Tuesday, July la, 2012
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DAILY TRUST
Three students injured in varsity hostel fire Frnm Sikint Shehu. ~iduquri TIlREE studentsdthe Uni· versityofMakiuguri in Bomo
State ~ at the ",MaKt injured in a fire outbn:ak that affected a sccbon r:A tht: schooI's hostd..
The injumI students, it was gatheRd, include two maJes and a fanaJe. who arc in the departmmts of eogi.
'How workers salaries were snatched by gunmen in Yobe' hom HoJDIisII lIbir MIWu, Darmturu
THE Chairman of Gujba Local Government Am of Yobe State, Albaji Kayari Bahrama. yes~rday con fit med that salaries of primary Khoolteachen' were snatched In Gonori town U~H Gujba cOl-ncil Spnklng to OOf cornspoodent. he said. Ibc salaries of (ift primary schools were snatched at 6on0ri unit 00)1 at my S«Jrtariat. and all the
primary schools an' under the Stale Universal
and they lost over Nt million to armed rob-
Basic Education (SUBEB)": The chairman said the moncy was snatched from the cashiers afterthqviolatcd biJ instruction to avoid malting ZIly payment outside 1M local govunment secretariat where adequate security was provid~ -I IrutTUcled the accountants, induding
~n,"
he said.
He connrrned to Daily Trust that the account antis presently with the police at GuJba police
station,lo answu some questions": He referred our correspondent to the Chairman, Universal Buie Education (or morc drtails, but alll!ffons to reach the SUBER boss,
those from the SUBER. but they went 00 their
Alhajl Bisi Gadalea, was not possible as his
own to Gonari unit to make Ulega! paymenl.
phone was switched off.
Mandara wants state of emergency, curfew lifted in Borno ~ the Ramadan approaches. an elder .tates· man in Bomo State. Alhaji Zanna Buw Umoru Mandln. yesterday called on Presl· dent Goodluck ,onathan to un the statr of emugeocy and curfew impose:d on the: state.. In a SlIte:meLl Ln Maiduguri. be urgrd the
president to through the ,TF in the state lift the curfew to enable people perform their Ihadat (worship) without fear during thr Holy month. "Thr prople of Bomo Statr, both men and womrn, young and old. have bren suffrring b«aust: of thr curfrw impo~ on the statr 6 monthJ ~o. Kano suffrrcd WOrK attacks than
Bomo. but thrir curfew bu brcn rclurd, why is it that. that ofBomo is dlffenn'-, be said.
He also appealrd to members of the Boko Haram se<:1 to lay down thrir arms and rmb· race dialogue.. While commiserating with the people of the state over the crises, Mandata lamented that the situation hu grounded bu.sl · ness activities in tbe state..
Farmers warned against consumption of seedlings f1OID1ohnbme1yUlDmi.0Mrrl
fARMERS in the country have being cautioned against eating St:tdIinlP gh'Cl 10 thrm under the.' pmwth Enhancrment Support (GES) schernr iniliatrd by the.' Federal. GO\'eJ nme.'nt. Permanent Secretary hi the: Federal Minis· try of AgrlculLurt' and Natural Resources, o,.Eukiel Oyemomt gavr the Yo"arning yesterday in
Owerri whik flagging off the cfu·
tribution of fertiliur and disbursement ofloans to fanners. He said thr 5CedJ are not meant to be eaten because they contain chemicals whkh could hi!' injuri. 0lIS 10 human beings. Dr Oymloml, who was repre· sented Rrgional Dircoor. ~eral l\.1inistryof Agricullureand Rural ~opment, Dr.Ucbe Nwafor. said wr agricultural policy in the
counlry will facilitate: e:uy access to seedJ: and krtiliz.en at afford· able rate!. He said the scheJlle which is aimed al addressing the (hal· Irnges of inpuu distribution, would targrt 5 million smail scale farmers annually. He: said the exercise would go on at all redemption poinu In the state for thr neIt sir. Wttu. Governor Rochas Okorocha in his address
delivered by hls deputy. Sir ,ude Agbaso. said state govern· ment hu procured 250,000 bags ofNPK fertllizH for distribution to farmrfS and that N350 million agric loan would be disbursed to 650 brnrnciaries. Hr added that his government has provided Inputs and aedits to empower Imo fmners to produce enough food this year, urging thr benJlCiaries to be prudent.
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neeringand rnedkine R:Sp« ' Ilvdj< Witnessessaid the incident which CJCA:UImi around I : 30pm was caused by a cook· ing gas whk:h onr d the vic· tims ~ted to use to makt lunch. "One of the students, a female who ca.nx to chedt. on her friend put on the: gas and left. for the next room to gd matches. By the time she mumed, and lil the match. fi~ bmkL" out. Everything in the room got burnt, induding the victims who were aiti· a!ly injund." • """,,,..xl Doily 7Iwt g>th<mI tIw the shout for help £rom the victims attracted tlX' allm· lion of other students. who =u<dlhan by ........ "" window of the room..
Osun spends N300m on WAEC registration fees
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