Nigeria Immigration Service Clears 60,000 Passport Backlogs In Four Days 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Immigration Service Clears 60,000 Passport Backlogs In Four Days 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 13, 2023

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has cleared 60,000 passport backlogs within four working days. The action was in response to the directives given to the Service last week Thursday by the Minister of Interior to clear all pending passport applications. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo confirmed this Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, on a courtesy call. Alao Babatunde, the Special Adviser on Media...

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Over 24 Corpses Recovered, 30 Persons Rescued In Boat Mishap In Niger State

NewsNigeriaOver 24 Corpses Recovered, 30 Persons Rescued In Boat Mishap In Niger State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 11, 2023

The Niger State Government has confirmed that over 24 corpses mostly women and children have been recovered and 30 persons rescued in a boat mishap that occurred between Jebba and Kainji dam in Gbajibo village of Mokwa Local Government Council of Niger state. Acting Director General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency NSEMA, Garba Salihu confirmed this in a statement issued to Newsmen in Minna, adding that officials of the agency and that of Mokwa...

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North East Development Commission procures Palliative Items Worth N15 billion

NewsNigeriaNorth East Development Commission procures Palliative Items Worth N15 billion

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 11, 2023

To cushion the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) procured 250,000 bags of rice and other palliatives worth N15 billion for the six states of the region. Flagging off the distribution and groundbreaking for the construction of 22.5km Ngowom road in Borno State, Vice President Kashim Shettima said the unity being showcased by the northeast governors is worthy of emulation by their colleagues in other regions. Shettima noted...

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Canoe Mishap Update in Adamawa: Eight Dead Bodies Recovered

NewsNigeriaCanoe Mishap Update in Adamawa: Eight Dead Bodies Recovered

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 11, 2023

The Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, ADSEMA Mohammed Suleiman, confirmed that eight dead bodies have been recovered from a capsized canoe in Yola South Local Government Area. Recall that a boat carrying 23 passengers capsized last Friday in Njuwa Lake at Rugange, a village in the Yola South LGA Adamawa State. The government confirmed one dead as search operations continued. According to him, eight people had been rescued while searching for the...

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Canoe Capsizes With More Than 20 People On Board In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaCanoe Capsizes With More Than 20 People On Board In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

A combined rescue operation of Marine Police and local divers is ongoing around the Rugange community of Yola South LGA, Adamawa State. The rescue operation is to locate about 17  people including children mainly farmers who were traveling in a local canoe to cross Njuwa Lake when the capsized Friday. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened when the victims were on their way to sell their wares at the weekly Yola town main market...

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Army Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Court Martial 14 Officers, 9 Soldiers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

For alleged breaching different provisions of the Armed Forces Act, the Nigeria Army has court martial 14 officers and nine soldiers. The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, while inaugurating a General Court Martial on Thursday assured the accused persons that justice would be done to all parties concerned by members of the court. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on...

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Insurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The thirteen years of insurgency in the Northeast has cost Nigeria over $100bn, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The World Agency in its latest report indicates that the long-term economic impacts of the conflicts could be seen in areas of death and injury, loss of livelihoods, displacement, and damage to infrastructure. The Boko Haram terrorists have displaced millions of people and destroyed properties valued at billions of naira in the country’s Northeastern...

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Randy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaRandy Lecturer Arrested For Raping Undergraduate

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The Lagos Police Command has arrested a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Kadiri Babalola, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old undergraduate of the institution. The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest Thursday, said the suspect will appear in court for “sexual harassment” in the coming days. The accused, Mr Babalola, an associate professor of Botany was said to have perpetrated the act on 16 August, when the victim visited...

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Proliferation Of Illegal Lottery Businesses Worries BOGIS

BusinessNewsNigeriaProliferation Of Illegal Lottery Businesses Worries BOGIS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2023

The proliferation of illegal lottery houses in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and environs has become a great concern to the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS). Adam Bababe, the Executive Secretary of the BOGIS in a statement said there was a noticeable increase in people leasing out their lands in residential and commercial areas for lottery or game houses. He explained that Section 13, sub-section 2 of the Borno State Land Use Regulation 2022, mandates...

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Strike: NLC Grounded Activities In Government, Private Sectors

NewsNigeriaPoliticsStrike: NLC Grounded Activities In Government, Private Sectors

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2023

Activities in government establishments and private sectors have been paralyzed as a result of the ongoing warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC had Friday said it would commence a two-day warning strike over the current hardship caused by the removal of petrol subsidy beginning from Tuesday. The ongoing warning strike has grounded activities in Banks, Hospitals, Courts, and Government offices across the country. In Adamawa State, government offices at all...

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