EHINDERO BIDS FAREWELL TO FORCE
The nation’s number one crime fighter, Sunday Ehindero is to bid the Police Force a final goodbye today.

Already, officers and men of the Force are due to pull him out at a colourful parade at the Eagle Square.

Also the Police helmsman in the FCT, Lawrence Alobi bowed out yesterday after thirty-five years in service.

At a farewell speech in Abuja, the top cop said his years as the FCT Police boss was most challenging and fulfilling.

Mr. Alobi said about six hundred and fifty-two armed robbery suspects are in the police net, while over eight hundred ammunitions and two hundred and ten vehicles were recovered by the Command in the last two years.  
 
In a remark, the man in-charge of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Mr. Zephaniah Jisalo described Mr. Alobi as one of the best police officers in the country and asked him to be the Security Adviser to the Council.
Mr. Lawrence Alobi served as the number one crime fighter in the FCT from July fifteen, two thousand and five.

HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION

When Home Economics is mentioned, it is food that comes to mind.
However, the Home Economics Teachers’ Association of Nigeria says it is not only food but other aspects like home, clothing and the environment that are the subjects of the discipline.
The President of the Association, Mrs. F. Kayode told the gathering to mark the two thousand and seven World Home Economics Day, that efforts should be intensified to encourage the teaching and learning of Home Economics in schools.
She also called for a training of Home Economics teachers to prepare them for challenges of modern Home Economics.
The occasion featured exhibition, hand-woven clothes, tie and dye and food items.
The theme of this year’s World Home Economics Celebration is “Home Economics Education, a Tool for Youth Empowerment.”

KINGIBE TAKES OVER AS SGF

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe has called for cooperation and understanding from all Nigerians to help President Umar Yar’Adua succeed.

Alhaji Kingibe made the appeal in Abuja at the formal take-over ceremony from Chief Ufot Ekaette who served as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, for eight years.
He urged civil servants to be loyal, dedicated and be more inspiring.
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Ekaette congratulated Alhaji Kingibe on his appointment and described the office of the SGF as the policy nerve centre of the Federal Government.
The major responsibility of the office is to ensure effective coordination and monitoring of the implementation of Government policies and programmes for the overall development of the country.

JAMB: EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES

Joint Admission and Matriculation Boards JAMB says over three hundred candidates committed examination malpractices and another twenty one thousand cases are being investigated for various examination irregularities.

The man Piloting Affairs of the Board Professor Dibu Oferinde made this known in Abuja while announcing the results of the two thousand and seven University Matriculation Examination.

Professor Ojerinde said the Board would introduce sophisticated technologies to check examination malpractices. 
The JAMB Registrar however frowned at the down ward trend of applications for Education and Agricultural Courses of the University Matriculation Examinations.

Professor Ojerinde stressed the importance of education and Agricultural Courses in the Socio-economic and Political development of the country.