PCN Destroys Over N100m Expired Drugs In Adamawa

NewsPCN Destroys Over N100m Expired Drugs In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 28, 2022

YOLA — Expired drugs valued at over N100 million have been destroyed by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Adamawa State office. The destruction carried out at a community along the Yola-Numan Road was supervised by the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Iya Aminu Abbas, represented by Deputy Speaker Pwamakino Mankendo. The state Chairman of the PCN, Ibrahim Talba said the drugs were seized in operations aimed to rid the state of...

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India Records Decrease Of Coronavirus Cases

CoronavirusIndiaIndia Records Decrease Of Coronavirus Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 27, 2022

India on Sunday reported a decrease of 442 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 43,994. The country is thirty-fifth among the most affected countries globally by active cases. On Sunday, it added 4,777 cases to take its total caseload to 44,568,114. And, with 23 new fatalities, including 11 more reconciled by Kerala, its COVID-19 death toll reached 528,510, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections. With 1,563,151 more COVID-19 vaccine doses...

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USAID, IITA Trains Farmers In Adamawa On Techniques of Modern Farming

NewsRural DevelopmentUSAID, IITA Trains Farmers In Adamawa On Techniques of Modern Farming

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 27, 2022

YOLA — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the project “Feed The Future, Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity” has trained thousands of farmers in modern farming. The training held at Yolde Pate community of Yola South local government area is aimed at supporting vulnerable groups to engage in farming activities to improve food security, increase income, bumper harvest, and resilience among farmers in...

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Women Groups Calls For Review of deployment of Force Personnel To VIPs

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaWomen Groups Calls For Review of deployment of Force Personnel To VIPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

Women groups have called for a review of the methodology used for the deployment of force personnel to Very Important Personalities (VIPs) to avert  assault, sexual abuse, and other inhumane treatment meted on them. Prof. Joy Ezeilo, Founder, Women Aid Collective (WACOL) at a joint press conference on Friday in Abuja made the call over the alleged recent assault and human right abuse of Inspector Teju Moses by Prof. Zainab Abiola, a Legal Practitioner, and...

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DisCos Receives Over 2000 Complaints From Consumers In Last Quarter Of 2021

NewsNigeriaPowerDisCos Receives Over 2000 Complaints From Consumers In Last Quarter Of 2021

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in its Fourth Quarter Report 2021 shows that the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) received a total of 222,639 complaints from consumers in Quarter 4 of 2021. The report, however, said the DisCos resolved 212,382 complaints corresponding to a 95.39 percent resolution rate. The report explained that the 222,639 complaints represented 9.91 percent less of the 24,479 of those received in Q3, 2021. “Metering, billing, and service interruption were the...

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All Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAll Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

Ahead of the commencement of the party’s 202, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Presidential Campaign Council with its directorates would be inaugurated next week at the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja. According to the list released in Abuja on Saturday, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau is the Director General with James Faleke as secretary. Sen. Bola...

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Over 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

NewsUnited NationsWorldOver 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme David Beasley, on Thursday told the UN Security Council that 345 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the 82 countries. The Security Council was focusing on conflict-induced food insecurity and the risk of famine in Ethiopia, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. Beasley also said 70 million are pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine, noted where the agency operates is more than twice the...

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INEC Release Names Of Presidential, National Assembly Candidates

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC Release Names Of Presidential, National Assembly Candidates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the names of presidential and national assembly candidates for the 2023 general elections. The commission in a statement on Tuesday said it approved the final list of candidates “in accordance with section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 of the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election.” For the Presidential election, all 18 political parties have fielded candidates and running mates. “For...

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NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth $278m In Lagos

Drug & Substance AbuseNewsNDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth $278m In Lagos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2022

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made cocaine seizures worth $278m in Lagos, the highest in Nigeria’s history. The agency, on Monday, announced the bust of a major warehouse in an estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos and seized about 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of the illicit drug, worth more than $278, 250,000. The spokesman of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi said four barons, including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager, were arrested in...

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Flood Displaces Over 100,000 Persons, Kills 300 Others In 2022-NEMA

Flood & Natural DisasterNewsFlood Displaces Over 100,000 Persons, Kills 300 Others In 2022-NEMA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2022

The new Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Habib Ahmed has disclosed that about 300 lives have been lost to flooding this year and more than 100,000 others displaced since the start of the rainy season in February. He disclosed during the agency’s emergency technical meeting on flood held at NEMA headquarters in Abuja on Monday, adding that over 500 persons were seriously injured due to the disaster while more than 500,000 people were...

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