National Youth Assembly Calls On Federal Government to Address Insecurity

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNational Youth Assembly Calls On Federal Government to Address Insecurity

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2023

Due to prevailing insecurity in the country, the National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the issue. The National Speaker of the group, Rt. Hon. Usman Bashir Shagari in a statement on Friday in Abuja underscored the Assembly’s staunch commitment of the group to fostering a secured Nigeria for all citizens. Parts of the statement read: “The recent abduction of schoolgirls in Zamfara has brought renewed anguish...

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Federal Government Probes N-Power Programme, Suspends Its Operation Indefinitely

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFederal Government Probes N-Power Programme, Suspends Its Operation Indefinitely

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2023

The N-Power Programme launched by former President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to address youth unemployment and help increase social development has been suspended indefinitely by the Federal Government. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu who disclosed this while featuring on a TVC news programme on Saturday said the decision was due to some irregularities within the scheme. The minister revealed that an investigation has been launched into the utilization of funds since...

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Federal Government Hands Over Fully Houses To 40 IDPs In Gusau

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Hands Over Fully Houses To 40 IDPs In Gusau

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2023

The Federal Government has provided a resettlement city for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital due to activities of terrorist bandits in the state. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, on Friday while commissioning the resettlement city said beneficiaries of the 40 fully completed and functional houses will also enjoy the Federal Government’s monthly cash transfer to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. A Government House...

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NHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

HealthNewsNigeriaNHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has chosen seven states: Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the production of medicines. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Director-General of NHIA disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with 12 pharmaceutical companies and eight Drugs Management Organizations (DMOs). He said the states would be pilot phase of...

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Communal Clash Claims Six Lives In Osun

NewsNigeriaCommunal Clash Claims Six Lives In Osun

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

The clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Irepoodun Local Government Area of Osun State has resulted in the killing of no fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in Osun State. The Spokesperson, Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that the Divisional Police Officer DPO of Ilobu was among the four officers who were shot during the fighting. “They burnt a new Police patrol van yesterday. They alleged us of taking sides,”...

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Special Military Task Force Arrests Over 89 Criminals In Plateau

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSpecial Military Task Force Arrests Over 89 Criminals In Plateau

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

Two notorious kidnappers and 89 other criminals have been arrested by operatives of the Special Military Task Force in Plateau and the neighboring Kaduna State. Captain Oya James, Media Officer of the Task Force in a statement said the arrest followed various operations embarked on by the troops for the past weeks. James further said the troops equally secured the conviction of four suspects within the period under review and freed several kidnap victims, and...

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UNICEF Provides Life-Saving Intervention To More Than 14,000 Children In Northeast

HealthNewsNigeriaUNICEF Provides Life-Saving Intervention To More Than 14,000 Children In Northeast

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

Over seven hundred thousand children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. Nura Shehu, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Officer, Maiduguri Field office, said the agency is providing life-saving intervention to more than 14,000 children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition in Mafa Local government area of Borno State. UNICEF has recorded a decline in Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates in Mafa, with cases decreasing from 14.3 to...

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NTI Introduces Mandatory One-Year Internship Programme- Director-General

EducationNewsNigeriaNTI Introduces Mandatory One-Year Internship Programme- Director-General

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 5, 2023

The Director-General, of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) Kaduna, Prof. Musa Maitafsir says the Institute has plans to introduce a mandatory one-year Teacher Internship Programme by January 2024. Maitafsir made this known on Thursday in Abuja, at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Teachers’ Day with the theme ‘ The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage ‘. The day has been observed annually on...

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Army Special Court Martial to Pass Judgment Against a Major General

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy Special Court Martial to Pass Judgment Against a Major General

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 5, 2023

Maj.-Gen. Umaru Muhammed, the erstwhile Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL) will know his fate on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Nigerian Army Special Court Martial sitting in Abuja has fixed the date for judgment in a case of stealing, forgery, misappropriation, and conspiracy brought against Maj.-Gen. Muhammed by the Nigerian Army. The President of the Court, Maj.-Gen. James Myam said on Wednesday that in the course of the trial, the accused had...

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Federal Government To Make Ajaokuta Free Trade Zone

BusinessNewsNigeriaFederal Government To Make Ajaokuta Free Trade Zone

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 5, 2023

The Federal Government is planning to make the Ajaokuta environ a Free Trade Zone to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and to diversify the economy of the country. Prince Shuaibu Abubakar-Audu, Minister of Steel Development revealed this during a visit to the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCOL) on Wednesday, as he took a tour of the complex. Abubakar-Audu said that the visit was aimed at getting first-hand knowledge of the problems that halted production in...

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