The Nation News Headlines For 10th September, 2021 As Listed By Chrysora Media

Attacks on schools threaten Nigeria’s future, by UN agencies

Through its Country Representatives in Nigeria, United Nations (UN) yesterday warned the Federal Government of the consequences of the attacks on schools by Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents and abductions of pupils by gunmen.
The UN officials were joined by major stakeholders in the education sector and civil society organisations, who also condemned the attacks that have affected hundreds of children in a number of states.
They described the attacks as threat to Nigeria’s future and urged the government halt the trend.
The stakeholders, who lauded the efforts of the government, especially in the Safe School declaration and other areas, called on the federal and state governments to do more to protect schools and ensure an uninterrupted teaching and learning in safe and conducive environment…..
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Adebayo Williams: Classicus turns 70

His pieces are not for the faint-hearted: fashionable tragedy served with vicious and furious lexical jabs; devastating punches; breath-taking depth and breadth; fecund cross-disciplinary learning, fresh for all seasons; and heavy-duty diction, the Adebayo Williams patent!
Indeed, that patent may have compelled the Lexis-General’s equivalent of the popular Surgeon-General’s tobacco advisory — the Lexis-General has warned: stay close to your dictionary, while reading Adebayo Williams — in himself for real, or in whatever creative “ghost” or “clone” he chooses to move!
But if you “conquer” the diction and savour his inimitable and flamboyant style, then each and every piece is an amazing feast: from literature to history, politics to culture, philosophy to anthropology; and from all of that high stuff to the most current and biting of street wits! This was Prophet Elijah warning a recalcitrant King Ahab, in the most fetching of gripping prose!…..
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The Nation News Headlines For 10th September, 2021

Decongesting ports of N30b abandoned containers

The huge number of overtime cargoes at Lagos ports has become worrisome to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), operators and other port users because of its ripple effect on port operations and the economy. Stakeholders, therefore, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hameed Ali (rtd) to auction the over 6,000 containers worth over N30 billion to free up the Lagos ports, writes, OLUWAKEMI DAUDA.
They have become nuisance to the ports and their non-removal a loss to the economy. At the last count, over 6,000 overtime cargoes are dumped at the various terminals at the Apapa Port Complex (LPC) and the Tin Can Island port in Lagos State, The Nation has learnt.
The value of the goods in the containers, sources close to the NigeriaCustoms Service (NCS) said, is about N20billion.
The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko and some stakeholders have, therefore, called for measures to address the endemic problem……
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Cameroon 2021 countdown: Simon: Eagles good for AFCON

Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon has charged his senior national team colleagues to ensure they work towards a good start in their first Group D game of the 2021 AFCON against the Pharaohs of Egypt on January 11th next year to deter unnecessary pressure.
The Eagles are paired in Group D alongside Djurtus of Guinea Bissau, Sudan’s Falcons of Jediane along with Pharaohs of Egypt with whom they will play their opening match of the tournament.
Simon, a bronze medal winner with the Super eagles at the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, noted that it is important for Nigeria to work towards a positive start in Cameroon next year.
The former Levante and Gent winger also advised his teammates not to be complacent as they face hitherto unfancied Sudan and Guinea Bissau later ‘because there are no underdogs again in football’…..
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