Residents Kill 37 Bandits In Zamfara State

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaResidents Kill 37 Bandits In Zamfara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Residents of Matusgi village in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have engaged a gang that had invaded the village with the intent to abduct locals. According to reports during the encounter at least 37 bandits were reportedly killed by the locals. The bandits were said to arrive the village on motorbikes around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, aiming to carry out abductions, but met resistance by the villagers who confronted the bandits. A...

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Flood: Over 170 Persons Loss Their Lives In 15 States-NEMA

NewsNigeriaFlood: Over 170 Persons Loss Their Lives In 15 States-NEMA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2024

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said the flood has so far killed 179 persons in 15 states and displaced 208,655 others in 22 states in 2024 alone. The 2024 Flood Updates released by the agency; also said 107,652 hectares of farmland and 80,049 houses were destroyed, attributing the cause to unprecedented rainfall and the rising of Rivers Niger and Benue are mostly in the northern part of Nigeria. According to the agency, all...

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Adamawa Sovt Awards Construction Of Jimeta Modern Shopping Complex

BusinessNewsNigeriaAdamawa Sovt Awards Construction Of Jimeta Modern Shopping Complex

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2024

The Jimeta Modern Shopping Complex in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State was built in 1996 but was demolished by the state government for the construction of a new modern structure that will gulp N19.7bn. Mr Iliya James, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, while briefing Journalists Wednesday after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said the contract for the project was awarded to three different contractors with...

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President Tinubu Consoles Flood Victims Across Nigeria

NewsNigeriaPresident Tinubu Consoles Flood Victims Across Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2024

President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday sympathizes with all victims of flood disaster across the country, especially bereaved families, farmers, displaced communities, and those who have lost property. In a statement by Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President had received the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country with profound grief. Tinubu re-emphasized the need to build a more climate-resilient and adaptive society and as well...

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Governor Abba Orders Closure Of All MDAs Accounts

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Abba Orders Closure Of All MDAs Accounts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2024

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has given the Accountant General of the state one week to close all accounts belonging to all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in the state and revert to a central billing system. The governor gave the directive Wednesday during a meeting held in the Government House with the Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) chairman and heads of MDAs. He directed all MDAs to comply with all the provisions...

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Women group inaugurated to promote political participation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWomen group inaugurated to promote political participation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 28, 2024

A coordinating group to promote the development of a National Action Plan for Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria has been launched. The initiative collaborates with a non-governmental organization, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, and the National Democratic Institute. The Deputy Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Francis Madugu, while speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, stressed the importance of inclusive participatory democracy in enabling women to take their rightful positions. “In Nigeria, about...

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Nigeria Has 40 Confirmed Cases Of Mpox – NCDC

HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria Has 40 Confirmed Cases Of Mpox – NCDC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 28, 2024

A report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) shows that Nigeria has 40 confirmed cases of the current Mpox outbreak spread to 30 local government areas in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The states with the confirmed cases are Bayelsa (5) Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Cross River (4 cases each), Benue (3), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Delta, Anambra, Rivers, Plateau (2 each); Nasarawa, Lagos, Zamfara, Kebbi, Oyo, Abia, Imo,...

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FMBN Task Team Recovers N12bn From Non-Performing Loans

EconomyNewsNigeriaFMBN Task Team Recovers N12bn From Non-Performing Loans

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 27, 2024

The Recovery Task team set up by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), has so far recovered N12 billion from non-performing loans. The Managing Director of the bank, Shehu Usman Osidi disclosed this on Monday during his opening address at the 2024 Management Retreat. “The recent engagements with institutions such as MOFI, CBN, and Shelter Afrique Development Bank have already begun to yield tangible results, including the recovery of N12 billion previously trapped by...

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 NYSC Resuscitate National Tree Planting Campaign

EducationNewsNigeria NYSC Resuscitate National Tree Planting Campaign

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 27, 2024

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has designed a new approach to fight desertification by ensuring that individual corps members plant and nurture their trees during their service year. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, while launching the national tree planting campaign under the implementation framework “each-one-plant-and-nurture-one.’’ at the campaign in Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi Nasarawa State, said climate change is profoundly impacting Nigeria like the rest of the world. The minister,...

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Proscribed Shi’ite Group Kills Two Police, Injury Three Others

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaProscribed Shi’ite Group Kills Two Police, Injury Three Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 26, 2024

The proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, popularly known as ‘Shi’ites’, has killed two officers, while three others are left unconscious following an attack on Police by the group. The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh who confirmed the incident said the Islamic group launched an attack on some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force at Wuse Junction by traffic light on Sunday. “The proscribed organization attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked,...

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