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Auto parts seller stabs wife with broken bottle in her private part
NAN-H-64 Stabbing By Tinuade Adeshile Lagos,Dec.30,2016 (NAN) A 37-year-old man, Victor Ojiaku, who allegedly stabbed his wife, a student, with a broken bottle in her private part, is on reprieve as an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court has granted him bail in the sum of N250, 000. Ojiaku, who sells automobile parts and resides at 22, Arike…
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Don calls on govt. to always engage confidential secretaries
NAN-H-67 Secretaries By Mercy Osajiugo Minna, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) Head of Secretarial Education, Niger State College of Education, Mrs Ann Osuorji, has called on governments to stop hiring quacks parading themselves as confidential secretaries. Osuorji made the call during interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Minna on Friday. She said shorthand skills had among secretaries declined drastically because those hired for such jobs were not trained. “Students in the secretarial studies department have the feeling they can use recording machines to record minutes of meetings, but this is negatively affecting them and their input in the department”, she said. The head of department, however, said she did not see the audio, including iphones and Dragon Dictation ousting shorthand in the 21st century office. Osuorji described shorthand as a confidential writing skill every secretary ought to arm her/himself with. “A secretary needs shorthand for the documentation of information because there are times you have reports that are confidential to the organisation. “With such skill, the confidentiality of the organisation is kept and guided”, she said. Osuorji also debunked the idea that acquiring computer skills was enough to make one a confidential secretary, sayingsuch people were working in the secretarial field as quacks. “Nowadays, you find persons parading themselves as secretaries, yet having nothing to offer; this is because the rudiments of secretarial training have not been imbibed”, she said. Osuorji noted that the official duty of a trained secretary was beyond mere typing of documents. “A well trained secretary makes sense out of nonsense and ensures that information is communicated appropriately andwith diplomacy”, she said. (NAN) MNO/ORO/IEA ============ Edited by…
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Katsina Govt to investigate financial misdeeds by officials during 2016 Hajj
NAN-H-66 Hajj By Zubairu Idris Katsina, Dec. 30, 2016(NAN) The Katsina State Government said on Friday that it would set up a committee to investigate alleged financial misdeeds committed by some officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare Board during the 2016 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Gov. Aminu Masari said this when he received report of…
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Impersonation: Niger House of Assembly summons A-G, SSG
Impersonation: Niger House of Assembly summons A-G, SSG NAN-H-51 Summon By Mercy Osajiugo Minna, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Niger House of Assembly has summoned the state Attorney-General, Alhaji Nasara Danmalam, and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Isah Ladan, over an alleged impersonation of a Director-General. This was part of the resolutions…
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1 die, 2 injured in Ebonyi fire incidents
NAN-H-60 Fire Abakaliki, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Ebonyi Fire Service said on Friday that one person died while two were injured in the 27 fire incidents recorded in the state in 2016. The Chief Fire Officer, Mr James Owoh, also told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that properties estimated at N683…
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NULGE urges Niger govt. to pay workers outstanding salaries
NAN-H- NULGE By Mercy Osajiugo Minna, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) The President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE), Niger Chapter, Alhaji Saidu Kala, has urged the state government. to pay local government workers their outstanding salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ministry of Local Government in the state had embarked…
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No APC chieftain killed in Taraba—Police
NAN-DS-6 Denial Jalingo, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN ) The Taraba Police Command on Friday said no All Progressives Congress (APC ) chieftain was killed in the state by miscreants. The news of the killing was said to be contained in the news flash of a private television station on Friday. The police spokesman in the…
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Delta lawmaker assures constituents of enhanced quality of life in 2017
NAN-H-57 Assurance By Mercy Obojeghren Burutu (Delta), Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) Daniel Yingi, member representing Burutu I constituency in Delta House of Assembly, has assured the people of his constituency of enhanced quality of life in 2017. Yingi, who chairs the House Committee on Oil and Gas, gave the assurance on Friday in Burutu while…
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Zoro advises IDPs to keep away from liberated communities for now
NAN-H-43 Advice Dutse, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) Alhaji Sani Zoro, the House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), has advised the IDPs to be wary of returning home until the military certifies their communities safe. Zoro gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on…
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NURTW in Niger grieves over payment of N5,000 for colour code permit
NAN-H- NURTW By Mercy Osajiugo Minna, Dec. 30, 2016 (NAN) The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Taxi Town Service unit in Niger has expressed grief over the payment of N5,000 for colour code permit imposed on members. Its Chairman, Alhaji Hussaini Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Friday…