other and may want to adopt same as role models in life. Most children are in their best when noticed, recognized, appreciated and valued by the adults.
Let us strive with might and main to bring out the BEST in our learners through cordial relationship that is free from threat, fear, hatred and the like. The rewards of the teachers indeed are no longer in heaven alone but in this mortal world! The rewards are just too precious to be quantified! Let us be proud of the fact that we teachers, are the Builders and Pillars of any worthwhile nation.
*CONCLUSION*: It is sad that the so called "basic human rights of the children" granted the learners without restrictions in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools is being abused and misused by the misguided learners who have almost taken over the control of schools from their teachers! Some of the learners, with impunity, now use the freedom granted them to infringe on the basic human rights of others! On the other hand, many teachers erroneously consider the policy as an absolute freedom for the learners and in an attempt to protect their daily bread consider their learners as untouchable! Today, the discipline of the children mostly rest on the accounting officers that really care. The policy of many teachers in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools today is: "Teach and leave the rest in your own best interest." Based on the foregoing, it behoves on me to submit that if God punishes sinners, civil courts sentence law breakers, not only to imprisonment but death and Sharia court flogs adulterers and adulteresses, I see no reason why "learners" who are not better than criminals should be spared the rod at the time they can be easily salvaged. A fish is better shaped only when it is fresh. A dry fish is bound to break into pieces hence the urgent need to safe the misguided ones when the hope abound. To psychologically decongest the Nation's prisons that have filled up to the rooftops, the process must commence from our primary schools today.*THE ILLEGALITY OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE*: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POLICY: ADENAYA, A.O
There was a circular to schools recently on this issue. From the release, we read that "Caning, beating or physical torture of school children has been outlawed entirely, and declared both illegal and criminally culpable throughout the state since July 2011." It says further that "This is in recognition of the basic human rights of school children in Lagos State, which till date is the only state in Nigeria with this law." And that: *"Teachers are no longer considered authority figures granted the same rights as parents to punish students in their care, if they do not adhere*.
Unfortunately and sadly, the circular was silent on the modus operandi of maintaining law and order in the schools!! That Lagos State, the Centre Of Excellence, is the *only* State in Nigeria that has prohibited Corporal Punishment in her schools is a commendable one. The State is truly the pacesetter of the nation's advancement. However, assessing the enactment objectively and critically, one needs to ask some questions:
1. Since the year 2011 that the law has been in existence, to what extent has it benefitted the learners concerned?
2. Has the law improved the cordial relationship between the teachers and the learners?
3. In what way is the present system better than the previous one?
4. To what extent has the era of *no punishment* improved the performance of the learners in Lagos State Schools? These and more questions are begging for responses.
To start with, every coin has two sides. Even death, as dreadful as it is, has its own benefits! Corporal Punishment is not an exception. The essence of any punishment is to reform and not to deform: to build and not to maim; to encourage good conducts and performances and not otherwise. I am quite aware of some teachers who flog their learners like when herdsmen descend on erring cattle! I know of teachers who use handy objects like wood, shoes, bunch of broom and so on to hit their learners arbitrarily! I am also not blind to those ones who use their heavy hands and even legs to settle scores with the children under their tutorship!!! These people, to say the least, are the misfits or cheats in the name of teachers we have in the teaching profession. This alone, is enough for any Government that cares to outlaw the barbaric practices. Looking at it from this angle, the Lagos State Government deserves a pat at the back.
On the other hand, the policy makers need to assess the situations in the schools today and determine the workability or otherwise of the policy. Critically and objectively viewed, the law has *NOT* achieved the desired results! It needs to be said that the observed situations that led to the enactment of the law exist in every profession!! We have heard of a surgeon who left surgical blade or so in the stomach of his patient, let alone those who, out of nonchalant attitude sent many patients to the great world beyond! Can we talk about several innocent people that have been killed by our law enforcement agents through the "accidental discharges of their A.K 47 riffles! The government has not prohibited the use of the weapons by the security personnel because of these avoidable mortal accidents! Also wigs are not removed from the lawyers who through careless infractions have their clients sent to prisons! In other words, no profession is free from one hazard or the other. The management of the problem is what should be the priority of the concerned authority. It is very unwise to use a problem to create more problems.
The studies on line that the teachers are referred to in the circular are Western World based! That is, Florida, Georgia, Northern/Southern Carolina, Texas etc in the United States! Are Nigerian Children not different in skin, colour, culture, academic background and even in home training from their counterpart in the Western World? Is this not the same problem that is plaguing Nigeria from development? Nigeria, a country over blessed with both human and material resources and at over fifty still managing to crawl!! We always look up to the Western World in everything and still, lack the willpower and attitude to do things aright as we see them do!
I make bold to say that I am a researcher on Discipline. I have my established facts and figures to prove that Corporal Punishment, if sparingly and judiciously used is an *excellent* way to promote discipline, at least in Nigeria, today! I used it throughout my teaching years and I am *blessed* for it. Anybody who doubts my stand should challenge me for an open debate. I will foot the bill. Let me just use a case out of many to illustrate this stand.
I am from a polygamous family. My father was a laissez faire in handling children. Having discovered this weakness in my father, my mother became tough with her own children. She believed, as I also share with her till today, in reward and punishment. She could sell herself to please any of her children who behaved well and vice versa. My sister was promoted from one class to another and my mother rejected it! The headmaster refused to bulge and my mother withdrew her to another school! I was beaten and sentenced to cutting grass for running away from Yoruba lessons in my "form 4" in the Secondary School. I hated the subject then. I went back home late. My mother queried me why I was late and I explained to her. She replied me in an ironical way: "Don't mind those teachers. They behave as if they do not have children at home": About 20 mins later, she sent for me to come and collect my lunch in her room. As soon as I entered, she locked the door, picked up a long whip that had just been cut from the back of our house and decorated my body with it. That was her system of dealing with any child of hers who went astray and once the door was locked, she would not open it until justice was done! The next day, she took me back to the school, showed the effects of her punishment to the Yoruba teacher and ordered me to prostrate in appreciation of the punishment the teacher gave me. Having appreciated him profusely, she handed me over to him. All the teachers in the staff room applauded my mother! Since that day, I became the toy of almost all the teachers in the school. Those who had never shown interest in me made me their "boy"!! The Yoruba Subject Teacher made me the "Governor" of his class. Today, Yoruba Language is my means of livelihood!
As I had earlier released in my research findings on Discipline, learners in Nigeria can be classified into THREE:
Group A: *The Gems*: Members of this group are obedient, studious, peaceful and cooperative. They come to school regularly and punctually. They are the ones that always sweep the compound. Head boy/head girl, library, health and punctuality prefects in particular, often come from this group. This group is the Pride of any worthwhile institution. Corporal Punishment *is NOT* for this group at all. Words of encouragement is the bottle of tonic for the learners that form this group. They look up to ideal role models in life!
Group B: *Bendistees*: The learners here are not really bad except that they lack certain home training. They are ready to learn if given the opportunity. Members of this group can be easily influenced positively or negatively. With proper mentoring and counselling, many of them change with ease. However, in schools where they are not recognised and appreciated, they go astray! Corporal Punishment is occasionally necessary to tackle certain knotty problems associated with a number of them. Members of this group are also considered for certain offices like labour, utility, sports prefects and so on.
Group C: *The Suprados*
This is the real problem of any school. They are few but powerful and notorious! They are very confrontational and hardened!! They are the Custodians of hard drugs, charms, stolen cell phones and are full of satanic practices. They subject their juniors and even mates to all forms of corporal punishments openly and secretly in the schools. They do not have regard for the authorities of their schools. They move from school to school during inter house sports, football matches and other festive occasions to create chaos. They have god fathers outside the school. Demonstrate love to members of this group, they will abuse it! You are truly their "master" if only you support them in their waywardness! They are the originators of *SCHOOL 2*!!! This is a dreaded rendezvous, around a school, where they smoke, rape and commit criminal activities!! Where there is no *tough* disciplinary action, this group will take full charge of such an institution. The innocent students often suffer terribly from the devilish hands of these criminals in the school uniforms! In essence, the so called "learners" here deserve nothing short of Corporal Punishment, as they also treat innocent children. *Stubbornness is rooted in the heart of a child but the rod of correction drives it away.* (Proverbs 29 vs 17) When this fear is thrown in them, as they offer to others, their ego and pride will be greatly challenged hence a soft ground for a meaningful counseling has been cleared. It is for this purpose that hardened criminals are tortured by the law enforcement authorities, when arrested, before confessional statements are made.
We are all aware of a secondary school student in Lagos State, who recently sold his colleague! We are also aware of secondary school students who went to meet their biology mistress at home and told her with effrontery that they came to visit her for the practical aspect of what she taught them in the biology lab!!! They gang raped her!!! That students use dangerous weapons and charms to attack their colleagues and even teachers on the school premises is no longer news in Lagos State Public Schools today! What about the emergence of Secret Cults, even in our primary schools, let alone secondary institutions! How do the Policy Makers in Lagos State expect the authorities of the learning institutions to tackle these menace and others? Is it through a mother like love? *These and others call for a very deep reflection and urgent actions* from Lagos State Government.
Before closing this piece, I want us to have an insight into the situation of Discipline in some schools I visited recently. I did this to assess the attitude of the teachers and students to the "NO PUNISHMENT " order in Lagos State Schools. Actually the phrase, " No Punishment" in schools is misleading! The articles of the law banning Corporal Punishment in Lagos State *must* have been misquoted and interpreted wrongly! How will there be no punishment! Once there is no punishment, there will be no authority or control! Lawlessness and anarchy will surly reign supreme in all the schools! But the circular in question is emphatic on the teachers " having no authority as given the parents to punish the children under them." Since the law recognises the parents in that respect, the law to ban the same parents from further bothering the teachers with the disciplinary problems of
their children should be enacted immediately!
This policy has no doubt given birth to a new dawn in the Education System Of Lagos State! How?
*MY RECENT STUDY AND FINDINGS ON THE POLICY*
No Of Schools Covered= *20*
Research Tools= *Observation*
FINDINGS: (1) A large no of teachers have been demoralised as a result of this policy. They now concentrate mainly on teaching without much, if at all, any concern for discipline, the key to a purposeful life of their learners. For instance, while exchanging batters with some teachers in the staffroom of a school, a girl came in weeping profusely. She reported to a teacher that a boy slapped her. The marks were visible on her cheeks. The teacher concerned simply pointed to the direction of the principal's office with the order: "Go and report!" As soon as the girl went out, a mistress remarked: " But you should have sent for the boy!" The teacher replied: " So that I'll become a judge without the authority to rule!" While leaving the staffroom, a teacher I assumed to be on duty saw three boys roaming the compound: "You there! Go down on your knees!" He snapped. Without looking back, the boys disappeared to a corner. Cleverly, the man was able to arrest one of them."Where are others? " He queried the boy. "I'm the only one." He lied. " "O.k, follow me!" The teacher held him by the hand. "What have I done now?" The boy protested as he struggled to gain his freedom. While this was going on, two teachers came out of their classes to complement the efforts of the man.
While being seen off by two teachers in another school, during break, two students were seen fighting with many others watching. As we were approaching them, I was expecting the crowd to disappear! Only a negligible percentage of the audience ran away. Unfortunately again, my hosts were unconcerned! I felt bad and challenged them. One of them replied thus: " Oga, schools today are different from what they were during your time! Do you know that a teacher might be harmed by these hooligans and nothing ; sir, I say nothing will come out of it!"
(2) Many students are aware of this policy of "No Punishment" and are using it to become loose and even notorious! For instance, at break time in another school, a food vendor was embittered about the rudeness of a girl to her. She threatened to report to a particular teacher. This girl had the effrontery of replying thus: "Do you mean Mr...........? ( to remain as anonymous) You've made a mistake, the Oga patapata will help you better!" In this same school, I decided to act a mini drama with the boys playing ball in a small courtyard. I expected them to stop playing the ball as I attempted to cross but the opposite was the case. I asked them to handover the ball to me. One of them asked stupidly: " Who is this guy?" I picked a small stick from the side of their small "stadium" and in a moment, one of them remarked: "Sé e lè nà wá ni?" That is, "Can you beat us?"
(3) The level of lateness to schools has increased tremendously! Apart from the known problems of bad roads and the dearth of vehicles to some schools, many learners do not just care about when they get to schools. Many, though late, will still hang around for shopping. For instance, I was in front of a school by 6.30 in the morning and found out that about four students had resumed before I got there! In the same school, a large number of students came in between 7.30 and 8.30 am. The last latecomer, at least while I was there, came in at exactly 9.15 am. The two teachers that met me at the gate side could not help the situation at all. Like traffic wardens, they kept on beckoning to the latecomers to run. While some recognized them, others were busy buying one thing or the other. By 7.58 am , the two teachers vacated the gate side. This is almost the case in all the schools sampled early in the morning.
*RECOMMENDATIONS*
(1) The law makers should revisit the law forbidden Corporal Punishment in the schools. It has *not* achieved the desired results.
(2) Law makers and other concerned Government Functionaries are hereby challenged to authenticate the findings of this study by replicating it *confidentially*
(3) It is not easy for a teacher to stand before a hundred , let alone thousands of children without an "authority" to make them behave. Mere "shouting" has never and will never solve this problem! A cane is necessary, at least as a threat. After all , should there be a riot in a primary school, to say the least, that calls for the invitation of law enforcement agents, the police, for sure, will not be there with sticks but teargas and even live ammunitions!!! Are the teachers standing in the midst of these children every now and then invincible or angels?
(4). Nigeria is a peculiar Country with her peculiar children and problems. Using the findings on education and discipline peculiar to Western World Children without any form of modifications to solve the peculiar problems of the Nigerian Children is fraught with danger. After all, Nigerian Children are different from those of the other continents in skin, colour, background, environments and so on. Can we compare the population of students in a class in an American School to that of a class in a public school in Lagos State in particular? Or is it the type of training and recognition given to teachers in London or Ireland that is given to Nigerian teachers? These and more are the reasons why we need to carry out meaningful researches into the problems of Education in Nigeria with the intent to providing lasting solutions to its peculiar problems. This brings to mind the view of one of the legends of Education in Nigeria, Professor Babs Fafunwa, of blessed memory: "Nigerian Education System is like Joseph's multi coloured cloak patchy in places with threads running in all directions. It seems the system lack direction and growth and it is often haphazard and disorganised." What else? This was said over four decades ago and the situation is getting worse today!
(5) Seminars and workshops should be organised for the teachers from time to time on the maintenance of discipline in schools. They need a sound Knowledge of the *PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT*!!
(6) In the absence of Corporal Punishment, appropriate sanctions for all forms of indiscipline in the schools such as cultism, hooliganism, vandalism, alcoholism, bully, rioting and the recently embraced MARLIANS. ....a situation where female members must not use under wears and brassieres and male members must also dress funnily in a particular way! Where are we going with these "angels" that the teachers must regard as "Sacred Cows" even while in the learning institutions!
(7) The teachers, as in Loco parentis should be models to the learners while in the school. They should always remember that the children are looking up to them as mirrors by which they want to evaluate themselves. The children, being at a formative stage, idolize adults that attract them in one way or the other and may want to adopt same as role models in life. Most children are in their best when noticed, recognized, appreciated and valued by the adults.
Let us strive with might and main to bring out the BEST in our learners through cordial relationship that is free from threat, fear, hatred and the like. The rewards of the teachers indeed are no longer in heaven alone but in this mortal world! The rewards are just too precious to be quantified! Let us be proud of the fact that we teachers, are the Builders and Pillars of any worthwhile nation.
*CONCLUSION*: It is sad that the so called "basic human rights of the children" granted the learners without restrictions in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools is being abused and misused by the misguided learners who have almost taken over the control of schools from their teachers! Some of the learners, with impunity, now use the freedom granted them to infringe on the basic human rights of others! On the other hand, many teachers erroneously consider the policy as an absolute freedom for the learners and in an attempt to protect their daily bread consider their learners as untouchable! Today, the discipline of the children mostly rest on the accounting officers that really care. The policy of many teachers in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools today is: "Teach and leave the rest in your own best interest." Based on the foregoing, it behoves on me to submit that if God punishes sinners, civil courts sentence law breakers, not only to imprisonment but death and Sharia court flogs adulterers and adulteresses, I see no reason why "learners" who are not better than criminals should be spared the rod at the time they can be easily salvaged. A fish is better shaped only when it is fresh. A dry fish is bound to break into pieces hence the urgent need to safe the misguided ones when the hope abound. To psychologically decongest the Nation's prisons that have filled up to the rooftops, the process must commence from our primary schools today.
There was a circular to schools recently on this issue. From the release, we read that "Caning, beating or physical torture of school children has been outlawed entirely, and declared both illegal and criminally culpable throughout the state since July 2011." It says further that "This is in recognition of the basic human rights of school children in Lagos State, which till date is the only state in Nigeria with this law." And that: *"Teachers are no longer considered authority figures granted the same rights as parents to punish students in their care, if they do not adhere*.
Unfortunately and sadly, the circular was silent on the modus operandi of maintaining law and order in the schools!! That Lagos State, the Centre Of Excellence, is the *only* State in Nigeria that has prohibited Corporal Punishment in her schools is a commendable one. The State is truly the pacesetter of the nation's advancement. However, assessing the enactment objectively and critically, one needs to ask some questions:
1. Since the year 2011 that the law has been in existence, to what extent has it benefitted the learners concerned?
2. Has the law improved the cordial relationship between the teachers and the learners?
3. In what way is the present system better than the previous one?
4. To what extent has the era of *no punishment* improved the performance of the learners in Lagos State Schools? These and more questions are begging for responses.
To start with, every coin has two sides. Even death, as dreadful as it is, has its own benefits! Corporal Punishment is not an exception. The essence of any punishment is to reform and not to deform: to build and not to maim; to encourage good conducts and performances and not otherwise. I am quite aware of some teachers who flog their learners like when herdsmen descend on erring cattle! I know of teachers who use handy objects like wood, shoes, bunch of broom and so on to hit their learners arbitrarily! I am also not blind to those ones who use their heavy hands and even legs to settle scores with the children under their tutorship!!! These people, to say the least, are the misfits or cheats in the name of teachers we have in the teaching profession. This alone, is enough for any Government that cares to outlaw the barbaric practices. Looking at it from this angle, the Lagos State Government deserves a pat at the back.
On the other hand, the policy makers need to assess the situations in the schools today and determine the workability or otherwise of the policy. Critically and objectively viewed, the law has *NOT* achieved the desired results! It needs to be said that the observed situations that led to the enactment of the law exist in every profession!! We have heard of a surgeon who left surgical blade or so in the stomach of his patient, let alone those who, out of nonchalant attitude sent many patients to the great world beyond! Can we talk about several innocent people that have been killed by our law enforcement agents through the "accidental discharges of their A.K 47 riffles! The government has not prohibited the use of the weapons by the security personnel because of these avoidable mortal accidents! Also wigs are not removed from the lawyers who through careless infractions have their clients sent to prisons! In other words, no profession is free from one hazard or the other. The management of the problem is what should be the priority of the concerned authority. It is very unwise to use a problem to create more problems.
The studies on line that the teachers are referred to in the circular are Western World based! That is, Florida, Georgia, Northern/Southern Carolina, Texas etc in the United States! Are Nigerian Children not different in skin, colour, culture, academic background and even in home training from their counterpart in the Western World? Is this not the same problem that is plaguing Nigeria from development? Nigeria, a country over blessed with both human and material resources and at over fifty still managing to crawl!! We always look up to the Western World in everything and still, lack the willpower and attitude to do things aright as we see them do!
I make bold to say that I am a researcher on Discipline. I have my established facts and figures to prove that Corporal Punishment, if sparingly and judiciously used is an *excellent* way to promote discipline, at least in Nigeria, today! I used it throughout my teaching years and I am *blessed* for it. Anybody who doubts my stand should challenge me for an open debate. I will foot the bill. Let me just use a case out of many to illustrate this stand.
I am from a polygamous family. My father was a laissez faire in handling children. Having discovered this weakness in my father, my mother became tough with her own children. She believed, as I also share with her till today, in reward and punishment. She could sell herself to please any of her children who behaved well and vice versa. My sister was promoted from one class to another and my mother rejected it! The headmaster refused to bulge and my mother withdrew her to another school! I was beaten and sentenced to cutting grass for running away from Yoruba lessons in my "form 4" in the Secondary School. I hated the subject then. I went back home late. My mother queried me why I was late and I explained to her. She replied me in an ironical way: "Don't mind those teachers. They behave as if they do not have children at home": About 20 mins later, she sent for me to come and collect my lunch in her room. As soon as I entered, she locked the door, picked up a long whip that had just been cut from the back of our house and decorated my body with it. That was her system of dealing with any child of hers who went astray and once the door was locked, she would not open it until justice was done! The next day, she took me back to the school, showed the effects of her punishment to the Yoruba teacher and ordered me to prostrate in appreciation of the punishment the teacher gave me. Having appreciated him profusely, she handed me over to him. All the teachers in the staff room applauded my mother! Since that day, I became the toy of almost all the teachers in the school. Those who had never shown interest in me made me their "boy"!! The Yoruba Subject Teacher made me the "Governor" of his class. Today, Yoruba Language is my means of livelihood!
As I had earlier released in my research findings on Discipline, learners in Nigeria can be classified into THREE:
Group A: *The Gems*: Members of this group are obedient, studious, peaceful and cooperative. They come to school regularly and punctually. They are the ones that always sweep the compound. Head boy/head girl, library, health and punctuality prefects in particular, often come from this group. This group is the Pride of any worthwhile institution. Corporal Punishment *is NOT* for this group at all. Words of encouragement is the bottle of tonic for the learners that form this group. They look up to ideal role models in life!
Group B: *Bendistees*: The learners here are not really bad except that they lack certain home training. They are ready to learn if given the opportunity. Members of this group can be easily influenced positively or negatively. With proper mentoring and counselling, many of them change with ease. However, in schools where they are not recognised and appreciated, they go astray! Corporal Punishment is occasionally necessary to tackle certain knotty problems associated with a number of them. Members of this group are also considered for certain offices like labour, utility, sports prefects and so on.
Group C: *The Suprados*
This is the real problem of any school. They are few but powerful and notorious! They are very confrontational and hardened!! They are the Custodians of hard drugs, charms, stolen cell phones and are full of satanic practices. They subject their juniors and even mates to all forms of corporal punishments openly and secretly in the schools. They do not have regard for the authorities of their schools. They move from school to school during inter house sports, football matches and other festive occasions to create chaos. They have god fathers outside the school. Demonstrate love to members of this group, they will abuse it! You are truly their "master" if only you support them in their waywardness! They are the originators of *SCHOOL 2*!!! This is a dreaded rendezvous, around a school, where they smoke, rape and commit criminal activities!! Where there is no *tough* disciplinary action, this group will take full charge of such an institution. The innocent students often suffer terribly from the devilish hands of these criminals in the school uniforms! In essence, the so called "learners" here deserve nothing short of Corporal Punishment, as they also treat innocent children. *Stubbornness is rooted in the heart of a child but the rod of correction drives it away.* (Proverbs 29 vs 17) When this fear is thrown in them, as they offer to others, their ego and pride will be greatly challenged hence a soft ground for a meaningful counseling has been cleared. It is for this purpose that hardened criminals are tortured by the law enforcement authorities, when arrested, before confessional statements are made.
We are all aware of a secondary school student in Lagos State, who recently sold his colleague! We are also aware of secondary school students who went to meet their biology mistress at home and told her with effrontery that they came to visit her for the practical aspect of what she taught them in the biology lab!!! They gang raped her!!! That students use dangerous weapons and charms to attack their colleagues and even teachers on the school premises is no longer news in Lagos State Public Schools today! What about the emergence of Secret Cults, even in our primary schools, let alone secondary institutions! How do the Policy Makers in Lagos State expect the authorities of the learning institutions to tackle these menace and others? Is it through a mother like love? *These and others call for a very deep reflection and urgent actions* from Lagos State Government.
Before closing this piece, I want us to have an insight into the situation of Discipline in some schools I visited recently. I did this to assess the attitude of the teachers and students to the "NO PUNISHMENT " order in Lagos State Schools. Actually the phrase, " No Punishment" in schools is misleading! The articles of the law banning Corporal Punishment in Lagos State *must* have been misquoted and interpreted wrongly! How will there be no punishment! Once there is no punishment, there will be no authority or control! Lawlessness and anarchy will surly reign supreme in all the schools! But the circular in question is emphatic on the teachers " having no authority as given the parents to punish the children under them." Since the law recognises the parents in that respect, the law to ban the same parents from further bothering the teachers with the disciplinary problems of
their children should be enacted immediately!
This policy has no doubt given birth to a new dawn in the Education System Of Lagos State! How?
*MY RECENT STUDY AND FINDINGS ON THE POLICY*
No Of Schools Covered= *20*
Research Tools= *Observation*
FINDINGS: (1) A large no of teachers have been demoralised as a result of this policy. They now concentrate mainly on teaching without much, if at all, any concern for discipline, the key to a purposeful life of their learners. For instance, while exchanging batters with some teachers in the staffroom of a school, a girl came in weeping profusely. She reported to a teacher that a boy slapped her. The marks were visible on her cheeks. The teacher concerned simply pointed to the direction of the principal's office with the order: "Go and report!" As soon as the girl went out, a mistress remarked: " But you should have sent for the boy!" The teacher replied: " So that I'll become a judge without the authority to rule!" While leaving the staffroom, a teacher I assumed to be on duty saw three boys roaming the compound: "You there! Go down on your knees!" He snapped. Without looking back, the boys disappeared to a corner. Cleverly, the man was able to arrest one of them."Where are others? " He queried the boy. "I'm the only one." He lied. " "O.k, follow me!" The teacher held him by the hand. "What have I done now?" The boy protested as he struggled to gain his freedom. While this was going on, two teachers came out of their classes to complement the efforts of the man.
While being seen off by two teachers in another school, during break, two students were seen fighting with many others watching. As we were approaching them, I was expecting the crowd to disappear! Only a negligible percentage of the audience ran away. Unfortunately again, my hosts were unconcerned! I felt bad and challenged them. One of them replied thus: " Oga, schools today are different from what they were during your time! Do you know that a teacher might be harmed by these hooligans and nothing ; sir, I say nothing will come out of it!"
(2) Many students are aware of this policy of "No Punishment" and are using it to become loose and even notorious! For instance, at break time in another school, a food vendor was embittered about the rudeness of a girl to her. She threatened to report to a particular teacher. This girl had the effrontery of replying thus: "Do you mean Mr...........? ( to remain as anonymous) You've made a mistake, the Oga patapata will help you better!" In this same school, I decided to act a mini drama with the boys playing ball in a small courtyard. I expected them to stop playing the ball as I attempted to cross but the opposite was the case. I asked them to handover the ball to me. One of them asked stupidly: " Who is this guy?" I picked a small stick from the side of their small "stadium" and in a moment, one of them remarked: "Sé e lè nà wá ni?" That is, "Can you beat us?"
(3) The level of lateness to schools has increased tremendously! Apart from the known problems of bad roads and the dearth of vehicles to some schools, many learners do not just care about when they get to schools. Many, though late, will still hang around for shopping. For instance, I was in front of a school by 6.30 in the morning and found out that about four students had resumed before I got there! In the same school, a large number of students came in between 7.30 and 8.30 am. The last latecomer, at least while I was there, came in at exactly 9.15 am. The two teachers that met me at the gate side could not help the situation at all. Like traffic wardens, they kept on beckoning to the latecomers to run. While some recognized them, others were busy buying one thing or the other. By 7.58 am , the two teachers vacated the gate side. This is almost the case in all the schools sampled early in the morning.
*RECOMMENDATIONS*
(1) The law makers should revisit the law forbidden Corporal Punishment in the schools. It has *not* achieved the desired results.
(2) Law makers and other concerned Government Functionaries are hereby challenged to authenticate the findings of this study by replicating it *confidentially*
(3) It is not easy for a teacher to stand before a hundred , let alone thousands of children without an "authority" to make them behave. Mere "shouting" has never and will never solve this problem! A cane is necessary, at least as a threat. After all , should there be a riot in a primary school, to say the least, that calls for the invitation of law enforcement agents, the police, for sure, will not be there with sticks but teargas and even live ammunitions!!! Are the teachers standing in the midst of these children every now and then invincible or angels?
(4). Nigeria is a peculiar Country with her peculiar children and problems. Using the findings on education and discipline peculiar to Western World Children without any form of modifications to solve the peculiar problems of the Nigerian Children is fraught with danger. After all, Nigerian Children are different from those of the other continents in skin, colour, background, environments and so on. Can we compare the population of students in a class in an American School to that of a class in a public school in Lagos State in particular? Or is it the type of training and recognition given to teachers in London or Ireland that is given to Nigerian teachers? These and more are the reasons why we need to carry out meaningful researches into the problems of Education in Nigeria with the intent to providing lasting solutions to its peculiar problems. This brings to mind the view of one of the legends of Education in Nigeria, Professor Babs Fafunwa, of blessed memory: "Nigerian Education System is like Joseph's multi coloured cloak patchy in places with threads running in all directions. It seems the system lack direction and growth and it is often haphazard and disorganised." What else? This was said over four decades ago and the situation is getting worse today!
(5) Seminars and workshops should be organised for the teachers from time to time on the maintenance of discipline in schools. They need a sound Knowledge of the *PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT*!!
(6) In the absence of Corporal Punishment, appropriate sanctions for all forms of indiscipline in the schools such as cultism, hooliganism, vandalism, alcoholism, bully, rioting and the recently embraced MARLIANS. ....a situation where female members must not use under wears and brassieres and male members must also dress funnily in a particular way! Where are we going with these "angels" that the teachers must regard as "Sacred Cows" even while in the learning institutions!
(7) The teachers, as in Loco parentis should be models to the learners while in the school. They should always remember that the children are looking up to them as mirrors by which they want to evaluate themselves. The children, being at a formative stage, idolize adults that attract them in one way or the other and may want to adopt same as role models in life. Most children are in their best when noticed, recognized, appreciated and valued by the adults.
Let us strive with might and main to bring out the BEST in our learners through cordial relationship that is free from threat, fear, hatred and the like. The rewards of the teachers indeed are no longer in heaven alone but in this mortal world! The rewards are just too precious to be quantified! Let us be proud of the fact that we teachers, are the Builders and Pillars of any worthwhile nation.
*CONCLUSION*: It is sad that the so called "basic human rights of the children" granted the learners without restrictions in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools is being abused and misused by the misguided learners who have almost taken over the control of schools from their teachers! Some of the learners, with impunity, now use the freedom granted them to infringe on the basic human rights of others! On the other hand, many teachers erroneously consider the policy as an absolute freedom for the learners and in an attempt to protect their daily bread consider their learners as untouchable! Today, the discipline of the children mostly rest on the accounting officers that really care. The policy of many teachers in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools today is: "Teach and leave the rest in your own best interest." Based on the foregoing, it behoves on me to submit that if God punishes sinners, civil courts sentence law breakers, not only to imprisonment but death and Sharia court flogs adulterers and adulteresses, I see no reason why "learners" who are not better than criminals should be spared the rod at the time they can be easily salvaged. A fish is better shaped only when it is fresh. A dry fish is bound to break into pieces hence the urgent need to safe the misguided ones when the hope abound. To psychologically decongest the Nation's prisons that have filled up to the rooftops, the process must commence from our primary schools today.*THE ILLEGALITY OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE*: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POLICY: ADENAYA, A.O
There was a circular to schools recently on this issue. From the release, we read that "Caning, beating or physical torture of school children has been outlawed entirely, and declared both illegal and criminally culpable throughout the state since July 2011." It says further that "This is in recognition of the basic human rights of school children in Lagos State, which till date is the only state in Nigeria with this law." And that: *"Teachers are no longer considered authority figures granted the same rights as parents to punish students in their care, if they do not adhere*.
Unfortunately and sadly, the circular was silent on the modus operandi of maintaining law and order in the schools!! That Lagos State, the Centre Of Excellence, is the *only* State in Nigeria that has prohibited Corporal Punishment in her schools is a commendable one. The State is truly the pacesetter of the nation's advancement. However, assessing the enactment objectively and critically, one needs to ask some questions:
1. Since the year 2011 that the law has been in existence, to what extent has it benefitted the learners concerned?
2. Has the law improved the cordial relationship between the teachers and the learners?
3. In what way is the present system better than the previous one?
4. To what extent has the era of *no punishment* improved the performance of the learners in Lagos State Schools? These and more questions are begging for responses.
To start with, every coin has two sides. Even death, as dreadful as it is, has its own benefits! Corporal Punishment is not an exception. The essence of any punishment is to reform and not to deform: to build and not to maim; to encourage good conducts and performances and not otherwise. I am quite aware of some teachers who flog their learners like when herdsmen descend on erring cattle! I know of teachers who use handy objects like wood, shoes, bunch of broom and so on to hit their learners arbitrarily! I am also not blind to those ones who use their heavy hands and even legs to settle scores with the children under their tutorship!!! These people, to say the least, are the misfits or cheats in the name of teachers we have in the teaching profession. This alone, is enough for any Government that cares to outlaw the barbaric practices. Looking at it from this angle, the Lagos State Government deserves a pat at the back.
On the other hand, the policy makers need to assess the situations in the schools today and determine the workability or otherwise of the policy. Critically and objectively viewed, the law has *NOT* achieved the desired results! It needs to be said that the observed situations that led to the enactment of the law exist in every profession!! We have heard of a surgeon who left surgical blade or so in the stomach of his patient, let alone those who, out of nonchalant attitude sent many patients to the great world beyond! Can we talk about several innocent people that have been killed by our law enforcement agents through the "accidental discharges of their A.K 47 riffles! The government has not prohibited the use of the weapons by the security personnel because of these avoidable mortal accidents! Also wigs are not removed from the lawyers who through careless infractions have their clients sent to prisons! In other words, no profession is free from one hazard or the other. The management of the problem is what should be the priority of the concerned authority. It is very unwise to use a problem to create more problems.
The studies on line that the teachers are referred to in the circular are Western World based! That is, Florida, Georgia, Northern/Southern Carolina, Texas etc in the United States! Are Nigerian Children not different in skin, colour, culture, academic background and even in home training from their counterpart in the Western World? Is this not the same problem that is plaguing Nigeria from development? Nigeria, a country over blessed with both human and material resources and at over fifty still managing to crawl!! We always look up to the Western World in everything and still, lack the willpower and attitude to do things aright as we see them do!
I make bold to say that I am a researcher on Discipline. I have my established facts and figures to prove that Corporal Punishment, if sparingly and judiciously used is an *excellent* way to promote discipline, at least in Nigeria, today! I used it throughout my teaching years and I am *blessed* for it. Anybody who doubts my stand should challenge me for an open debate. I will foot the bill. Let me just use a case out of many to illustrate this stand.
I am from a polygamous family. My father was a laissez faire in handling children. Having discovered this weakness in my father, my mother became tough with her own children. She believed, as I also share with her till today, in reward and punishment. She could sell herself to please any of her children who behaved well and vice versa. My sister was promoted from one class to another and my mother rejected it! The headmaster refused to bulge and my mother withdrew her to another school! I was beaten and sentenced to cutting grass for running away from Yoruba lessons in my "form 4" in the Secondary School. I hated the subject then. I went back home late. My mother queried me why I was late and I explained to her. She replied me in an ironical way: "Don't mind those teachers. They behave as if they do not have children at home": About 20 mins later, she sent for me to come and collect my lunch in her room. As soon as I entered, she locked the door, picked up a long whip that had just been cut from the back of our house and decorated my body with it. That was her system of dealing with any child of hers who went astray and once the door was locked, she would not open it until justice was done! The next day, she took me back to the school, showed the effects of her punishment to the Yoruba teacher and ordered me to prostrate in appreciation of the punishment the teacher gave me. Having appreciated him profusely, she handed me over to him. All the teachers in the staff room applauded my mother! Since that day, I became the toy of almost all the teachers in the school. Those who had never shown interest in me made me their "boy"!! The Yoruba Subject Teacher made me the "Governor" of his class. Today, Yoruba Language is my means of livelihood!
As I had earlier released in my research findings on Discipline, learners in Nigeria can be classified into THREE:
Group A: *The Gems*: Members of this group are obedient, studious, peaceful and cooperative. They come to school regularly and punctually. They are the ones that always sweep the compound. Head boy/head girl, library, health and punctuality prefects in particular, often come from this group. This group is the Pride of any worthwhile institution. Corporal Punishment *is NOT* for this group at all. Words of encouragement is the bottle of tonic for the learners that form this group. They look up to ideal role models in life!
Group B: *Bendistees*: The learners here are not really bad except that they lack certain home training. They are ready to learn if given the opportunity. Members of this group can be easily influenced positively or negatively. With proper mentoring and counselling, many of them change with ease. However, in schools where they are not recognised and appreciated, they go astray! Corporal Punishment is occasionally necessary to tackle certain knotty problems associated with a number of them. Members of this group are also considered for certain offices like labour, utility, sports prefects and so on.
Group C: *The Suprados*
This is the real problem of any school. They are few but powerful and notorious! They are very confrontational and hardened!! They are the Custodians of hard drugs, charms, stolen cell phones and are full of satanic practices. They subject their juniors and even mates to all forms of corporal punishments openly and secretly in the schools. They do not have regard for the authorities of their schools. They move from school to school during inter house sports, football matches and other festive occasions to create chaos. They have god fathers outside the school. Demonstrate love to members of this group, they will abuse it! You are truly their "master" if only you support them in their waywardness! They are the originators of *SCHOOL 2*!!! This is a dreaded rendezvous, around a school, where they smoke, rape and commit criminal activities!! Where there is no *tough* disciplinary action, this group will take full charge of such an institution. The innocent students often suffer terribly from the devilish hands of these criminals in the school uniforms! In essence, the so called "learners" here deserve nothing short of Corporal Punishment, as they also treat innocent children. *Stubbornness is rooted in the heart of a child but the rod of correction drives it away.* (Proverbs 29 vs 17) When this fear is thrown in them, as they offer to others, their ego and pride will be greatly challenged hence a soft ground for a meaningful counseling has been cleared. It is for this purpose that hardened criminals are tortured by the law enforcement authorities, when arrested, before confessional statements are made.
We are all aware of a secondary school student in Lagos State, who recently sold his colleague! We are also aware of secondary school students who went to meet their biology mistress at home and told her with effrontery that they came to visit her for the practical aspect of what she taught them in the biology lab!!! They gang raped her!!! That students use dangerous weapons and charms to attack their colleagues and even teachers on the school premises is no longer news in Lagos State Public Schools today! What about the emergence of Secret Cults, even in our primary schools, let alone secondary institutions! How do the Policy Makers in Lagos State expect the authorities of the learning institutions to tackle these menace and others? Is it through a mother like love? *These and others call for a very deep reflection and urgent actions* from Lagos State Government.
Before closing this piece, I want us to have an insight into the situation of Discipline in some schools I visited recently. I did this to assess the attitude of the teachers and students to the "NO PUNISHMENT " order in Lagos State Schools. Actually the phrase, " No Punishment" in schools is misleading! The articles of the law banning Corporal Punishment in Lagos State *must* have been misquoted and interpreted wrongly! How will there be no punishment! Once there is no punishment, there will be no authority or control! Lawlessness and anarchy will surly reign supreme in all the schools! But the circular in question is emphatic on the teachers " having no authority as given the parents to punish the children under them." Since the law recognises the parents in that respect, the law to ban the same parents from further bothering the teachers with the disciplinary problems of
their children should be enacted immediately!
This policy has no doubt given birth to a new dawn in the Education System Of Lagos State! How?
*MY RECENT STUDY AND FINDINGS ON THE POLICY*
No Of Schools Covered= *20*
Research Tools= *Observation*
FINDINGS: (1) A large no of teachers have been demoralised as a result of this policy. They now concentrate mainly on teaching without much, if at all, any concern for discipline, the key to a purposeful life of their learners. For instance, while exchanging batters with some teachers in the staffroom of a school, a girl came in weeping profusely. She reported to a teacher that a boy slapped her. The marks were visible on her cheeks. The teacher concerned simply pointed to the direction of the principal's office with the order: "Go and report!" As soon as the girl went out, a mistress remarked: " But you should have sent for the boy!" The teacher replied: " So that I'll become a judge without the authority to rule!" While leaving the staffroom, a teacher I assumed to be on duty saw three boys roaming the compound: "You there! Go down on your knees!" He snapped. Without looking back, the boys disappeared to a corner. Cleverly, the man was able to arrest one of them."Where are others? " He queried the boy. "I'm the only one." He lied. " "O.k, follow me!" The teacher held him by the hand. "What have I done now?" The boy protested as he struggled to gain his freedom. While this was going on, two teachers came out of their classes to complement the efforts of the man.
While being seen off by two teachers in another school, during break, two students were seen fighting with many others watching. As we were approaching them, I was expecting the crowd to disappear! Only a negligible percentage of the audience ran away. Unfortunately again, my hosts were unconcerned! I felt bad and challenged them. One of them replied thus: " Oga, schools today are different from what they were during your time! Do you know that a teacher might be harmed by these hooligans and nothing ; sir, I say nothing will come out of it!"
(2) Many students are aware of this policy of "No Punishment" and are using it to become loose and even notorious! For instance, at break time in another school, a food vendor was embittered about the rudeness of a girl to her. She threatened to report to a particular teacher. This girl had the effrontery of replying thus: "Do you mean Mr...........? ( to remain as anonymous) You've made a mistake, the Oga patapata will help you better!" In this same school, I decided to act a mini drama with the boys playing ball in a small courtyard. I expected them to stop playing the ball as I attempted to cross but the opposite was the case. I asked them to handover the ball to me. One of them asked stupidly: " Who is this guy?" I picked a small stick from the side of their small "stadium" and in a moment, one of them remarked: "Sé e lè nà wá ni?" That is, "Can you beat us?"
(3) The level of lateness to schools has increased tremendously! Apart from the known problems of bad roads and the dearth of vehicles to some schools, many learners do not just care about when they get to schools. Many, though late, will still hang around for shopping. For instance, I was in front of a school by 6.30 in the morning and found out that about four students had resumed before I got there! In the same school, a large number of students came in between 7.30 and 8.30 am. The last latecomer, at least while I was there, came in at exactly 9.15 am. The two teachers that met me at the gate side could not help the situation at all. Like traffic wardens, they kept on beckoning to the latecomers to run. While some recognized them, others were busy buying one thing or the other. By 7.58 am , the two teachers vacated the gate side. This is almost the case in all the schools sampled early in the morning.
*RECOMMENDATIONS*
(1) The law makers should revisit the law forbidden Corporal Punishment in the schools. It has *not* achieved the desired results.
(2) Law makers and other concerned Government Functionaries are hereby challenged to authenticate the findings of this study by replicating it *confidentially*
(3) It is not easy for a teacher to stand before a hundred , let alone thousands of children without an "authority" to make them behave. Mere "shouting" has never and will never solve this problem! A cane is necessary, at least as a threat. After all , should there be a riot in a primary school, to say the least, that calls for the invitation of law enforcement agents, the police, for sure, will not be there with sticks but teargas and even live ammunitions!!! Are the teachers standing in the midst of these children every now and then invincible or angels?
(4). Nigeria is a peculiar Country with her peculiar children and problems. Using the findings on education and discipline peculiar to Western World Children without any form of modifications to solve the peculiar problems of the Nigerian Children is fraught with danger. After all, Nigerian Children are different from those of the other continents in skin, colour, background, environments and so on. Can we compare the population of students in a class in an American School to that of a class in a public school in Lagos State in particular? Or is it the type of training and recognition given to teachers in London or Ireland that is given to Nigerian teachers? These and more are the reasons why we need to carry out meaningful researches into the problems of Education in Nigeria with the intent to providing lasting solutions to its peculiar problems. This brings to mind the view of one of the legends of Education in Nigeria, Professor Babs Fafunwa, of blessed memory: "Nigerian Education System is like Joseph's multi coloured cloak patchy in places with threads running in all directions. It seems the system lack direction and growth and it is often haphazard and disorganised." What else? This was said over four decades ago and the situation is getting worse today!
(5) Seminars and workshops should be organised for the teachers from time to time on the maintenance of discipline in schools. They need a sound Knowledge of the *PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT*!!
(6) In the absence of Corporal Punishment, appropriate sanctions for all forms of indiscipline in the schools such as cultism, hooliganism, vandalism, alcoholism, bully, rioting and the recently embraced MARLIANS. ....a situation where female members must not use under wears and brassieres and male members must also dress funnily in a particular way! Where are we going with these "angels" that the teachers must regard as "Sacred Cows" even while in the learning institutions!
(7) The teachers, as in Loco parentis should be models to the learners while in the school. They should always remember that the children are looking up to them as mirrors by which they want to evaluate themselves. The children, being at a formative stage, idolize adults that attract them in one way or the other and may want to adopt same as role models in life. Most children are in their best when noticed, recognized, appreciated and valued by the adults.
Let us strive with might and main to bring out the BEST in our learners through cordial relationship that is free from threat, fear, hatred and the like. The rewards of the teachers indeed are no longer in heaven alone but in this mortal world! The rewards are just too precious to be quantified! Let us be proud of the fact that we teachers, are the Builders and Pillars of any worthwhile nation.
*CONCLUSION*: It is sad that the so called "basic human rights of the children" granted the learners without restrictions in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools is being abused and misused by the misguided learners who have almost taken over the control of schools from their teachers! Some of the learners, with impunity, now use the freedom granted them to infringe on the basic human rights of others! On the other hand, many teachers erroneously consider the policy as an absolute freedom for the learners and in an attempt to protect their daily bread consider their learners as untouchable! Today, the discipline of the children mostly rest on the accounting officers that really care. The policy of many teachers in Lagos State Primary and Secondary Schools today is: "Teach and leave the rest in your own best interest." Based on the foregoing, it behoves on me to submit that if God punishes sinners, civil courts sentence law breakers, not only to imprisonment but death and Sharia court flogs adulterers and adulteresses, I see no reason why "learners" who are not better than criminals should be spared the rod at the time they can be easily salvaged. A fish is better shaped only when it is fresh. A dry fish is bound to break into pieces hence the urgent need to safe the misguided ones when the hope abound. To psychologically decongest the Nation's prisons that have filled up to the rooftops, the process must commence from our primary schools today.
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