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NICO to Digitise Indigenous Nigeria Language Programme
The National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), says it will digitise the Nigerian Indigenous Language Programme (NILP), to provide participants the opportunity to access it online.
The Acting Executive Secretary of the Institute, Mr Louis Eriomala, who was represented by the Director of Orientation, Mr Alex Omijie, disclosed this at the closing ceremony of a two-month language programme at the Mogadishu Barrack in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said, “Plans have reached advanced stage to digitise the language programme, very soon interested participants can have access to the programme online.
“That is in addition to having it in a regular classroom setting; participants can then use their computers in the privacy of their homes to log on and learn a language.
“We are working on that and very soon, interested people will have the benefits,” he said.
He said the maiden edition of the ‘Language in the Barracks’ programme was designed for officers and men of the military, para military agencies and their family members.
Eriomala said that the institute was working toward fine-tuning the programme to be organised on a regular basis.
He said the training would enable the officers understand and speak more Nigerian languages, adding that being multilingual would enhance the officers professional efficiency and effectiveness.
“Aside from that, it will promote espirit-de-corps, better understanding among officers, facilitate information gathering and enhance cordial relationship.”
He stressed the importance of indigenous languages to national pride and identity, saying it would also promote national unity and integration.
“The more the officers understand each other, the more they can interact, if we understand each other’s languages, we understand ourselves better.”
Eriomala said the maiden edition of the ‘Language in the Barracks’ programme was designed for officers and men of the military, para military agencies and their families.
The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison, Maj.Gen.Jak Myam said the programme had helped officers gain professional proficiency and had engendered the spirit of togetherness among various ethnic groups, clans and culture.
Maj. Gen. Francis Ohunyeye, represented Myam.
Myam said such trainings would enhance cultural awareness, cultural orientation and foster unity amongst the officers.
He said the programme was timely considering the current security situation in the country.
Mrs Grace Anthony, a participant expressed delight about learning the three major indigenous languages, saying she could now speak Igbo language fluently.
“My husband is a soldier and as a wife I keyed into the programme so that I can better co-exist among other families in the barracks, who speak different languages to me,” she said.
NILP is one of the core programmes of the institute aimed at addressing language extinction and endangerment in the country.
The best participating students were given N5,000 each, in each class. (NAN)
The Police Command in Anambra has nabbed three male suspects in connection with illegal possession of firearms, and involvement in illicit drug activities in the state.
The Police Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Awka, said that the suspects were picked up at a Motel in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area.
Ikenga said that the operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, while acting on credible information in the late hours of Feb.
9, stormed the Motel, where the suspects were arrested.He said that the suspects were aged 39, 26 and 18 respectively.
He also said that during the search, one Jojef pump action gun with breach number 21SA-0724, loaded with three live cartridges was recovered at the scene.
According to him, during interrogation, one of the suspects, who is the owner of the motel, confessed to the crime.
”His confession led to the arrest of the other two suspects and the recovery of substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, Crystal Methamphetamine, Colos, and Mkpuru-mmiri.”
Ikenga reiterated the command’s commitment to sustaining ongoing operations against criminal elements in the state.
He urged members of the public to continue to provide useful information to aid policing efforts. He assured that further developments would be communicated as the investigation progressed.
The Police Command in Adamawa yesterday, said it has rescued two kidnap victims, and arrested one suspect during a coordinated security operation in Song Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement in Yola.
He said that this was in continuation of a decisive operation, aimed at combating kidnapping and enhancing public safety.
“The Adamawa Police Command has successfully rescued two kidnapped victims and arrested one suspected kidnapper, following their kidnapping at Gwewan Village, Dumne in Song LGA.
“The success was primarily due to the strategic deployment of combined security assets by the Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo.
“These led to a joint operation comprising Police operatives and some members of the local security outfits; the team carried out a coordinated raid on a suspected kidnappers’ hideout located at Suktu Mountain on Feb. 11.
“On sighting the security team, the suspected kidnappers engaged the operatives in a gun duel but were forced to flee with possible gunshot injuries, abandoning two kidnapped victims namely Rabe Mamman Sani, 18, and Aminu Mamman Sani, 16, who were rescued unhurt” he said.
Nguroje said that during the operation, an identified 22-year-old suspect of Salasa Village, Dumne in Song LGA, was arrested and he confessed to his involvement in the crime.
He added that the rescued victims were taken to the Hospital for medical examination, while efforts were ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate.
Troops of 3 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have rescued eight of the 10 persons abducted by suspected terrorists at a wedding venue on Wednesday, in Dabawa, Shanono Local Government Area, Kano State.
A credible Army Headquarters source said yesterday that an unconfirmed number of gunmen reportedly dressed in military camouflage invaded the ceremony and whisked away the victims.
He said the troops deployed at an ambush position along the Yankwada River line, swiftly advanced to the general area upon receiving the distress report and made contact with the fleeing assailants at Garu Village in neighbouring Katsina State.
According to him, troops pursued the bandits up to the Katsina–Gidan Mutum Daya road axis before contact was broken.
”During the operation, eight of the abducted girls were successfully rescued and have since been reunited with their families, while efforts are ongoing to track and rescue the remaining two victims.”
The sources said the operations in the general area had continued to ensure the safe return of the remaining victims and prevent further attacks.
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