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The Federal Government said it completed a comprehensive review of school curricula for basic, senior secondary and technical education aimed to make Nigerian learners “future-ready.”
The Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, and made available to newsmen on Sunday.
Folasade said the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, announced the curriculum on behalf of the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, while speaking in Abuja.
According to the minister, the review was carried out in collaboration with key education stakeholders, including the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, the Universal Basic Education Commission, the National Senior Secondary Education Commission and the National Board for Technical Education.
The new framework is designed to reduce content overload, improve learning outcomes, and ensure Nigerian students are equipped with skills relevant to today’s global demands.
Ahmad said the exercise went beyond merely trimming subjects, stressing it focused on improving content to promote deeper learning and reduce overload for pupils and students.
“Under the revised structure, pupils in Primary 1–3 will study a minimum of nine and a maximum of 10 subjects; pupils in Primary 4–6 will take 10 to 12 subjects.
Junior secondary students may offer 12 to 14 subjects, senior secondary students will take eight to nine subjects, and technical schools will offer nine to 11 subjects,” the statement read.
“The revised curricula will reduce content overload and create more learning time for students,” Ahmad said, adding that the changes reflect the government’s commitment to delivering quality, practical and relevant education in a rapidly changing world.
The Ministry of Education commended stakeholders for their role in the review and said implementation will be accompanied by strict monitoring to ensure a smooth transition across schools nationwide.
The ministry did not give an exact date for rollout, but said the new curricula will be phased in with oversight from relevant agencies to guarantee effective adoption.
Recall that Alausa had announced the postponement of the implementation of the revised basic education curriculum until September 2025.
The postponement followed the announcement by the immediate past education minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman, that the new curriculum for basic education would commence across schools in January 2025.
Mamman had stated that under the new curriculum for basic schools, pupils will be required to acquire at least two skills.
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Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday unveiled the revamped Nigergas Company Limited, restored and upgraded by his administration after lying dormant for over three decades.
Mbah announced that Nigergas had already provided direct employment for more than one hundred skilled and semi-skilled workers, with projections to generate over 5,000 indirect jobs in distribution, fabrication, transport, and supply chains.
On the rehabilitation and expansion strategy for Nigergas, Mbah explained:
“We approved a full rehabilitation scheme and a management model that blends public ownership with private-sector performance discipline.
The intention was clear: retain public ownership, but run the facility on modern, accountable, commercially viable lines.
He further disclosed that the plant’s upgraded capacity would ensure steady local supply of medical and industrial gases, reducing dependence on expensive, distant suppliers.
“Crucially, the plant will supply liquid oxygen, medical and industrial oxygen, and acetylene gas to our hospitals, welders, agro-processors and manufacturers, improving clinical outcomes and reducing production costs for businesses that are the backbone of local livelihoods.
The new plant has a capacity to produce 100 cubic metres of oxygen per hour; and 45 cubic metres of acetylene per hour.
We will soon bring on stream these additional products: nitrogen; argon gas; carbon dioxide; and CNG stations,” Mbah said.
The Governor stressed that the restoration of Nigergas would guarantee access to life-saving medical oxygen, affordable industrial gases for manufacturers, and stronger revenue streams for the state.
Mbah commended the Managing Director of the Enugu State Investment Authority and Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Industry, Dr. Sam Ogbu-Nwobodo; the engineering partner, Ten Gas Development Ltd (a division of INDEV GROUP); and the Emene community leaders for their contributions to the project.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Ogbu-Nwobodo noted that although the company, founded under Dr. Okpara’s administration in partnership with Siad Machine Impianti, had been crippled for over 30 years due to mismanagement, misappropriation, nepotism, and weak governance, Governor Mbah had rekindled its original vision.
The Managing Director of Ten Gas Development Ltd., Chief Chike Madueke, highlighted that the revived Nigergas would also serve as a training hub, providing thousands of jobs for Enugu’s youth.
Chairman of the Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Samuel Asadu; health consultant, Dr. Joy Uduji; Chairman of Enugu East LGA, Pastor Beloved Dan Anike; and businessman, Engr. George Ndubeze Ugwu, all applauded Mbah for restoring abandoned state assets while building infrastructure that improves lives and empowers businesses.
“You are the Nehemiah of our time. Like Nehemiah, who came and supervised the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, you have also come to rebuild Enugu State,” Dr. Uduji declared.
Also speaking, Nollywood veteran actor and filmmaker, Kanayo O. Kanayo, praised the Governor for strengthening security in the state.
“It is not praise-singing, security is working here because when I come to make movies here, we usually stay out late into the night at Nike, and we are safe,” he said.
Ahead of the resumption of the first term of the 2025/2026 academic session, the Anambra State Government has banned the practice of writing assignments inside textbooks, describing it as wasteful and unsustainable.
The practice, which is in place in most public and private schools in the state, renders textbooks unusable after a term, placing a serious financial burden on parents and sponsors of pupils and students, who purchase the textbooks.
The practice has also led to the exclusion of pupils and students, who could not afford the textbooks, from assignments and tests.
The announcement made by the Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, on Friday, has been greeted by the people’s general acceptance and applause.
Addressing participants at the third day of a capacity-building workshop organized by the Ministry of Education for private school proprietors and teachers at St. John of God Secondary School, Awka, Prof. Chuma-Udeh explained that the decision was aimed at making textbooks reusable, especially for younger siblings of pupils who would need them when they advance to the next class.
She also stressed the need for textbooks to be inclusive, reflecting diversity, equality, and the needs of all learners.
She warned that the government would not tolerate non-compliance with the directive and urged parents, teachers, and school administrators to ensure strict adherence.
“The initiative is part of the state government’s strategy to ease financial pressure on families while promoting quality and sustainable education,” she said.
“We encourage stakeholders to report cases of defaulters to the Ministry of Education and we will take the necessary action.”
Meanwhile, netizens have expressed support for the government directive, noting that it will end the era of exploitation of parents by schools, especially the privately-owned ones.
According to them, the decision is apt, considering the hardship families are facing presently and the need for the government to mediate in ensuring that public service institutions do not continue to exploit and extort parents in the name of providing education for their children.
(Nigerianfm)
The Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics and Privileges has indicted the member representing Ayamelum State Constituency, Hon. Bernard Udemezue, for alleged unparliamentary conduct, inciting comments on social media, and gross abuse of legislative privileges.
The committee, in a detailed report presented during plenary on Monday, August 25, 2025, recommended that the lawmaker be suspended for three months without pay, issue a public apology, and undergo compulsory training on parliamentary ethics and practices.
The matter arose following a motion of urgent public importance moved on August 19, 2025, by Hon. Tony Muobike and seconded by Hon. Jude Ngobili, which accused Udemezue of using his social media platforms to make inciting comments capable of disturbing public peace and bringing disrespect to the House.
The Speaker subsequently referred the matter to the Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics and Privileges for investigation.
In its report, the committee noted that Hon. Udemezue was formally invited to appear before it to clarify the allegations but failed to honour the invitation. Instead, he allegedly mocked the process by posting the letter of invitation on his WhatsApp status accompanied with a song titled “Ndi Ara.”
By Sr. Kinse Annastasia
Religious Sisters are not ornaments in Habits. We are not commodities for priests to use at will, nor are we mistresses in veils. We are women called by God, consecrated to service, prayer, and the mission of the Church.
Yet too often, behind stained glass windows and polished marble altars, we are treated as less. A priest once told me without shame: “Sisters are meant to be priests’ wives.” He did not say it in jest. He meant it. And he acted on it.
This is not an isolated case. Too many Sisters know the pain of being reduced to temptation instead of being respected as collaborators in Christ’s vineyard. Too many know the silent wounds of manipulation—when a cleric uses “spiritual direction” as a cover for advances, or when financial benefactors expect our dignity in exchange for support.
But it does not end there. The abuse is not only from outside. Within our own congregations, superiors sometimes wield authority as a weapon. Sisters are silenced and maltreated leaving them vulnerable to predators. Others, instead of guiding with integrity, flirt with power and position while the rest are crushed under obedience without justice. We see this and stay silent.
And let me be equally clear: to those Sisters who abandon their vows for promiscuity—whether to gain favor, material advantage, or pleasure—you too wound the Body of Christ. You weaken the prophetic witness of consecrated life and betray the very dignity we demand from the world. It is betrayal from within, and it hands the enemies of truth more reasons to sneer at our vocation.
The scandal is not only in the sin itself, but in the silence that protects it. A Church that preaches purity while tolerating the defilement of its consecrated women is a Church that mocks its own Gospel.
I write this, not out of hatred for the Church but I love my Church too much to stay silent. Such silence has never protected the innocent it only feeds the wolves.
Religious Sisters are not priests’ wives I say again. We are not bedmates. We are not bargaining tickets used to gain benefactors for the community. We are women of God, and until the Church begins to honour this truth, it will continue to rot from within.
To those priests, I say: your vocation does not give you ownership over ours. To superiors, I say this: authority is not a license for cruelty. To Sisters, I say: fidelity is not optional—it is the very soul of our consecration. And to the Church I still love dearly, I cry: Do better because God is watching.
And finally, I make this pledge: provide a better platform and a safe channel for reporting abuse without intimidation, and I promise to delete my personal Facebook account and work wholeheartedly with such an organization. Because we do not seek scandal or validation, likes or comments—we seek truth, justice, and dignity in the house of God.
Dear Nigerians,
I have refrained from engaging with the vitriol, scorn, and suspicion directed at me online because I was not raised to trade in lies or to indulge in false narratives.
I did not do so as a child, and I will not begin now as a grown man.
Because of my father’s involvement in Nigerian politics, there has been a persistent curiosity – and, at times, malicious obsession — with me. Why? I do not know. I have no social media presence and no interest in maintaining one, so I rarely correct these falsehoods. But perhaps it is time I address them.
I understand that gossip follows those connected to public life. But let me remind you: my father is the one in politics, not me. To assume that my life or choices are somehow political statements is a flawed and childish calculation. It reveals more about the pettiness of those spreading such narratives than it does about me or my father.
This pattern has become all too familiar: individuals opposed to my father seize ordinary photos of me — images that are neither hidden nor secret — and repackage them with false stories. These are not revelations. They are not “exposés.” They are simply misrepresentations; fiction spun from pictures. I have seen this happen to others but experiencing it myself repeatedly is deeply unsettling. Still, I want it to be known clearly: what is being circulated is gossip.
I am an actor by profession. Many are surprised, given the businessman, entrepreneur, and economist my father is. I’m sure he imagined I might follow that path – yet, though my career is far from what he envisioned, he supports me fully. Unlike many children of Nigerian politicians, I have never relied on nepotism. I was raised to know that my father’s wealth is not mine, and that I must build my own life. My chosen path is in theatre and filmmaking, so far from the world he inhabits — an industry that embraces diversity of class, race, sexuality, and identity. I portray characters vastly different from myself, yet some online use these roles against me and my father, presenting fiction as fact.
I trust any rational person can see how absurd this is.
More importantly, Nigeria has far greater issues than idle speculation about what Peter Obi’s son is doing. Our nation still struggles with insecurity, a weakened economy, crumbling infrastructure, failing healthcare, and politicians who steal from the people they swore to serve. And yet, for some, the priority is to spread gossip about who Peter
Obi’s son appears with in a photo. This is a distraction from the real crises that matter to all Nigerians.
The truth is simple: Peter Obi’s son appears in photos with his friends and colleagues, nothing more. If people wish to invent otherwise, I hope they sleep soundly knowing they are spreading lies.
Nor l or my father are perfect men, and as father and son we have our differences. But I can attest to his integrity and his relentless desire to lead Nigeria out of its current hardships. In our home, as a child, the lesson was always clear: face your work, do it honestly, and contribute to the good of others.
That is what I will continue to do.
So, to those who attempt to distract us with lies: I beg you, stop pulling attention away from Nigeria’s urgent problems.
My father has my vote, not because he is my father, but because he is the right man for the job. If others wish to go low, invent scandals, or attack me to wound him, they are free to do so.
But we will go high, and we will continue to focus on the future of Nigeria.
With love,
Oseloka
The problem with our current political class is greed and abnormal appetite for consumption and perhaps building an unsustainable consumption pattern.
The northern and south western political and military Elites are using the advantages of civil war that ended in 1970 to exploit and enslave the victims of that war and sadly the entire Nigerian masses ended up being the victims. The political and military elites have continued to use unitary constitution in the name of federal constitution to retain political power at the centre ,thereby frustrating innovation and creativity that would have enhanced a productive environment where every Nigerian would be engaged in viable and productive activities with a rewarding incentive system . The political ruling elites abhor true federalism which will guarantee equitable redistribution of our human and mineral resources.
The political ,business, military and religious elites have amassed so much wealth for the generations of their children and grand children, hence the widening income inequalities that have threatened the corporate existence of Nigeria.
Everything is wrong with current Nigeria system.The system is designed and structured to keep the working class in perpetual slavery while the poor are abandoned in state of penury . They have used public wealth to hold the masses on endless game of divide and rule adopting tribal and religious weapons as instrument of division.
Millions of youths in Nigeria are jobless and those in Europe and America work as modern slaves . These political and military elites are heartless and most wicked that they have sold their souls to the devil! The current fuel price as well as energy cost will prove to all that these people have sold their hearts to the devil. God blessed the indigenous people in Nigeria with oil and gas but these people in partnership with the former colonial masters have vowed that the masses will remain in perpetual rat race. Oil has become a curse than blessing!
Sadly,millions of Nigerians are too docile when it comes to the issue of politics ,governance and holding people in Government accountable. Nigeria copy and paste education system has made the situation worst ,hence GGM has come to give the working class and the ordinary people sense of direction .
GGM is here to engineer the building of modern society that will meet the expectations of 21st century and beyond . GGM working with a revolutionary online media – BVI Channel 1 and with like-minded people across our political space is determined to take Nigeria political class by storm and like rampaging soldiers will bulldoze the entire criminal political structures in Nigeria . We have proven that the power of the people is supreme and we shall continue mobilizing the people in line with Constitution of FGN chapter 14(2a &b).
We have learnt an obvious lesson : that the leader of GGM – Chinedu Asuzu or any chosen candidate can win the Governor of Anambra State or any chosen State : for the power of the people is the greatest. They have been deceiving and dividing the people with money , ethnicity and religion . Now ,we are wise ,we will choose our Leaders goingforward no matter how long it takes!
The awareness has been created and people eyes have been opened to know that political power belongs to the people . It is not a rocket science to industralize our cities and create millions of jobs for our energic youths ,afterall , government is about creating happiness and economic prosperity.
Good Governance Ministry is here to organize the people to pursue ideological politics . The Nigeria politicians could disappoint the people but GGM will always be there for the ordinary people.
We are on the part of history. We can do it together. You can be a GGM Ambassador in your Street/Community/LGA/ State. Step out to be counted . Contact us via 08104207522 or send email to ggovernanceministry@gmail.com
Ndubuisi Anaenugwu
GGM Ambassador General
PRESIDENT SALARY HAS BEEN N1.5Million monthly since 2008.
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal
Commission has hinted at plans to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, describing current earnings as inadequate, unrealistic, and outdated in the face of rising responsibilities and economic challenges.
At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu presently earns N1.5m monthly, while ministers receive less than N1m — figures that have remained unchanged since 2008.
“You are paying the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria N1.5m a month, with a population of over 200 million people. Everybody believes that it is a joke,” Shehu said.
He added, “You cannot pay a minister less than N1m per month since 2008 and expect him to put in his best without necessarily being involved in some other things.
You pay either a CBN governor or the DG ten times more than you pay the President. That is just not right. Or you pay him [the head of an agency] twenty times higher than the Attorney-General of the Federation. That is absolutely not right.”
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Minister of Works and former Ebonyi State governor, Senator Dave Umahi, says he is the true political leader of the South East, not Peter Obi. He challenged Obi to a public debate so people can compare what both of them have done for the region.
In a video on Sunday, August 17, 2025, Umahi said Obi should not claim he has the full support of the South East without showing proof of his achievements. He explained that if the presidency will come to the South East, he deserves to lead the way because of his record as governor and now minister.
Umahi bragged about his work in Ebony State, saying God used him to change the state, and his record is better than many other leaders from the region. He said: “Let us debate. Let us compare records. I can boldly say God has used me, and even President Tinubu has used me to help the South East.”
He also said that governors of the South East (Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia) are all standing with President Tinubu. According to him, the region should focus on building strong alliances, not just relying on emotions or sentiments.
Umahi’s advice: “Our people should re-engage. We cannot get the presidency by emotions. When God’s time comes, no one can stop it-and who knows who will be chosen at that time?”
(mazitundeednut)
