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PSC will elevate junior police lawyers, others soon — Arase

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June 4, 2023

PSC will elevate junior police lawyers, others soon — Arase

The Police Service Commission has said junior policemen who either hold law degrees or other qualifications in other disciplines would soon be considered for elevation in due course.

The PSC Chairman, Dr Solomon Arase made the promise when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Unity Bar Association, Abuja branch, in his office.

This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, on Sunday.

Arase said qualified lawyers serving in the Nigeria Police Force and appearing in courts with the ranks of Corporals, Sergeants and Inspectors would be elevated soon.

He added that the cases of other policemen who acquired additional qualifications while in service will also receive attention while noting that this would give the affected policemen the required self-confidence to perform better.

“The commission may decide to send these categories of police lawyers and other junior policemen with additional qualifications on a short service training, after which they would be properly placed as officers.

“The Nigerian police need the services of more lawyers. The commission will come up with a win-win situation for all parties,” Arase assured while calling on the Nigerian Bar Association to advise practising lawyers to stop criminalising civil matters.

He said “It is wrong and should be discouraged, civil matters should be treated as civil matters and arbitration should serve the parties and the society better.

“We should avoid time wasting in criminalising civil matters and sending them to the police when it can be better handled outside of the force,”

The PSC boss added that the commission was set up a Compliance Monitoring Unit to ensure that the Police Complaints Response Unit promptly attends to public complaints.

He noted that the new unit will be directly under his supervision for effectiveness and efficiency, stressing that the commission will henceforth ensure that it prevents a system that does not attend to public complaints with dispatch.

Ani also quoted Arase as stating the PSC desires to collaborate with the NBA to organise some training programmes on human rights so as to expose its staff lawyers to a better appreciation of its duties.

Ani added, “The Chairman of Unity Bar of NBA, Abuja, Mr Afam Okeke, had earlier congratulated the PSC Chairman on his appointment and pledged the union’s support.

“Okeke, however, complained that lawyers who came into the force as junior officers but improved their qualifications, were currently appearing and defending cases in courts for the NPF, but still wearing junior ranks.”

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Kano inaugurates 14-member committee to review education policies

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January 16, 2025

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The Kano State Government has inaugurated a 14-member committee tasked with reviewing existing education policies in the state.

Inaugurating the committee on Thursday in Kano, the Commissioner for Education, Dr Ali Makoda, said that the committee was constituted by the Kano State Executive Council to assess the state’s education policies.

“This committee was originally scheduled to be inaugurated by the governor, but due to prior engagements, he has delegated the responsibility to me so that we can begin our work immediately,” Makoda stated.

The Commissioner outlined the committee’s terms of reference, which include reviewing the four existing education policies in the state to assess whether they align with the cultural and religious beliefs of the people.

“Evaluating the feasibility of implementing the policies, and making recommendations to strengthen the state’s education system.”

He noted that the four policies to be reviewed include the Kano State Girls’ Education Policy, Kano State Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Policy, Kano State Non-State School Policy, and Kano State Teacher Development Policy.

Makoda announced that the committee has been given three weeks to submit its report, and urged the members to leverage their expertise to produce recommendations that would enhance the state’s education sector.

In his response, the committee chairman, Malam Abdullahi Dutse, assured the commissioner of the committee’s commitment to work collaboratively to meet the expectations placed on them.

“Considering the diverse expertise of the committee members, I believe the government has selected individuals with the right skills to address the challenges facing education in the state. We will work diligently to provide the necessary report,” he said.

The committee’s members include Malam Abdullahi Dutse (Chairman), Prof Abdallah Uba -Adamu, Habibu Dan Almajiri, Alhaji Danlami Garba, Kano State Commissioner for Women, Children, and Disabled Affairs Hajiya Amina Abdullahi, and Isa Ahmad.

Other members are Prof Tijjani Naniya, Malam Kabiru Hanga, Munzali Mustapha, Prof Auwal Halliru Arzai, and Dr Bashir Aliyu -Umar.

The remaining include the representatives of the Emirate Council and Civil Society Organizations, and Ibrahim Bawa, Director of Archives and Publications, who will serve as Secretary of the committee.

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U.S commends Nigeria over Galactica funds repatriation efforts

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January 16, 2025

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The U.S. Deputy-Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, has extolled Nigeria’s partnership in the successful repatriation of funds linked to forfeited luxury real estate and Galactica Star Superyacht. (more…)

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Tinubu congratulates Nigerian scientists, engineers on making Biden’s honour list

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January 16, 2025

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Tinubu commiserates with Rashidi Ladoja over wife’s death

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States.

This recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.

This year’s awardees, announced by Biden on Jan. 14, are employed or funded by 14 participating United States government agencies, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Spokesman, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

The Nigerian honourees include Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa; and Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University.

Others are: Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern University;

The rest are: Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University; and Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive vice Chair of the Case School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Case Western Reserve University.

Tinubu commended the awardees for their achievements in science, technology and engineering.

He noted that recognising the talents of the awardees underscored Nigerians’ vast potential to excel both at home and on the global stage.

Tinubu looked forward to the honourees sharing their multidisciplinary expertise to benefit Nigeria’s development efforts under the Renewed Hope Agenda. (more…)