Joachim Okhai

BREAKING NEWS: INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ORDERS RIVERS POLICE COMMISSIONER TO SACK OUTRIDER KNOCKED DOWN BY MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION  Following  a directive  from the Presidency, the Embattled Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has ordered  the Rivers State Commissioner of Police , Zaki Ahmed  to sack the Police Outrider in the convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike  knocked down by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi last Saturday. Scan News gathered that the Outrider is facing  Orderly Room Trial as at Press Time at the office of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police. It was gathered that the SARS Personnel in Amaechi's convoy have already  testified against the Police Outrider . Attempts by Scan News  to get the comments of the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Mr Nnamdi Omoni proved abortive.

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Kaduna State Teachers Saga: pot calling kettle black. I'm appalled with Buhari's assertion over Kaduna State education saga. How ironic that a man whose educational qualification and certificate is still firmly shrouded in secrecy is casting aspersions on Kaduna State teachers? But again, in all fairness; his assertions are in order except that one cannot help but a bit bother over such statement coming from a man who  budgeted N61Billion for Education in 2018 Appropriation Bill. The big question is; how would Nigeria educational system competite with the best in the world as he asserted to his supporters with such meagre budget for education? For more of  Buhari's perfidy with education and stand with El-Rufai please read: President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday threw his weight behind Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s decision to sack 22,000 teachers in Kaduna State who failed competency test and recruit 25,000 new ones. El-Rufai had vowed that threats of industrial action

COUP SCARE IN ZIMBABWE . Zimbabwe was reeling Tuesday after the army warned it could intervene if President Robert Mugabe continued to purge veteran ruling party figures in an apparent effort to help his wife succeed him. Both the ruling party’s youth wing and the main opposition party called for civilian rule to be protected, while analysts called the crisis a potential turning point. Army chief General Constantino Chiwenga on Monday warned Mugabe to “stop” purges of the ruling ZANU-PF party after the president abruptly sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mnangagwa had clashed repeatedly with First Lady Grace Mugabe who is widely seen as vying to replace the 93-year-old leader when he dies. “We must remind those behind the current treacherous shenanigans that when it comes to matters of protecting our revolution, the military will not hesitate to step in,” Chiwenga told top brass at Harare’s King George VI military headquarters in an unprecedented intervention

Governor Ganduje show of shame. Over the weekend, Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, carried out an empowerment programme for Tea sellers otherwise known as Masu Shayi in the state. While delivering a speech at the empowerment programme held in the state capital, Governor Ganduje, told guests at the ceremony that his administration spent N208 million to buy Noodles, Tea, Kettles, Beverages, liquid and powdered milk, baskets, cups, nylon bags, spaghetti, and other materials needed by the 5,200  Masu Shayi  (tea sellers) that were empowered. Distributing the items to the beneficiaries drawn from the 44 local government areas in the state, Governor Ganduje said each of them would also receive N40,000 cash as take-off capital. According to him, “We are empowering 5,200 tea sellers. We are empowering them because we want to increase their economic well-being. We are empowering you to improve the economy of Kano. We are empowering you to improve sanitation in your services; we