Northern Organization Petitions EFCC To Investigate Social Intervention Programmes

The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks (CNSCSN) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) calling for probing the implementation of the federal government Social Intervention Programmes (SIPs) across the country. The president, Kano Civil Society Forum, Kano State, Ambassador Ibrahim A. Waiya and 19 others who signed the petition letter and addressed to the chairman of the EFCC, Abdulraheed Bawa, expressed dismay that the recent publication of National Bureau of Statistics...

Adamawa State University Mubi Graduates 2,594

About 2,594 students were conferred with diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate degrees on Tuesday at the 14th Convocation of the Adamawa State University, Mubi. At the ceremony held at Abubakar Barde Campus of the institution in Mubi, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, said: “For the first degrees, we have 23 in First Class (Honours) category. In the second class (Honours) Upper Division, we have a total of 635, while the second class (Honours)...

Adamawa State To Construct Mubi International Cattle Market

To boost the revenue base of the state, the Adamawa State Government is to construct an International cattle market in Mubi, a commercial hub center in the state. Mubi town is situated at a border with the Cameroon republic and is the second largest city in Adamawa after Yola, the state capital. The market when completed will have Auction Grounds, Veterinary clinics, dispensaries, hotels, Offices, Water and Power Infrastructure, drainage, Waste Disposal, Parking, Loading, and...

Police Ban Use OF Fireworks During And After Yuletide Celebration

For a hitch-free yuletide celebration, the Nigerian Police Force has banned the use of fireworks during and after the period. AIG in charge of zone 5, comprising Edo and Delta, Lawan Jimeta, disclosed this in a statement saying, the devices are explosive that can cause harm to lives and properties as well as disturb public peace and cause unnecessary panic among residents of the zone. “Given the above, the zone hereby appeals to the general...

2023 Polls: 10 Candidates Sign Peace Accord In Adamawa

To ensure peaceful conduct of general elections in 2023, 10 of the 15 gubernatorial candidates in Adamawa state have signed a peace accord for violent free polls in the state. The candidates sign the accord at an event held at Madugu Rock view Hotel Saturday was organized by the police and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Barr Hudu Yunusa, said the signing of the peace accord...

NDIC Recovers N8.3 Billion Naira From Banks

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it has helped depositors recover eight point three billion naira from their banks and had resolved two hundred and forty-eight customer complaints. Mr. Bello Hassan said the complaints bothered unauthorized withdrawals which accounted for the highest number of one hundred and ninety cases, P.O.S issues accounted for thirty-three, and fraud cases which accounted for twenty-five. The Managing Director of the corporation stated this at the forty-third Kano International...

Federal Government Approves Production Of Indigenous Satellite

The Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Chief Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh says the Federal Government has approved the production of Indigenous satellites in Nigeria to boost Internet broadband penetration. He disclosed this during the South-South dialogue between the government and stakeholders in the Science, Technology, and Innovation, STI, ecosystem in Port Harcourt. According to him, the satellite production and design will be achieved through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project in line with...

HURIWA Accuses UK-Based Media Outfit Over False Report

A UK-based media outfit has been accused by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) of being determined to aggravate the security issues in Nigeria. The media house recently released a report where it made allegations against the Nigerian Army of secret abortion clinics in the country’s North East. The report has generated a lot of comments in the country in which many individuals and organizations have kicked against the report by the media...

Low Convictions In cases Of Examination Malpractice Worries Federal Government

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education Mr. Andrew Adejoh says the Federal Government is worried over the poor number of convictions recorded in cases of examination malpractice. He stated this on Friday in Abuja at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice in Nigeria organized by the National Examinations Council (NECO) in partnership with the National Assembly. “The decree 20 of 1984 prescribing 21 years imprisonment upon conviction and the amended Examination...

CAN Chairman Commission Pastoral Secretariat For The Catholic Deaf

A pastoral Secretariat built for the Catholic Deaf Community has been commissioned by the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Reverend Doctor Stephen Dami Mamza. The event which commenced with a holy mass was celebrated by the Bishop with some priests in attendance was held in Saint Theresa’s Cathedral Jimeta. Most Reverend Dami Mamza who said he would not have fulfilled the Episcopal motto which says “together we succeed” without including the ministry of the...

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