Rescuing Nigeria Is A Collective Responsibility -Obi-Datti Spokesman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRescuing Nigeria Is A Collective Responsibility -Obi-Datti Spokesman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 26, 2022

The Chief Spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Campaign, Dr Yunusa Tanko, says rescuing Nigeria which the Labour Party presidential ticket represents has gone beyond politics.Speaking on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Friday, Yunusa claimed that the country is going down fast and thus requires every Nigerian to salvage the situation. On whether the support from Afenifere and other similar groups will translate to votes for his candidate, the LP campaign spokesperson said “We are talking about...

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NCCSALW Destroys Over 3,000 Seized Weapons

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNCCSALW Destroys Over 3,000 Seized Weapons

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 26, 2022

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons has destroyed over 3,000 seized weapons.The first destruction exercise was held at the Command Engineering Depot Rigachikun, Kaduna. The Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Major General Abba Mohammed Dikko (rtd) explained that the exercise was aimed at preventing captured illicit weapons from being recycled into the society. He further said it also highlighted the...

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Court Of Appeal Declares Binani, Bwacha As APC Adamawa, Taraba States Gubernatorial Candidates

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsCourt Of Appeal Declares Binani, Bwacha As APC Adamawa, Taraba States Gubernatorial Candidates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 25, 2022

An Appeal Court sitting in Yola has Thursday declared that Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani is the Adamawa state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 general elections. The court presided over by justices Tani Yusuf Hassan, M.O Bolaji and James Abodego set aside the judgment of the Yola High Court which earlier nullified the governorship primary elections of the APC declaring that the party has no candidate for the forthcoming elections. The...

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Spotlight Initiative Enrolls 41 Drop Out Girls Back To School In Adamawa

EducationNewsNigeriaSpotlight Initiative Enrolls 41 Drop Out Girls Back To School In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 24, 2022

The Spotlight Initiative with support from European Union and United Nations has enrolled 41 dropout girls back to school in Adamawa state to enable them to continue with their studies. The beneficiaries are 13 from the senior section and 28 from the junior section who were provided with uniforms, shoes, socks, and writing materials and would continue with their studies for three years in Aliyu Mustapha College Yola. The Enrollment program took place in Aliyu...

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Vice Principal In Police Net For Raping Minor In Adamawa

Law & JusticeLocalNewsNigeriaVice Principal In Police Net For Raping Minor In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 24, 2022

The Vice Principal Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Senior Section, Abba Murke in Song local government area of Adamawa state, Mr. Enoch Kwaleji, 52 years old has been arrested for raping 13 years old. SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Adamawa State Police Command spokesman, said the suspect a resident of Salama House Sangere Jabbi Lamba, Girei was said to have on 15/11/2022 at about 1900hrs lured the victim to an uncompleted building and forcefully had undue...

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Over 11,000 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination In Nigeria

EducationNewsNigeriaOver 11,000 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2022

No fewer than 11,629 candidates have sat for the second batch of the 2022 Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, nationwide conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN). Dr Jacinta Ogboso, TRCN’s Director of Examination and Licencing, disclosed this after monitoring the exercise in Abuja, explained that the Federal Capital Terrotory had the highest number of candidates with 982 teachers, while Lagos, Anambra, Ondo and Kaduna had equal number of registered candidates. Ogboso, said...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Assist Nigeria, Other African Countries With $7bn

AfricaNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyBill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Assist Nigeria, Other African Countries With $7bn

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2022

Donation will help tackle hunger, disease, poverty and gender inequality In the next four years, Nigeria and other African countries would receive aid of $7 billion from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation said in a statement is committing the money towards tackling hunger, disease, poverty and gender inequality. According to Reuters report, the organisation said Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, will take the lion share. “The European budgets are deeply affected by...

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Two Retired Judicial Staff In Niger Remands Over Impersonation, Forgery

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Retired Judicial Staff In Niger Remands Over Impersonation, Forgery

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2022

Two retired staff of Niger state judiciary have been remanded in correctional facility over alleged impersonation and forgery. The accused persons, Danjuma Bawa, a retired staff of Paiko Magistrate Court and Usman Abdullahi, a retired staff of High Court Minna who both hail from Paiko town. The accused was said to have issued a fake affidavit to one Moses Mathew of Lugudna area Paiko, a retired officer of Paikoro LG who negotiated and collected fake...

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Soldier Guns Down Humanitarian Worker In Borno

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSoldier Guns Down Humanitarian Worker In Borno

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 19, 2022

The United Nations has  condemned the killing of an aid worker by a soldier in Damboa local government area of Borno state. On Thursday, a soldier opened fire on humanitarian workers and his colleagues, killing one and injuring another. In a statement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, sympathised with the family of the slain aid worker. The statement reads in part: “Yesterday’s killing of a staff member of the humanitarian non-governmental...

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CAN Set Agenda For Presidential Candidates In Nigeria

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCAN Set Agenda For Presidential Candidates In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 17, 2022

Ahead of February 25, 2023, presidential election in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has set agenda for the 18 presidential candidates contesting the exalted position in the country. The religious body began an interactive session with all the presidential candidates on Tuesday. The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was the guest of the association on Wednesday, while the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter...

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