Terrorists Kill 2, Communal Clash Consumes 3 In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTerrorists Kill 2, Communal Clash Consumes 3 In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 14, 2024

Suspected terrorists have killed two people in Dabna village of Hong local government area of Adamawa state and properties worth thousands of naira were set ablaze by suspected terrorists. Also, three people were killed in a communal clash in Numan and Demsa local government areas of the state. Dabna, is a village to close Sambisa forest in Borno state, den of Borno state of Borno State come under heavy attack in July 2021 and April...

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AFAN Denounces Notice Asking Members To Pay For Loans

BusinessNewsNigeriaAFAN Denounces Notice Asking Members To Pay For Loans

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2024

The leadership of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Tuesday, dissociated itself from a notice asking its members to apply for loans and to make certain payments into a commercial bank account. AFAN President, Dr Farouk Rabiu-Mudi in a statement said it had no such plan at the moment and had nothing to do with the notice. Rabiu-Mudi described the notice as a fake one designed by frauds to rob innocent and unsuspecting members of the...

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First Lady Urges Women To Participate In Digital Revolution

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFirst Lady Urges Women To Participate In Digital Revolution

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2024

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has urged women to participate in the digital revolution to develop their socio-economic and political status. She made the call at a handover ceremony of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) digital economy center. The event was organized in collaboration with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Social Investment Programme, Maryam Babangida Women Centre, Abuja. Represented by Salamatu Gbajabiamila, the First Lady said technology played a vital role in advancing...

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Senate Suspends bdul Ningi Over Budget Padding

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Suspends bdul Ningi Over Budget Padding

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

The Senate, on Tuesday, suspended Senator Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central Senator and chairman of Northern Senators Forum (NSF) from the Red Chamber for three months. The decision followed the lawmaker’s claim that the 2024 Budget was allegedly padded by N3trillion with two versions of the budget in circulation. Before the suspension, lawmakers had debated a set of prayers contained in a motion earlier moved by  Senator Olamilekan Adeola, Ogun West on the breach of...

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Plateau State Government Shuts Down Illegal Structures In Jos, 17 Person Arrested

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlateau State Government Shuts Down Illegal Structures In Jos, 17 Person Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

Some illegal structures in Jos, the state capital of Plateau state erected without approval from the regulatory authorities have been shut down. At least 17 people were arrested at a construction site located at the old Legislative Quarters along Bauchi Ring Road in Jos when task force officials led by the Commissioners for Information, Housing and Urban Development, Musa Ashoms and Joshua Ubandoma as well as the General Manager, Jos Metropolitan Development Board, Hart Bankat,...

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Oyo State Government Bans Styrofoam For Food-Related Uses

BusinessNewsNigeriaOyo State Government Bans Styrofoam For Food-Related Uses

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

The Oyo State Government has banned the use of Styrofoam for food packaging, storage, and other related usage in the state. The ban was announced during the Food Safety Stakeholders Forum at the government secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, State Commissioner for Health said the inaugurated Food Safety Compliance Enforcement Task Force will enforce the ban. The ban comes a few months after the product was banned in Lagos State, citing environmental nuisance and drainage...

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16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

Bandits have demanded a ransom of N40 trillion as ransom for the release of 16 abducted residents of the Gonin Gora area of the Kaduna metropolis. Recall that the bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked the Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in the Chikun Local Government Area, and kidnapped 16 residents. The ransom demand was coming barely four days after 287 school children were abducted at Kuriga, another Chikun community. A community leader...

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6-Month Jail Term Awaits Anyone Who Sells State-Owned Empowerment Tools

NewsNigeria6-Month Jail Term Awaits Anyone Who Sells State-Owned Empowerment Tools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

The Yobe government has ordered a 6-month jail term as punishment for anyone found selling empowerment tools given to them by the state. Idi Barde Gubana, Deputy Governor of the state disclosed this distribution of dry season farming inputs provided by the Northeast Development Commission, NEDC, in Damaturu. He said a 6-month jail term would be handed down to sellers of the empowerment items given to them by the government or other humanitarian organizations. “The...

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Rotary International Gives Nigeria $7M For Disease Eradication, Prevention

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRotary International Gives Nigeria $7M For Disease Eradication, Prevention

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

The Rotary International will present $7 million to the Nigerian Government for disease eradication and prevention. The presentation will be done by the President of Rotary International, Gordon Mclnally, during a three-day working visit to Nigeria from Friday, 15th March 2024 According to a statement by the Coordinator of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Prof Emmanuel Dolapo Lufadeju, and the Co-coordinator, Dr Goddy Nnadi, the visit will enhance the ties between the Federal Government and...

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N3.7trn Projects In 2024 Budget Not Traceable- Sen. Ningi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsN3.7trn Projects In 2024 Budget Not Traceable- Sen. Ningi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

Senator Abdul Ningi in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service has insisted that projects worth N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act are not traceable. Senator Abdul Ningi, who is the Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum, alleged that the National Assembly debated and passed N25 trillion as 2024 budget and not the N28.7 trillion that is being implemented by the federal government. Ningi also reiterated his stand while speaking with journalists at the senate...

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