About 25,000 Flood Victims In Yobe State Receive Support 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbout 25,000 Flood Victims In Yobe State Receive Support 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2023

 Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has flag off the distribution of the support items to about 25,000 victims of the 2022 flood disaster in the State under federal government’s National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELE). Governor Buni while commending the Federal government and other donor partners for their support of victims of disaster in the state, said about 40,000 households were affected and 27 access roads were damaged by the flood disaster...

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Subsidy Palliative: Soludo promises bags of rice for 300,000 households

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSubsidy Palliative: Soludo promises bags of rice for 300,000 households

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2023

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has announced incentives to cushion the effect of the hardship caused by the removal of subsidy from petrol. The governor made the pronouncement on Monday, stating that over 300,000 households will receive bags of rice from the state government. Soludo in a press statement he personally signed said: “Anambra State Government will be distributing rice to over 300,000 households in the coming weeks across the 326 wards in Anambra....

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Over 180,000 Children In Borno State Yet To Receive Any Form Of Immunization

NewsNigeriaOver 180,000 Children In Borno State Yet To Receive Any Form Of Immunization

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 20, 2023

The Country Representative of United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Ms Christian Munduate says over 180,000 children have not received any form of vaccination from eight local government areas of Borno state. The local government areas are Damboa, Gubio, Mafa, Jere, Konduga, Maiduguri Metropolitan, Monguno and Ngala. Ms Munduate stated this at a media briefing as part of activities marking the 2023 World Humanitarian Day in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. She attributed it to negative...

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University Professor Suspended Over Harassment Of Female Students

EducationNewsNigeriaUniversity Professor Suspended Over Harassment Of Female Students

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2023

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the Dean of the Faculty of Law University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been suspended following allegations of violating the institution’s established laws and policies. In a letter, signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe, the suspension takes effect from Friday August 17, 2023. The suspension of Prof. Cyril Ndifon was as a result of the Vice Chancellor’s dissatisfaction response to a query issued to Prof. Ndifon by the University Management. The...

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Terrorists Kidnap 1,680 School Children In Nigeria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTerrorists Kidnap 1,680 School Children In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2023

The Save the Children has said no fewer than 1,680 schoolchildren have been kidnapped in Nigeria since 2014 when 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State were abducted by the terrorists. A new data analysis by the organization on Thursday said the attacks on schools have been reoccurring. Beside the abductions, the organization said between April 2014 and December 2022 there were 70 attacks on schools and over 180 school children were killed and nearly...

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Over 700 Retirees In Jigawa State Receive Terminal Entitlements

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 700 Retirees In Jigawa State Receive Terminal Entitlements

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2023

Over 746 retirees in Jigawa state are receiving their terminal benefits worth over two point twenty-four billion Naira. Alhaji Kamilu Aliyu Musa, Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State and Local Government Contributory Pension Scheme disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital. He lauded the beneficiaries for the maturity shown during the payment exercise, explained that over N1.7billion was paid as gratuity to six hundred and thirty eight state, local and local education authority...

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IOM Launches Conflict Mitigation and Community Reconciliation

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaIOM Launches Conflict Mitigation and Community Reconciliation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 19, 2023

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launch 18 month project on Conflict Mitigation and Community Reconciliation, in Katsina State that would be unfolded across the pilot Local Government Areas of Jibia, Batsari, Danmusa, and Kankara. At the launch in Katsina, Laurent De Boeck, IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria appealed to communities in the conflict zones in North-west to prioritise dialogue as a means to achieve sustainable peace. “With the aim to mend longstanding divisions,...

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Bandits Claims Responsibility For Air Force Helicopter Crash

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Claims Responsibility For Air Force Helicopter Crash

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 17, 2023

Bandits operating in the Niger state axis have claimed responsibility for the crashed surveillance helicopter in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Recalls that a surveillance helicopter crashed in Badna, Mina, on Monday The terrorists, in a two-minute-and-seventeen-seconds video, claimed they brought down the jet using an AK-47 rifle. According to the narrator in the video, who spoke in Hausa, the group are from Dogo Gide group, one of the...

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Lawmakers To Ensure Nigerians Get Survival Wage

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLawmakers To Ensure Nigerians Get Survival Wage

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 17, 2023

Members of Parliament of the Nigeria lower Chambers say they would ensure that Nigerians get a survival wage that can take them home in the ongoing minimum wage review. Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker, House of Representatives made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja at the National Policy Dialogue on Corruption, Social Norms and Behaviour Change in Nigeria organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with Anti- Corruption Academy of Nigeria, supported...

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House Of Reps Probes Recruitment Of 300 Staff By JAMB Without Advertising

NewsNigeriaPoliticsHouse Of Reps Probes Recruitment Of 300 Staff By JAMB Without Advertising

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 15, 2023

Concern with recruiting 300 staff from 2015 till date, without advertising by the  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, the House of Representatives has queried the board for its action. The Chairman of the Adhoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating job racketeering in Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies of government (MDAs), Mr Yussuf Gagdi issued the query when the Registrar of the board Prof Ishaq Oloyede appeared before the committee. Gagdi noted that...

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