Zamfara State Government Blocks Channels Of Hard Drugs Supplies

Due to the alarming rate of drug abuse users in Zamfara State, the government has commenced blocking all channels of hard drug supplies across the State. Pharmacist Ishaq Ibrahim Anka, Zamfara State Executive Secretary of Substance Abuse Control and Human Trafficking Agency disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen in Gusau, the State Capital. Anka explained that the agency’s work was more of arrest, counseling, and prosecution of the defaulters, and appeal for the maximum...

Diabetes Patients Spend Over N100,000 Monthly On Insulin – NASR

The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), in partnership with Persons Living with Diabetes (PLWD) in Nigeria, has raised concerns over t The escalating costs of diabetes treatment in the country have become a great concern to the National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) and Persons Living with Diabetes (PLWD) in Nigeria. Addressing Journalists in Abuja, the coalition lamented that some diabetes patients are spending over N100,000 monthly on essential supplies like insulin, syringes, and...

President Tinubu Sign Into Law Bills Establishing Development Commissions

To accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country, President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills establishing a development commission. They are the Northwest Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, of 2024, and the Southeast Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, of 2023. A statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, explained that the President’s assent to the bills had demonstrated his commitment to ensuring equitable development, inclusive governance, and the...

Meta deletes 63,000 Facebook accounts of ‘Yahoo Boys’

The US-based firm ‘Meta’ has removed 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. ‘Yahoo Boys’ is a term for describing Internet scams in Nigeria. The firm in a statement on Wednesday, titled, Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria’, said the removal of the 63,000 is a punitive measure against criminal activities. “We’ve banned Yahoo Boys under Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy, one of our strictest policies...

Nationwide Protest: Bauchi State Govt To Shut Down Health Facilities

Plans have been perfected by the Bauchi State Government to close all Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) on the proposed day of nationwide anti-government protest. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board disclosed this at the opening of the bi-annual media engagement on PHC Services Reporting Techniques held in Bauchi on Tuesday. According to him, the decision was to protect the lives of healthcare staff and patients amidst potential security...

Osun State House of Assembly Assembly To Amends OSSIEC Laws

The Osun State House of Assembly will amend the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and Local Government Creation and Administration law. The process of amending the law followed the recent judgment by the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to the 774 local governments in Nigeria. Adewale Egbedun, Speaker of the Assembly disclosed this during plenary on Tuesday and said the bills are slated for amendments including the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (Amendment No 1)...

Insurgency: 11 Communities Return To Ancestral Homes In Borno – Sen. Ndume

The onslaught by insurgents in communities in Borno state for several years resulted in devastation, peace has returned to some areas which allowed 11 communities to return to their ancestral homes. Gwoza, Pulka, Limankara, Warabe, Ngoshe, Kirawa, Izge and Bitta, Hambagtha, Modube and Yamtake are the communities. The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the state government resettled the communities....

UNICEF, UNFPA To Trains 4,500 Health Workers In Three States

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is set to train 4,500 health workers on Straightening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (SARAH) in Adamawa, Kwara and Sokoto States. Mr Oluseyi Olosunde , Health Officer, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office made this known at a sensitization workshop for stakeholders for the successful implementation of the programme in Yola on Tuesday. He said the objective of the four-year programme was...

Police Sergeant Shot His Father To Dead In Maiduguri

A Mobile Police officer with Mopol 6, Maiduguri, and serves as a security detail at the Borno State House of Assembly, Sergeant Linus Wadzani has killed his father ASP Wadzani Ntasiri (Rtd). The incident occurred in the Tudu area of the Maduganari community behind the Borno State Police Command headquarters in Maiduguri. Briefing Journalists at the Borno State Police Command Headquarters on Monday, the command’s spokesman, Kenneth Daso, stated that the deceased had served at...

Army Hands Over 330 Rescued Victims To Borno Government

Over 330 women and children including a Chibok schoolgirl, Ihyi Abdul with her two children who were rescued from enclaves of the insurgents have been handed over to the Borno State government. Theatre Commander of the North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Waidi Shuaibu who briefed Journalists at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, shortly before the handing over said all the captives were rescued along Bama and Pulka axis of the Sambisa forest. “Today we will...

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