. The Punch editorial is of no.meaning to me rather than supporting Sowore a journalist like them in the Punch. Thank you the Punch editorial board for reminding us that Buhari like OBJ and others is a retired General.
lalasticlala: President Buhari's special adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has reacted after The PUNCH newspaper vowed to address President Buhari as Major General.
Editorialtimes: Alleged Killers of PDP women leader, in Ochadamu paraded by the police in Lokoja.
The Kogi State Police Command has paraded Ocholi Edicha and five others for allegedly burning to death the PDP woman leader a day after the State Governorship Election.
Addressing Newsmen in his office, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Busari said the suspects would be arraigned in court very soon.
Ocholi Edicha, during interrogation confessed that he led the gang that burnt, Mrs Salome Abuh - the Police commissioner said.
He said the suspects further confessed that they were responsible for the series of armed robbery incidences in Ochadamu and its environment.
The Commissioner of Police condemned the killing of Mrs Salome, called for calm and assured that the perpetrators would not go unpunished, adding that efforts were being made to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
Speaking on behalf of the gang, Ocholi Edicha confessed to slapping Mrs Salome Abuh on the day of the election, but denied the burning down of the house.
According to Ocholi Edicha, the burning down of the House of late Mrs Salome was carried out by members of the APC. He went further to explain that the members of the PDP earlier, were involved in a face-off with some members of the ruling party which led to the burning down of the house.
Were they seen at the scene?Did they say they were there?The DPP must look into the matter critically .I am yet to see their involvement in the homicide and arson.
. Whatever the presidency does is linked to 2023 and regional preference.Only God can understand the minds of Nigerians who will never look for details but sentimentally conclude on very matter to satisfy their own thinking.AMCON issue has been discussed politically even where there is no reason to so so.
sarrki: Capt Osakwe was so trusted by Gen Ojujwu that he entrusted his life to him. At the last hours of Biafra, Ojukwu had to make that historical departure from Biafra.
Ojukwu's failure to exit would have been a fatal error of sure death to him. Many other Biafran pilots were ready to do that last flight for the General. But Ojukwu trusted none but Capt Osakwe to ferry him to safety.
A wrong saboteur would have just diverted the plane elsewhere, and the rest is history. Ojukwu trusted Capt Osakwe who delivered him to safety.
Osakwe was from Umuikem village in Onitsha. Any side talk that Onitsha people were not supportive of Biafra is unsubstantiated. Even the chief justice of Biafra, Justice Louis Mbanefo was from Onitsha too. Mbanefo drafted Biafran surrender instrument, and he led Biafra delegates to surrender to Gen Gowon in 1970, Jan 15th.
..History lesson!!
. Ojukwu...a man who fought for his people for many years and was pressurised to run for safety.He was not like many today who only get mouths but will run away when they are released on bail or shout "they want to rearrest me". Beer parlour activists all around..
. Where is the video or audio of the apology? ...Sorry madam It was he that ran into your court to escape arrest .He caused the whole drama....That is the apology that f Falana has been over flogging since yesterday...Follow Sowore at your own peril...Nigeria needs activists who are brave not cowards who are just scene creators and noise makers that will expose masses to danger and run away like their colleagues.
titiloyeblog: Nigerian writer, Richard Henshaw, has shared the story of how a little boy was innocently used to defraud a shop owner in Lagos state earlier today December 9th. Richard who shared photos of the little boy, wrote;
Thank you for saving the life of the little boy whose poor circumstances pushed him to the street and nearly lost his life to this dubious society we all live in...The boy is innocent and I stand by it.Poverty kills senses and thinking let alone a boy of 12 years.The man played on him and risked his life..The whole story is emotional...Thank you once again for saving a life in 2019..You are a fulfilled man this year
Yustash001: if you didn't do or witness this in your primary or secondary school then you have missed..
. Good old days !when schools were schools students were students and teachers were teachers unlike today when all is rubbish .Teachers are not motivated students have become business boys and girls and the end result is fall in the standard of education.
The Presidency notes some of the insinuations in the media about the arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the agitator, Omoyele Sowore.
The DSS does not necessarily need the permission of the Presidency in all cases to carry out its essential responsibilities that are laid down in the Nigerian Constitution – which was the foundation for the restoration of democracy in our country in 1999.
However, it should not surprise anyone who has followed his actions and words that Sowore is a person of interest to the DSS.
Sowore called for a revolution to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nigeria.
He did so on television, and from a privileged position as the owner of a widely read digital newspaper run from the United States of America.
He founded an organisation, Revolution Now, to launch, in their own words, “Days of Rage”, with the publicised purpose of fomenting mass civil unrest and the elected administration’s overthrow.
No government will allow anybody to openly call for destabilization in the country and do nothing.
Mr. Sowore is no ordinary citizen expressing his views freely on social media and the internet.
He was a presidential candidate himself, who ran – and lost – as the flag bearer of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the February 23 general elections.
Nigeria's democracy was a long time in the making, and was achieved after decades of often harsh, military-led overthrows of government: the kind of situation Sowore was advocating.
To believe in and desire armed revolution is not normal amongst 'human rights activists', as Sowore has been incorrectly described.
Again, it is no surprise that he should be a person of interest to the DSS.
Nigeria is already dealing with an insurgency that has left millions of people displaced and desperate in the northeastern region of our country.
The Boko Haram militants, who are behind the violence, also fancy themselves to be fighting for some sort of revolution.
Nigerians do not need another spate of lawlessness and loss of lives all in the name of 'revolution', especially not one that is orchestrated by a man who makes his home in far away New York – and who can easily disappear and leave behind whatever instability he intends to cause, to wit, Nnamdi Kanu.
This is a matter for the DSS, acting under its powers.
Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) December 8, 2019
. As a Nigerian I personally understand why Sowore will be the target of the DSS.He caused it all.Nobody having lost an election will organise a revolution and rest thereafter. OBJ would cage the person if he were to be the president now.In America FBI and Interpol will monitor such a person and all his family members. The DSS SSS FBI and Interpol are bound to break protocols on security matters.Democracy must be protected by all.means .As rightly said by the presidency the DSS does not have to wait for presidency before swinging into action.If there is a reason for protest call me I will join you it is our right in democracy to do so.But if it is REVOLUTION it is treason and felony. I can never be a party to that. When it becomes anarchy the organisers will run abroad or go into hiding leaving hundreds of masses dead.......
. It is in Nigeria that self acclaimed voices of the masses are avoiding arrest and are jumping bail.By implication this man has jumped bail.The DSS has the right to invite them for questioning at any time for any reasons.Femi Falana is aware of this .The agency can invite me too if It has a reason to do so.I support democracy which allows protest but not REVOLUTION which will lead to anarchy and loss of lives of the masses.....No string is attached.
. It is in Nigeria that self acclaimed voices of the masses are avoiding arrest and are jumping bail.IBy implication this man has jumped bail.The DSS has the right to invite them for questioning at any time until the case is resolved.Femi Falana is aware of this .The agency can invite me too if It has a reason to do so.I support democracy which allows protest but not REVOLUTION which will lead to anarchy and loss of lives of the masses.....No string is attached.
GeoAfrikana: Lalasticlala, other side of the story.
Emotions and sentiments apart;
First, sincerely when I watched the video yesterday I was confused. I didn't see any persona that looked like a DSS officer. I've once had an 'encounter' with DSS officers. They escorted the corpse of a federal icon from Abuja to our village for burial. They arrived early in the night, witnessed the burial, shot guns in the air and drove off.
It was an intimidating experience. They were so organised and gallant. Their men were heavily built and their guns were sophisticated. No one in that video is similar to the typical DSS officer in my imagination.
Secondly, the word REVOLUTION that Sowore used is enough crime against him. I'm almost certain that if someone tried a tenth of such in the US he would be corpse in less than a month. Or at least be undead in Guantanamo.
Note: I'm opened to objective counter-arguments. If you rationally, objectively and politely debate my points then I'll listen to you. I'm willing to engage in intellectual debates.
But if all you have is insults and curses then expect no response from me.
Thanks for reading.
. I will be the first to agree with your comment.I watched the video too and analysed it today.I posted my analysis but some sentimental nairalanders were not happy .That is their choice. I am glad to see thee DSS report tonight which iagrees with my analysis.When reading and commenting it is good to do away with sentiment for it will becloud reasoning.Additionally the word Revolution is the problem with Sowore case.Femi Falana himself knows the implication... We can protest on the street .It is our right to do so but if we use REVOLUTIONit is akin to treason and felony.. Once again thank you for your analysis and non sentimental comment.
However, when SOWORE stepped out of the court and sighted operatives of the Service within the premises, he ran back into the courtroom. In a bid to shield him from an imaginary arrest, his uncontrollable supporters mobbed him while chanting ‘you can’t arrest him’ thus the pandemonium that ensued.. .......This DSS report is in agreement with what I said and posted today. Some nairalanders were not happy with my analysis.That is their choice.Once again I have been justified. with my analysis.Many Nigerians read report with sentiment and make needless comment.I hope we have all heard from the horses mouth again .(for those that care to hear anyway)
alezzy13: Nice attempt at playing devils advocate. But its really not worth it, pls. Almost all of PMB's supporters even here in NL have condemned this vicious, show of rascality. Isnt it instructive that over 24hours not a statement from the DSS or the FG? Instead they sent an easily expendable Lauretta to take the heat on social media. Honestly, if you were not appalled and worried by what occurred yesterday, then I am worried about you.
1. "DSS can arrest anywhere". FALSE. They CANNOT arrest within the court premises, especially when the court is still in session. 2. Well, this is contrary to the other accounts of what happened.
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/12/07/anger-criticisms-trail-dss-re-arrest-of-sowore/ 3. Yes, he can. But due process must be followed, and certainly not in the court premises. 4. No order against his arrest?? Pray, what in Musa's black gate does this mean? You may want to look up what is means to be granted bail. 5. Crises would have been averted had DSS not descend to the level even unbecoming of wild dogs (to paraphrase Soyinka).
. I am yet to understand why some interpret my analysis as an instance of siding the DSS or not condemning the drama crisis. All mature comment and constructive criticism like yours are respected and I hold your opinion and view dear .All I wrote however is just a brief analysis of what happened yesterday and possibility of averting it. No string is attached.
. Yes It is purely analytical brief unbiased and concise based on the Nigerian realities. This however does not negate or undermine anybody's diverse opinion on it.
LegacyB: pls stop this. You cannot claim to support this government more than some of us who gained nothing yet spent our personal finance to see this government in place. WHAT IS WRONG IS WRONG period.
. I did not in any way taking a side on the matter.I was only evaluating based on what happened yesterday.My analysis will never be viewed in the same way.Everybody has his own view and opinion on the matter. While some will support Sowore some will support DSS...Even legal practitioners have different opinions.In my personal.opinion even if DSS insisted on arrest yesterday resistance is not the answer.. Falana is aware of this that is why he chose to take him to the DSS.If DSS detains him the action can still be challenged in court...SSS in military era and DSS now are same.It is the wise that can deal with them..No wonder Tai Solarin, Fahewinmin Gan,i. Bola I'ge. MKO Abiola etc who were remanded several times could deal with them... Falana is a living witness too....Whether the arrest is legal or not the situation could still be managed without causing any drama yesterday
LegacyB: pls stop this. You cannot claim to support this government more than some of us who gained nothing yet spent our personal finance to see this government in place. WHAT IS WRONG IS WRONG period.
. Your views and opinion are respected..Thank you for your mature comments. always
moorebucks: your foolishness its eternal, you're among the animals we got inform of human. One day you will read your comment and bury your head in shame if you still got one. Goat
. It is evident that you need psychiatric evaluation. Please consult a doctor before you have a suicidal thought..Your life is still precious to foolish ones Luke you..Until you are certified mentally fit ,please deactivate tour account because Naiiralnd is not meant for obtuse and moronic person like you.
EBMedia: Lauretta Onochie said that there was no evidence to show that DSS re-arrested Sowore as was reported.
She said:
WHO DRAMA EPP? EVERY LIE WILL EXPIRE. COURTROOM DRAMA EXPLAINED.
So it was a stage managed drama in the court yesterday; Sowore pinned down by his supporters in a courtroom in order to give DSS a bad name.
There was no gun. No batton. No pinning down. Just plain drama, planned and staged by his boys and girls. Kudos, but every lie has an expiration date.
Many EYEWITNESSES have said DSS was OUTSIDE the courtroom, not inside the courtroom.
Here's one more eyewitness account as reported by Adeniyi Adegbomire SAN-
A friend of mine, Wale Fapohunda, who was in court today when Sowore's re-arrest was purportedly effected inside the courtroom has this to say about the incident:
"Okay, so I was in court today and here is what happened.
The court had adjourned his matter till 11th Feb next year.
The court called the next matter and proceeding had commenced in respect of the next matter.
Sowore stepped OUT OF THE COURT ROOM and suddenly we heard noises coming from the corridor "leave me alone" "they want to kill me" "they want to kill Sowore" and all that.
Suddenly Sowore's people started dragging him with the DSS and they (Sowores team) dragged him into the court room.
The judge seeing this, rose and went to her chambers.
The DSS didn't enter the court room to arrest him rather his supporters dragged him in with the DSS official.
Nobody chased the judge out, she rose and went to her chambers on seeing squabbles.
The DSS official left the court room and waited for him outside the court.
Thank you all. Behold my eye witness account".
Blackmailing government enforcement agencies was how our nation went into decay. It wont work this time. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
It appears everyone in that drama was part of the drama club. They harassed a Court officer who wanted them out as they were disrupting another court case. A Lawyer who looked bemused with the whole drama was lost for words.
Drama has not helped Dino Melaye. It has not helped Olise Metuh. Drama has not helped Orji Uzo Kalu.
Drama will not help Sowore because Once you dramatise a lie to the members of the public to attract sympathy, you lose all of that sympathy when they find out you have misled them.
I'm also of the opinion that the police look into these videos, (I have watched four) and charge those who deliberately misled the general public on this issue.
. By the time you choose to be an activist you must be ready to make sacrifices....If you want to know what activists undergo read about. Gani Fawehinmi. Bola Ige and others like Abiola MKO who sacrificed for Nigerians... Enough of hues and cries about Sowore...Nobody is about the Law.. Anybody can be arrested by the government anytime.If the arrest is illegal go to court to challenge it
oldtruth: You wrote this? Some one was just released and we all know how many days it took them to even release him?
I am sure your goat is 100% better than you. What type of human reason like yours?
A complete *idt* you are. This so gross
. I will not waste my precious time answering frustrated, ill mannered and disrespectful nairalander like you....Mature nairalanders know that everybody is entitled to his opinion and his analysis... Be like such ones and dont let needless emotion becloud your reasoning and manner again .A word is enough for the wise.
EBMedia: Lauretta Onochie said that there was no evidence to show that DSS re-arrested Sowore as was reported.
She said:
WHO DRAMA EPP? EVERY LIE WILL EXPIRE. COURTROOM DRAMA EXPLAINED.
So it was a stage managed drama in the court yesterday; Sowore pinned down by his supporters in a courtroom in order to give DSS a bad name.
There was no gun. No batton. No pinning down. Just plain drama, planned and staged by his boys and girls. Kudos, but every lie has an expiration date.
Many EYEWITNESSES have said DSS was OUTSIDE the courtroom, not inside the courtroom.
Here's one more eyewitness account as reported by Adeniyi Adegbomire SAN-
A friend of mine, Wale Fapohunda, who was in court today when Sowore's re-arrest was purportedly effected inside the courtroom has this to say about the incident:
"Okay, so I was in court today and here is what happened.
The court had adjourned his matter till 11th Feb next year.
The court called the next matter and proceeding had commenced in respect of the next matter.
Sowore stepped OUT OF THE COURT ROOM and suddenly we heard noises coming from the corridor "leave me alone" "they want to kill me" "they want to kill Sowore" and all that.
Suddenly Sowore's people started dragging him with the DSS and they (Sowores team) dragged him into the court room.
The judge seeing this, rose and went to her chambers.
The DSS didn't enter the court room to arrest him rather his supporters dragged him in with the DSS official.
Nobody chased the judge out, she rose and went to her chambers on seeing squabbles.
The DSS official left the court room and waited for him outside the court.
Thank you all. Behold my eye witness account".
Blackmailing government enforcement agencies was how our nation went into decay. It wont work this time. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
It appears everyone in that drama was part of the drama club. They harassed a Court officer who wanted them out as they were disrupting another court case. A Lawyer who looked bemused with the whole drama was lost for words.
Drama has not helped Dino Melaye. It has not helped Olise Metuh. Drama has not helped Orji Uzo Kalu.
Drama will not help Sowore because Once you dramatise a lie to the members of the public to attract sympathy, you lose all of that sympathy when they find out you have misled them.
I'm also of the opinion that the police look into these videos, (I have watched four) and charge those who deliberately misled the general public on this issue.
As Sowore was coming out if the court he noticed the DSS men were waiting OUTSIDE the court to arrest him again.He ran back to the court shouting ..they want to rearrest me...The DSS men followed him back to the court to yake him out of the premises and ordered his arrest.At this time the sitting on his case had ended....As the tussle continued Falana said he would take him to the DSS office to answer questions there.At the DSS office Sowore was detained again. NOTE 1 DSS can arrest anybody anywhere even in church or mosque as long as you dont have immunity. 2. The hearing of the day had completed before the matter came up.3 A criminal can be rearrested even if he is released by a court.... There is a difference between Discharge and Discharge and Acquit... 4No order against his rearest..5 The resistance of arrest by Sowore led to the crisis in court... Even if it is wrong you dont resist arrest....Late Fahwehim was remanded several times in Nigeria He never resisted arrest.In fact he had a remand bag in his house containing all his toiletry and so on which he would use in the remand. Finally in order to avert recurrence of the drama as an activist Sowore should willingly follow DSS each time the agency wants to arrest him...That is the beauty of an activist...An activist should not be running away from arrest or shouting or making noise about it....
Ezeama400: Currently, no tribe in Nigeria can produce a president alone without the support of others even the Hausa\fulanis.
I have advocated for full restructuring or total break so that everybody go answer his papa name, but southerners are too docile to read the handwriting on the Wall.. The future is very dark for southerners.
By next years to come, Fulanis can produce the president and vice president and still win and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Yes, they can pick their vice from the north too.. Who could have thought that Nigeria wl witness political rascality we are witnessing today under Buhari's adminstration. ?
Currently according to CIA records, their population is a percent higher than that of southerners put together.
Time shall come when they would swallow our population, then we come online and wail, wail and wail again and nothing will come out of it.
As for Igbo Presidency, Igbo political leaders of SE extraction should should make some adjustment in certain issues like " I wasn't consulted before this and that". They did it to Peter Obi, though Peter Obi still outshined them in his stronghold.. Left for me,we should focus more on restructuring or Balkanization of Nation called Nigeria..
See how Otuoke, Duara and Obasanjos home towns are looking like Dubai.
And to some people who are all over this thread claiming that Igbos are abusive.. You case is like aggressors accusing others what they are guilty of in order to appear innocent..
Go back to your history get yourself informed. Political mischievousness is more dangerous than cancer.
Mind you, we owe no clown any explanation.. Whatever you think abut Igbos should remain in your skulls and get rotten.
. Okorocha appears to be only person who knows what it means for a region to present the president.. You cannot do it alone.As I said earlier the future of the Igbos is in their hands.
agwom: A human rights and good governance advocacy-led civil society, Make A Difference (MAD), has advised the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, to hands-off cases involving the Department of State Security Services (DSS). In a statement by the Advocacy and Communication Director of MAD, Lemmy Ughegbe, the group said the CJN needs to rise to the challenge and give the directive nationwide to help protect the sanctity of the court.
MAD condemned the action of the DSS in forcing a judge of an Abuja Federal High Court to scamper to her chambers while it effected the re-arrest of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant who were earlier granted bail by the court. Ughegbe said the action of the DSS in court on Friday surpassed the “draconianism of the darkest days of Nigeria’s military rule.”
“The gestapo invasion and desecration of the court by agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) is a sad and debasing testament of how deeply Nigeria and the people have retrogressed into darker ages worse even than the military era,” he said. “When law officers and security agents act with such barbaric impudence and insufferable arrogance as though they cannot be called to question for their action, one cannot but agree with those who say Nigeria is a zoo and we are hyenas, baboons and sundry animals in it.
“I challenge the Chief Justice of Nigeria to order the courts nationwide to suspend hearings of all cases brought by DSS until the deviant organisation purges itself of its sins and complies with all orders of courts issued against it.”
. Why CJ will not order the suspension of DSS cases. As Sowore was coming out if the court he noticed the DSS men were waiting outside the court to arrest him again.He ran back to the court shouting ..they want to rearrest me...The DSS men followed him back to the court and ordered his arrest.At this time the sitting had ended....As the tussle continued Falana said he would take him to the DSS office to answer questions there.At the DSS office Sowore was detained again. The CJN may not suspend DSS cases for the following reasons: 1 DSS can arrest anybody anywhere even in church or mosque as long as you dont have immunity. 2. The hearing of the day had completed before the matter came up.3 A criminal can be rearrested even if he is released by a court.... There is a difference between Discharge and Discharge and Acquit... 4No order against his rearest..5 The resistance of arrest by Sowore led to the crisis in court... Even if it is wrong you dont resist arrest....Late Fahwehim was remanded several times in Nigeria He never resisted arrest.In fact he had a remand bag in his house containing all his toiletry and so on which he would use in the remand. Finally in order to avert recurrence of the drama as an activist Sowore should willingly follow DSS each time the agency wants to arrest him...That is the beauty of an activist...An activist should not be running away from arrest or shouting or making noise about it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwn0tt9c--A FLASH: DSS finally re-arrests Omoyele Sowore after chasing judge out of the courtroom with gun. He has been taken to the headquarters of the DSS.
#FreeSoworeNow #FreeSowore
Release the poor boy.....He is midget in Nigeria.... He cannot do anything.for the Nigerian government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwn0tt9c--A FLASH: DSS finally re-arrests Omoyele Sowore after chasing judge out of the courtroom with gun. He has been taken to the headquarters of the DSS.
#FreeSoworeNow #FreeSowore
. I advise the presidency to release him.He is just making a noise for an identity. He is unimportant in Nigeria.He did not even win a in polling booth in the last election... The poor boy should be released....... I advise those struggling with the DSS to be careful .If there was a stray bullet Nigeria would continue..The truth is I knew he would be rearrested for there has been no sign of penitence in him. He needs to learn how to criticise from Late Gani Fawehinmi and others on Nigeria. He dug the hole of the problem he is facing now.
LET WHAT BEFELL ORJI UZOR KALU SERVE AS A LESSON TO OTHERS
......and as I warned them many years ago, serve the Zoo come back in shame.
I warned him when he came to see me in Kuje Prison that those illiterate unity begging Alimajiris from the desert don't love him but he wouldn't listen.
I warned him that Fulani caliphate will not rest until they conquer, subdue and enslave the entire East and West because of their sense of inferiority complex, but he wouldn't listen.
I warned him of the pathological hatred these Alimajiris have towards Biafrans (Igbos especially) because our industry and ingenuity expose their mediocrity, but he wasn't having it. He was a committed One Nigeria apologist. I reminded him of what happened to Ken Saro Wiwa who like him believed so much in One Nigeria and ended up being killed by the same Alimajiri he served so dilligently against Biafra, but he wouldn't listen.
Today they are picking them off one after the other because they know IPOB won't fight for any Efulefu. If he had known what was to become of him, he would have done exactly what I told him during our meeting, join the nearest IPOB family and support the Biafra restoration project. Isn't it ironic the only thing that will save Orji Uzor Kalu now is the coming of Biafra. Will Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Willie Obiano, Rochas Okorocha learn from this?
. At times when some Igbos comment I wonder what they have in mind.(with due respect to all my Igbo people on nairaland) Kalus case started in 2007.He was in PDP then.Any reasonable Igbo man in APC is not there because of protection against his crime but to contest in 2023. This is even supported by what Kalu said after his sentence yesterday..".I am a stakeholder in 2023.".. When an Igbo man has a problem the Igbo kingdom should rally round him.Division in Igbo land among their politicians is one of the causes of the setback the region is having till today. ...
Lindadimmy: No fewer than 77, 827 candidates will write the third round of the Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers nationwide.
Lagos state has the highest number of teachers that registered for the examination with 8, 223 while Oyo has the second highest with 5, 599 candidates.
Sokoto state has the lowest number of candidates sitting for the examination with 369 candidates.
The examination will start Friday and end on Saturday in 47 centres across the country.
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.
Ajiboye said that majority of the teachers sitting for this third round diet are from private schools.
He said the council has strengthened the capacity of its staff to ensure an effective monitoring of the examination.
Ajiboye said that about six Nigerians living in the United States of America and Canada wrote the last examination.
He said: “Nigerians outside the country are taking the examination online. Six of them from outside the country wrote the last one. We had two from US and four candidates from Canada.
“Teachers are now rushing to enroll for the PQE. Some of them are now embracing the use of technology in the teaching profession.”
The Registrar insisted that the December 31st deadline adopted by the National Council on Education to register remains.
“In the last NCE in Port Harcourt, River state, the December 31st deadline was reaffirmed by the Minister of Education and we are going to enforcement it.
“We will start monitoring by January 2020. The monitoring will cover both public and private schools.”
Well received, thanks.Received, thank you.Noted with thanks.
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