Only 463 Healthcare Facilities have Required Skilled Birth Attendants – NPHCDA’s Exec

Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director, Faisal Shuaib says only 463 of the 25,843 primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria have the minimum number of required Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA). Faisal who stated this Wednesday in Abuja during a briefing on the Community-Based Health Research Innovative Training and Services Program (CRISP) said aside from the gross inadequacy; there was the problem of unequal distribution of available SBAs in the...

Youngster Kills Friend, Robbed Him N100K

A 34-year-old Inuwa Yunana, a resident of Gyawana, Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested by the Police for stoning to death his close friend Augustine Otti, a student at the University of Maiduguri and robbing him of N100,000=00. The Adamawa State Police Spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said the suspect subdued the deceased, Augustine Otti and hit him severally with a stick and later stoned him to death,...

Over 100 Kills In Plateau Attacks, Five Persons Arrested

A Special Task Force in Plateau State Code named “Operation Safe Haven” has arrested five persons in connection with a series of attacks on several villages in the Mangu Local Government Area of the State. In a statement, the State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, said a significant cache, including 47 rifles, a revolver, and numerous cartridges was seized during the arrests. The statement added that as a proactive measure to prevent any potential...

Couple in Police Custody for Dehumanizing Orphan in Adamawa

A couple Mr Kamal Idris, 24 years, and his wife Mrs. Ambasiya Idris, 19 years residents of Wuro Jabbe, Yola South local government area of Adamawa State are now cooling in a Police cell for torturing an 11 years old orphan Fahad Abdulkarim placed under their custody as guardians after the death of his father. According to a statement by the Adamawa State Police Command spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the couple was arrested due...

MAU Yola Honours Sultan of Sokoto, Three Others with Honorary Doctorate Degrees

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, Alhaji Muhammad Indimi, a philanthropist; former Gov. Boni Haruna of Adamawa, and Alhaji Dahiru Bobbo, a technocrat were conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola during the university’s 27th convocation ceremony on Saturday. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Abdullahi Tukur, said the awardees are notable Nigerians that any university will be proud to have. Tukur, while congratulating the graduands, extolled President Muhammadu...

Nigerian Government To Expend N22.44 Billion On Feeding 75,507

The Federal Government is to spend N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons spread in 244 jails nationwide. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day high-level conference on corrections and decongestion of prisons, explaining that the fund was budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act. According to him, 70% of the inmates were awaiting trial, attributing it to arbitrary arrests, delay in...

Boat Mishap Claim 22 Lives In Sokoto, Zamfara

A boat capsized in Shagari Dam near Lambara village in Shagari LGA of Sokoto state, resulting in the death of 15 persons. According to an eyewitness, the boat was trying to cross to Mashayan Dundee Village to collect firewood. The political administrator of the council, Aliyu Abubakar, who confirmed the incident said more than 15 children drowned, and another 25 are still missing. “Fifteen bodies, 13 girls and two boys were recovered by local rescue...

Federal High Court Restrain NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an order restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines on broadcast stations. Also, the court set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on each of the 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019. The court also made an order of perpetual injunction restraining the commission from further imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho while delivering the judgment described NBC’s act...

NAFDAC Sanction More Than 35 Companies In Kano

No fewer than 35 companies in Kano state have been sanctioned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in the first quarter of 2023. Kasim Idrisa Ibrahim, NAFDAC State Coordinator who made this known on Wednesday, explained that the agency had carried out 280 regulatory activities, within the period. “The affected businesses were sanctioned for various Offences, ranging from non-compliance with NAFDAC guidelines in production to poor storage practices, production of...

France Government Set Aside €6.9m To Tackle Malnutrition, Food Insecurity In North East

Following years of insurgency in North Eastern Nigeria affecting people’s livelihood, the Government of France has earmarked six point nine million Euros (€6.9m) to tackle malnutrition and food insecurity in the region. Emmanuelle Blatmann, France Ambassador to Nigeria disclosed this to newsmen after assessing the situation of Internally Displaced Persons at Muna IDP Camp clinic in Jere Local government area of Borno State. She explained that her visit to Borno state was to assess the...

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