Jigawa to train teachers on Education Management Information System

EducationNewsNigeriaJigawa to train teachers on Education Management Information System

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2024

The Jigawa State government will train 288 secondary school teachers on the Education Management Information System (EMIS). Trainees will include staff from ten zonal education offices, and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology. Governor Malam Umar Namadi, while inaugurating the initiative, emphasized the successful design and implementation of a comprehensive Educational Management Information System (EMIS) software, and noted that it is the significant milestones achieved under the JIGAWA COMPETE Initiative in the state’s...

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Insecurity: FG Directs Defence Minister, military Chiefs To Relocate To Sokoto

National SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity: FG Directs Defence Minister, military Chiefs To Relocate To Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 2, 2024

Few days after terrorists were seen on video celebrating the seizure of Armoured Military Carrier, APC, the Federal Government has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle and other military chiefs to relocate to Sokoto State.  The measure is to rid the entire North-West of the menace of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. The directive was contained in a statement issued by Director of Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, Mr Henshaw...

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Airport Cleaner Who Returned $10,000 Rewarded For Honesty

NewsNigeriaAirport Cleaner Who Returned $10,000 Rewarded For Honesty

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 1, 2024

Mr. Auwal Dankode, a staff of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance) who found and returned $10,000 while cleaning an aircraft in Kano has been rewarded by the company for his honesty. Dankode was assigned alongside other colleagues, to clean the MS 878 operated by Egypt Air, when he found the money left behind by the passenger on seat No 25H and promptly turned the money over to the Airline’s Station Manager. Dankode,...

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Bandit Kingpin Seizes Nigerian Army’s Vehicles, Ammunition

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandit Kingpin Seizes Nigerian Army’s Vehicles, Ammunition

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 1, 2024

A counterinsurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, ZagaZola Makama has confirmed that the Videos that surfaced online of bandit kingpin, Bello Turji and his gang celebrating taking over the Nigerian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier. The Video showed Turji and his gang also took over lots of ammunition from the Nigerian Army during the seizure of the carrier. According to Makama, the troops responded to a distress report indicating a high-level meeting of...

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Police Summons President and General Secretary of NLC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Summons President and General Secretary of NLC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 1, 2024

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, and the General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, will appear at Force Headquarters on September 5, 2024. The Force Intelligence Department, FID, of the Nigeria Police Force, Force Headquarters summoned the NLC President and General Secretary to face questioning about alleged criminal intimidation, actions likely to disrupt public order, and malicious property damage. The letter reads in part: “In furtherance of investigations into the alleged case of...

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Over 24,025 People Declares Missing In Nigeria – ICRC

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOver 24,025 People Declares Missing In Nigeria – ICRC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2024

No fewer than 24,025 people were declared missing in Nigeria, with the majority from the Northeast, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says. The Boko Haram conflict, which has persisted for over a decade in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states is so alarming. Lillian Dube, Head of the ICRC’s sub-delegation office disclosed this during an event to commemorate the World Day of Disappeared Persons in Maiduguri, explained that the cases were documented in...

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Ogun State Revokes Orphanage Homes Over Law Violations

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOgun State Revokes Orphanage Homes Over Law Violations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2024

Due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritizing the well-being and safety of vulnerable children, the Ogun State Government has revoked the provisional licenses of some private orphanage owners operating in the state. Hon. Adijat Adeleye, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development who disclosed this during a meeting with private orphanage owners, at the ministry headquarters in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, expressed displeasure over some private orphanage owners’ activities. Adeleye reaffirmed that the present administration was...

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Kebbi State Government Sets To Implement N70,000 Minimum Wage

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKebbi State Government Sets To Implement N70,000 Minimum Wage

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2024

Kebbi State Governor, Nasiru Idris said his administration is ready to commence implementation of the N70,000,00 new minimum wage to Kebbi workers as soon as the template to do so is delivered to the state government. The governor, made this known Friday in Birnin Kebbi when the leadership of the state council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) paid him a courtesy call in Government House and debunked rumours that his administration would not pay the...

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Airport Employee Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft

NewsNigeriaAirport Employee Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, an employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano has returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft. The money, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the discovery to his company manager, leading to the identification and return of the money to its owner. According to Dankade, he returned the money as his motivation to please...

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Nigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

EducationNewsNigeriaNigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Over N500 billion in intervention funds remains unutilized at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by Nigerian tertiary institutions nationwide. Hon. Mariam Odinaka Onuoha, Chairman of the Committee on TETFund and Other Services disclosed this during a recent visit to Kaduna State governor Uba Sani, said the House is committed to addressing the challenges that are preventing Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations available to them. She revealed that...

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