NCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

HealthNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 1,534 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the country, with 4,160 suspected cases reported in 139 local government areas in 27 states. “The confirmed cases were distributed across 56 LGAs in 10 states. The majority [1,018 (66.4 per cent)] of the confirmed cases occurred in children aged one to 14 years,” NCDC said. The NCDC which released the diphtheria situation report from May 2022 to...

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Top Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTop Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Chief Secretarial Assistant attached to Bauchi State Pension Board Ibrahim Garba has been sacked over alleged “serious misconduct of salary and pension scam”. The Information Officer, Bauchi State Civil Service Commission (BSCSC), Mr Saleh Umar in a statement in Bauchi on Tuesday said Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement. Part of the statement reads: “The commission approved the termination during a sitting of...

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Coalition Of CSOs Reacts To Video Accusing Chief of Defense Staff

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCoalition Of CSOs Reacts To Video Accusing Chief of Defense Staff

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna state has reacted to a video that has gone viral accusing Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defense Staff of being used by France, America and Britain in favour of a war between ECOWAS military force and the Nigerien military junta. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Nuhu Bahago, the Coordinator of the coalition, noted that the video is capable of inciting hatred against the...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsJob Seekers Paid Millions Of Naira To IPPIS Desk Officer Personal Account

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2023

Job seekers in the Federal Character commission (FCC) have paid millions of naira into the personal account of a former IPPIS desk officer with the commission, Haruna Kolo for onward transmission to the Chairman, Mrs Muyeebat Dankaka. He made the revelation on Monday when he appeared before the House of Representatives adhoc Committee investigating the mismanagement of the IPPIS system and Job racketeering, Kolo said he “usually approached” Point of Sale (POS) agents to collect...

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Governor Fintiri Solicits Support For Sukur World Heritage Site

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Fintiri Solicits Support For Sukur World Heritage Site

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2023

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has advocated for diplomatic community deployment of more support to the Sukur Kingdom. Sukur Kingdom is the first world heritage site in Nigeria and is situated in the Madagali local government area of Adamawa State. The Governor stated this Monday when he received the Philippines Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Rodrico Atienza who was on a working visit to the state in the Government House Yola. Fintiri urged for capacity...

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Senate Confirms 45 Ministerial Nominees, Three Awaits Security Clearance

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Confirms 45 Ministerial Nominees, Three Awaits Security Clearance

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2023

The Senate on Monday confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Senate had spent one week of intense questioning for some and superficial introductions for others. Senate President Godswill Akpabio put the nominations to a series of voice votes, of which three are said to still be undergoing security clearance they are former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State)....

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NewsNigeriaBanditry, Insurgency, Other Criminal Activities Turns Millions of Households Into IDPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2023

Due to banditry, insurgency, and other criminal activities in some parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly in Northeast, Northcentral, and Northwest have turned many households into Internally Displaced Person IDPs in their own country. According to the International Organization for Migration IOM, in 2022, there are over 3.6 million people that were displaced in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe. This year, thousands were equally displaced by one crisis or the other in Benue, Niger,...

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Inadequate Teachers Hit Bauchi State as One Teacher Teaches all Subjects

EducationNewsNigeriaInadequate Teachers Hit Bauchi State as One Teacher Teaches all Subjects

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2023

In Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, it was found that in more than 79 schools across the LGA, only one teacher each, teaching all subjects. Korijo Umar, Director of School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, disclosed this during a media chat organized by the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF on the enrollment drive of out-of-school children in Misau and Alkaleri LGAs. Usman stated that many schools in the Misau LGA and...

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Looters: Police Prosecute More Than 110 Persons Including Ten Women

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLooters: Police Prosecute More Than 110 Persons Including Ten Women

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2023

No fewer than 110 persons have been prosecuted by the Adamawa State Police Command for their involvement in looting public and private warehouses in Jimeta, the twin state capital of the state capital. Adamawa State Police Command Spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who confirmed this said the suspects were charged for carting away both food and nonfood items from the warehouses. SP Nguroje explained that security agencies have recovered many of the items, while the...

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FAAN Suspends Airport Taxi Services At The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

NewsNigeriaTransportationFAAN Suspends Airport Taxi Services At The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 5, 2023

Due to lingering factional crisis among the car hire operators at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended the Airport Taxi Services with immediate effect. Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of FAAN, in a statement urged airport users to use alternative transportation means. The statement read in parts: “The FAAN wishes to inform the general public that the airport car hire service at Nnamdi...

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