The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal
Education is focusing on strategies to increase literacy level as more
than 38 per cent of Nigerians have been described as illiterates.Its
Executive Secretary, Prof. Abba Haladu stated on Friday that the level
of illiteracy was a big challenge.“The available statistics with us
shows that 62 per cent of Nigerians are literate and 38 per cent are
non-literate. The out-of-school children are 11 million, while the
non-literate Nigerians, that is the youth and adults are about 60
million, so put together. We have about 70 million citizens of Nigeria
who cannot read and write or who lack basic skills for modern living .So
that is a big challenge for any nation, and that is why we are trying
to sensitise and mobilise all stakeholders, including government at all
levels, federal, state and local, Non-Government Organisations and
international development partners. So that together we should do the
needful to ensure literacy is provided to this large number of Nigerian
citizens.So we can have even development and ensure our people are
well-equipped and empowered to face the challenge of becoming the third
most populous country in the world in the next 32 years.’’He said that
adequate resources would be required to provide literacy to the large
number of non-literate citizens.“Well this requires a lot of things in
terms of planning, budgeting – that is, allocating the necessary
resources, in terms of mobilisation and implementation of tangible
programmes, that will lead to educating the people or making them
literate and also ensuring they acquire the necessary skills.“The
programmes include for instance, basic literacy, where people learn to
read and write equivalent to primary three, then post literacy were
people continue and learn to the level equivalent to primary education
and there after continue in education programmes for completion of post
literacy.“All those that starting schooling and left because of one
reason or the other and then the acquisition of vocational skills ,
entrepreneurial skills and off course life-long learning in general.“So
there are various programmes targeting youth, adults and out of school
children, which are being implemented by state agencies for mass
education, National Commission For Mass Literacy, National Commission
For Nomadic Education and indeed other partners.“What we are saying is
that there is need for the resources to continue to implement these
programmes so that the reach out will be wide enough to cover
everybody.’
A fuel tanker crushed a commercial motorcyclist, simply identified as
Kayode, to death, at Oma Junction, Alagbaka area of Akure, Ondo State
capital on Friday. The incident happened when the fuel tanker which was
heading towards Yeoma Plaza was stopped by the traffic warden on duty.
The tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the
motorcyclist who was approaching the junction, killing him on the
spot. "The tanker was stopped by the traffic warden but the driver
claimed he lost control of the vehicle and rammed to the bike man and
crushed him. The tanker first dragged the cyclist forward and eventually
crushed him before stopping. We tried to rescue him but it was too late
because the vehicle was on him.” 
The
younger brother of the deceased escaped unhurt from the accident but
lamented that Kayode got married a couple of weeks ag, while his wife
is pregnant.Angry Okada riders, however, besieged the scene of the
accident and descended on the driver of the vehicle. He was quickly
rescued by some security operatives who took him away. 
American rapper, Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 61st
Grammy Awards that has just been announced today with eight nods
including a nod for Album of the Year' for his work on 'Black Panther'
soundtrack, as well as Song and Record of the Year for SZA-featuring
“All the Stars.” Kendrick is followed by Drake who has seven nods in the
nominations list.The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on
February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here is the
full list of nominees for the 61st Grammy Awards:Album of the YearH.E.R.
– H.E.R.Brandie Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive YouDrake
– ScorpionVarious Artists – Black Panther: The AlbumKacey Musgraves
– Golden HourPost Malone – Beerbongs & BentleysCardi B – Invasion of
PrivacyJanelle Monáe – Dirty ComputerRecord of the YearCardi B – “I
Like It”Brandi Carlile – “The Joke”Childish Gambino – “This Is
America”Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”Drake – “God’s
Plan”Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars”Post Malone & 21
Savage – “Rockstar”Zedd & Maren Morris – “The Middle”Song of the
YearKendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars”Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”Drake
– “God’s Plan”Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”Brandy Carlile – “The
Joke”Zedd & Maren Morris – “The Middle”Lady Gaga & Bradley
Cooper – “Shallow”Childish Gambino – “This Is America”Best New
ArtistChloe x HalleLuke CombsGreta Van FleetH.E.R.Dua LipaMargo
PriceBebe RexhaJorja SmithBest Rap PerformanceCardi B – “Be
Careful”Drake – “Nice for What”Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, &
James Blake – “King’s Dead”Anderson .Paak – “Bubblin”Travis Scott,
Drake, “Sicko Mode”Best Rap/Sung CollaborationChristina Aguilera ft.
Goldlink – “Like I Do”6LACK ft. J. Cole – “Pretty Little Fears”Childish
Gambino – “This Is America”Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the
Stars”Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “Rockstar”Best Rap SongDrake – “God’s
Plan”Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake – “King’s
Dead”Eminem – “Lucky You”Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee –
“Sicko Mode”Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Win”Best Rap AlbumCardi B
– Invasion of PrivacyMac Miller- SwimmingNipsey Hussle – Victory
LapPusha-T – DaytonaTravis Scott – AstroworldBest Pop Solo
PerformanceBeck – ColorsCamila Cabello – Havana (Live)Ariana Grande –
God Is a WomanLady Gaga – Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)Post
Malone – Better NowBest Pop Duo/Group PerformanceChristina Aguilera ft.
Demi Lovato – Fall In LineBackstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My
HeartLady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – ShallowMaroon 5 ft. Cardi B – Girls
Like YouJustin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – Say SomethingZedd, Maren
Morris, and Grey – The MiddleBest Pop Vocal AlbumCamila Cabello
– CamilaKelly Clarkson – Meaning of LifeAriana Grande – SweetenerShawn
Mendes – Shawn MendesPink – Beautiful TraumaTaylor Swift
– ReputationProducer of the Year, Non-ClassicalBoi-1daLarry KleinLinda
PerryKanye WestPharrell WilliamsBest Music VideoThe Carters –
Apes***Childish Gambino – This Is AmericaJoyner Lucas – I’m Not
RacistJanelle Monáe – PYNkTierra Whack – MUMBO JUMBOBest R&B
AlbumToni Braxton – Sex & CigarettesLeon Bridges – Good ThingLalah
Hathaway – HonestlyH.E.R. – H.E.R.PJ Morton – Gumbo UnpluggedBest
R&B PerformanceToni Braxton – Long As I LiveThe Carters –
SummerLalah Hathaway – Y O YH.E.R. – Best Part [ft. Daniel Caesar]PJ
Morton – First BeganBest R&B SongElla Mai – Boo’d UpMiguel – Come
Through and Chill [ft. J. Cole and Salaam Remi]Childish Gambino – Feels
Like SummerH.E.R. – FocusToni Braxton – Long As I LiveBest Urban
Contemporary AlbumThe Carters – Everything Is LoveChloe x Halle – The
Kids Are AlrightChris Dave and the Drumhedz – Chris Dave and the
DrumhedzMiguel – War & LeisureMeshell Ndegeocello –
VentriloquismBest Rock PerformanceArctic Monkeys – “Four Out of
Five”Chris Cornell – “When Bad Does Good”THE FEVER 333 – “Made An
America”Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”Halestorm – “Uncomfortable”Best
Rock SongGreta Van Fleet – “Black Smoke Rising”Twenty One Pilots –
“Jumpsuit”Bring Me the Horizon – “MANTRA”St. Vincent –
“Masseduction”Ghost – “Rats”Best Rock AlbumAlice in Chains – Rainier
FogFall Out Boy – M A N I AGhost – PrequelleGreta Van Fleet – From the
FiresWeezer – Pacific DaydreamBest Alternative Music AlbumArctic Monkeys
– Tranquility Base Hotel & CasinoBeck – ColorsBjörk – UtopiaDavid
Byrne – American UtopiaSt. Vincent – MasseductionBest Dance
RecordingAbove & Beyond – Northern Soul [ft. Richard
Bedford]Disclosure – Ultimatum [ft. Fatoumata Diawara]Fisher – Losing
ItSilk City & Dua Lipa – Electricity [ft. Diplo and Mark
Ronson]Virtual Self – Ghost VoicesBest Dance/Electronic AlbumJon Hopkins
– SingularityJustice – WomanSofi Tukker – TreehouseSOPHIE – Oil of
Every Pearl’s Un-InsidesTOKiMONSTA – Lune Rouge
Former Education Minister cum Presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili,
has said that although she does not support homosexuality, she would
give everyone including gays and lesbians, equal oportunity if she is
elected as President in 2019.Ezekwesili said this on her twitter handle
while making clarifications to an answer she gave to Nigerian gayrights
activist, Bisi Alimi at Chatham House in London recently. See videos
from her interaction with Bisi and her tweets explaining her position
below 
View
this post on Instagram Oby Ezekwesili's response to Bisi Alimi
when he asked if she would be working in favour of LGBT community in
Nigeria if elected president in 2019. This was the Chatham House in
London recently.
Destiny Child singer, Michelle Willaims and her fiance, Pastor Chad
Johnson. are no longer together.The 38-year-old singer took to Instagram
to shock her fans with the split news by announcing that she’s a single
woman again. 
“I
still remain fearless,” wrote Michelle. “I guess I still remain single!
Things didn’t work out. The healing that needs to take place is a must.
I don’t wanna destroy another relationship. Blessings to him, his
family and his ministry. #Fearless” 
Williams
and Johnson, 40, who both met in March 2017 at an Arizona spiritual
retreat run by Johnson, announced their engagement in April 2018.
On Friday, court of Appeal Benin Division granted the prayers of five
prisoners seeking the order of the court to direct the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include all prisoners in the
voter register. Justice S. Oseji, delivered the lead judgment on
behalf of Justice Helen Ogunwumiju. The appeal was filed by five
inmates on behalf of other inmates in Nigerian prisons. Those that
filed the appeal are Victor Emenuwe, Onome Inaye, Kabiru Abu, Osagie
Iyekekpolor and Modugu Odion. The judgment affirmed the judgment granted
by a Federal High Court in 2014, that prisoners can vote. However,
Oseji did not grant a declaration that INEC liaise with the Nigeria
Prison Service to create a registration centre at various prisons across
the country.Speaking to newsmen after the judgment, Counsel to the
appellant, President Aigbokhan of the Initiative for Rural Development,
Information and Legal Advocacy (IRDILA), urged INEC to commence
immediate registration of inmates across the country for them to
participate in next year’s election. Aigbokhan said they would appeal
some aspects of the decision of the Court of Appeal. According to him,
“Prison inmates have their community. Polling units should be located
there. We believe they have a right to vote in an election so as to
decide those who ultimately decide their future. When franchise is given
to them, attention will be focused there. Their situation and health
conditions will be improved.In 2014, the Federal High Court granted our
prayers that prisoners can vote but narrowed it to the four applicants
in the suit even though it was stated there that those applicants were
representing other inmates. We went to the Court of Appeal and the court
agreed that the judgement represented all inmates in the country.That
INEC should with immediate effect collate the names of inmates and allow
them to vote in 2019. “The judgment disagreed that INEC should create
polling units inside the prison. In 2015, the inmates were over 550,000.
All INEC needs to do is to update their voter register and liaise with
NGO as volunteers to help them. It is victory for Nigeria’s democracy.”
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Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have handed over
three suspected Advance Fee fraudsters to the Ibadan office of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for further
investigation.The suspects who are between 22 and 29 years of age
include Ebenezer Adeniyi Oluwafemi, Kolade Samuel Sogo, and Olwagbenga
Majeed Ejikunke. They were arrested Tuesday 4th, December, 2018 in
Ilesha, Osun State following series of intelligence gathered by the
operatives.Preliminary investigations further revealed that the suspects
allegedly got involved in different romance scam posing as female
foreigners to fleece unsuspecting victims on the social media.At the
point of arrest, varied fetish materials, two laptops, and five
different brands of telephones were recovered from them. Several
documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the
suspects.According to the Head, Ibadan Office, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the
handing over of the three suspects brought the total number of Advance
Fee fraudsters arrested in the Ibadan office to 40 in the last couple of
weeks. “The zone is no longer a hiding place for the fraudsters”, he
stated.Investigation is still ongoing and the suspects will soon be
charged to court.
President Buhari has declined assent to the amended electoral bill
(2018) which was made by the National Assembly. This is the third time
that President Buhari would be rejecting the amendments.Senior Special
Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Ita Enang,
while speaking to state house correspondents after the Special Federal
Executive Council meeting held in Abuja today, said President Buhari has
communicated his decision to the National Assembly.The national
assembly had passed the bill on July 24 and transmitted to the president
on August 3rd.Among the controversies on the bill were the reordering
of the sequence of the 2019 elections, placing the presidential last,
instead of the governorship and state assemblies and exclusion of card
readers.
Following the recent controversial statement made by TVC presenter,
Morayo Afolabi-Brown, ACP Abayomi Shogunle, on Friday afternoon,
released a list of married men that should never be allowed to bathe
their daughters.According to him, his experience in the police has
proven that these class of men are the ones that molest their daughters.
See his Tweets below. 
A 16-year-old secondary school student in Ekiti state has died following
serious injuries he sustained when himself and his fellow classmate
were testing the superiority of their charms on Thursday, December
6th.According to reports, the deceased, Mathew Favour and the culprit,
Kehinde Timilehin, both students of Ado Grammar School in Ado Ekiti, the
state capital, were said to have engaged in a dispute over the
ownership of a ball before it degenerated into an argument over who had
more portent charms.Eyewitnesses say the deceased initiated the test for
superiority of charms when he rushed to his home and brought a small
axe and a knife wrapped in a white and red scarf and dared his
colleague to fight with him. The colleague overpowered him and in the
process, stabbed him in the chest with his knife.Favour, an indigene of
Ebira in Kogi state, was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching
Hospital where he died.Speaking on the incident, the principal of the
scool, Ebenezer Falayi, said the incident occurred at about 2.15pm
after the school had closed .“This incident really saddened us because
it could have been avoided. What I gathered from students who were at
the spot of the gory incident was that the duo were arguing over who had
superior power and the deceased had earlier gone home to bring all
those weapons which could not pierce the suspect when used on him. I was
told that the suspect later overpowered him, collected the weapons
and stabbed the victim in the chest. Our teachers, including myself, my
Vice and Registrar alongside other teachers who were resident on campus
here rushed him to EKSUTH. We even took the suspect along.The victim
was put on life support, but that could not help the situation, he died
in the hospital. I had to quickly call the DPO of Odo Ado Police Station
who reinforced his men and contacted the police station at Oke Ila to
prevent the suspect from being killed by highly enraged family members
of the deceased. The hospital insisted on doing the autopsy before
releasing the corpse but the family resisted this. They later released
the corpse to the family when it nearly caused trouble in the hospital.
The police also took the suspect into custody. But I had to beg for
security beef up around the school when there was a threat that 30
students will be killed in a reprisal attack today(Friday),’’ he said.
The Forte Oil filling Station along Airport Road in Lagos is currently
on fire. Reports of the fire incident close to Arik office is currently
trending on social media with photos and videos while commuters are
advised to use alternate routes. 
What do you think the three ministers were discussing?
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved next year’s budget
proposal during today’s special FEC session presided over by President
Buhari. The meeting which started by 10:30am lasted till around 1.pm at
the Presidential Villa. The Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udoma
announced the approval while briefing State House correspondents at the
end of FEC meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja. Udoma said the
Council will liaise with the National Assembly to determine when the
president will submit the draft estimates for the consideration of the
two chambers. The FEC had on 24th October approved the Medium Term
Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) for the
2019 -2021 to provide template for the 2019 budget. The session was
presided over by President Buhari who approved a budget estimate of
N8.73tr for the 2019, N400bn lower than that of this year. The price
of crude oil per barrel was pegged at $60, exchange rate at $305 and
daily crude oil production was put at 2.3m by the FEC. The MTEF/ FSP was
designed to translate strategic development objective of the economic
recovery and growth plan into a realistic and implementable budget
framework.
Comedienne, Helen Paul has revealed some of the jobs she had to do years
ago in order to make ends meet.Helen disclosed that she sold satchet
water popularly known as pure water as an undergraduate at the
University of Lagos. She also modelled but didn't succeed at that, she
then tried being a makeup artist but clients were not
forthcoming.According to Helen, her life has since turned around as she
now gets calls from banks asking what they can do for her.Read her grass
to grace story below.
Diddy has called out for help weeks after losing the mother of 3 of his
kids, Kim Porter.The rap mogul took to Instagram to reveal that the pain
he's feeling is too much and won't go away. He said money isn't helping
either and has asked the public to pray for him.See his cry for help
below. 
The CIA staff, Kharar, India on Wednesday, arrested a Nigerian national,
Nasa Ulagba, near Shivjot Enclave and seized half a kg of heroin from
his possession.According to the police, the value of the heroin in the
international market is estimated to be Rs 2.5 crore. ASI Deepak Singh
was patrolling near Shivjot Enclave when he noticed a Nigerian national
coming out of the park. ''When he saw the police, he tried to escape
from the spot. The police became suspicious and caught hold of him. On
enquiry, he told the police his name and said he was staying in Tamil
Nadu and had come here. ''The police called Kharar DSP Deep Kamal Singh
to the spot and during his search, half a kg of heroin and a
computerised weighing machine were recovered from him. He was arrested
and a case under the NDPS Act registered against him.During
interrogation, he confessed that he used to bring heroin from Delhi and
sell it to students in the Kharar area.
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The Lagos State Police Command has deployed additional five hundred
policemen to various routes on the Lagos Island with special focus on
Apogbon, TBS, Eko Hotels and environs . This was done to boost the
number of personnel already at various points in the area.The
deployment was necessitated by the following events coming up on the
Island which includes: The Experience, Adekunle Gold Concert and the
Davido Concert. Also factored in the strategy are people who would be
embarking on religious pilgrimage to RCCG Holy Ghost Congress at Redeem
Camp and Shiloh at the Winners' Chapel.Expectedly, the aforementioned
events will lead to surge in vehicular and human traffic thereby
bringing additional pressure to the already strained traffic situation
in the commercial city resulting in gridlock.To ameliorate the foreseen
situation, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi directed
that five hundred policemen be posted to Lagos Island to boost the
number of men already on ground in order to prevent crime and ensure
smooth flow of traffic.The CP warns criminals who might want to take
advantage of the upcoming events to stay away from the Island and indeed
the state as anyone caught will be summarily dealt with.He enjoins
Lagosians to report suspicious characters and movements to the police
through the following toll free emergency numbers 112 and 767. Also
available for complaints are the following Citizen Complaint Hot Centre
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08081426895In addition to the policemen deployed for this purpose, the
Command will be collaborating with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),
LASTMA and other relevant traffic management agencies to ensure smooth
flow of traffic in the state. He assures of peaceful yuletide season and
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