President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration remains resolute and focused on delivering on the three-pronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, halting the pillage of the economy by corrupt public officials, and creating employment opportunities for the youths.

The Kaduna State government has asked sacked teachers to reapply for job in the ongoing recruitment of 25,000 new qualified teachers for public primary schools in the state.

Commissioner of Education in the state, Mr Jafaru Sani, announced this on Sunday during a press conference at his office in Kaduna.

This followed the sacking of more than 21,000 unqualified teachers by the state government after they failed a controversial competency test conducted by the government in June 2017.

Mr Sani said government has received at least 43,000 applications from prospective teachers in public schools in the state to fill up 25,000 vacancies.

He also asked any of the sacked teachers that feels qualified and interested in the teaching profession to reapply for a job in the ongoing recruitment of 25,000 new qualified teachers for public primary schools in the state.

2019: 29 Political Parties Adopt Umahi For Second Term

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has been adopted by 29 political parties as their sole candidate for the 2019 gubernatorial election in the State. Umahi disclosed at Obiozara, headquarters of his home local government area, on Saturday that his adoption by the parties took place in Abuja.

Nigeria’s Muslims’ umbrella body, the Jamatul Nasir Islam (JNI), on Sunday, warned notable Christian leaders in the country to stop provocatives utterances against Muslims over recent herdsmen killings and not take their silence for ‘foolishness’.

Secretary-General of the group, Dr. Khalid Abubakar, while addressing a press conference in Kaduna, also accused parallel umbrella body representing Nigeria’s Christians, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), of deliberately and unnecessarily heating up the polity ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Among Christians leaders specifically mentioned in the address were Bishop of Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo, Apostle Johnson Suleiman of Omega Fire Ministries, Prophet Isa El-Buba of Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministry International and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah.

Sultan Tasks FG On Herdsmen, Defends Miyetti Allah

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately deploy all the security apparatus at his disposal and arrest the current carnage in the Middle-Belt Region of the country, manifesting as herders-farmers’ clashes.

Storm Over In PDP, As 'Fresh' Collapses

Respite has come the way of troubled People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as a major splinter group, Fresh, have decided to mend fences and close ranks with the party. Members of the Fresh PDP on Saturday cancelled plans to inaugurate its parallel National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday, January 22.