Road Accidents Claim 1,834 Nigerian Lives In 3 Months

Accidents and SafetyNewsRoad Accidents Claim 1,834 Nigerian Lives In 3 Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2022

ABUJA — The National Bureau of Statistics has released a report that a total of 1,834 Nigerians died from road crashes in the first three months of 2022. The report blamed speed violations with 2,561 cases; wrongful overtaking, 290 cases and sign light violations, 243 cases The report shows that 24,192 persons were involved in 5,316 road accidents during the period with 12,124 casualties recorded. “On a zonal basis, the North-Central recorded the highest number...

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Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Seals 25,000 Illegal Premises In 8 Years

HealthNewsStandards & Consumer ProtectionPharmacists Council of Nigeria Seals 25,000 Illegal Premises In 8 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2022

ABUJA — The outgoing Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Elijah Mohammed has revealed that the council has sealed about 25,000 illegal premises across the country in the last eight years. Mohammed, during the presentation of his scorecard as registrar of the council from June 2014 to June 2022 on Tuesday in Abuja, said Nigeria would have about 30 faculties of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences by the end of this year. “The offences of the sealed...

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Young Man Dress In Female Attire Sneak Into College Of Nursing And Midwifery Yola

Crime & PunishmentNewsYoung Man Dress In Female Attire Sneak Into College Of Nursing And Midwifery Yola

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2022

YOLA — Wonders shall never end as 25-year-old man Jika John, an indigene of Michika Local Government Area Adamawa, now residing in Sabon Pegi of Wuro Chekke, Yola South LGA of Adamawa State dressed in women attire sneaked into one of the female hostels of College of Nursing and Midwifery Yola with the intent to steal Gas cylinders. It was learned that on Monday 6th June 2022, the suspect was apprehended for alleged trespass into...

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UBEC Commences Nationwide National Personnel Audit

EducationNewsUBEC Commences Nationwide National Personnel Audit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 8, 2022

To ensure accurate data on educational institutions, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced the 2022 nationwide National Personnel Audit of all basic education institutions in the country. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi who made this known at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, said “during the exercise, our enumerators will visit all basic education institutions in the country: public, private, approved, unapproved, registered, and unregistered. The UBEC boss said the...

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Tinubu Wins APC Presidential Ticket

NewsNigeria ElectionsTinubu Wins APC Presidential Ticket

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 8, 2022

ABUJA — The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, shared a warm handshake with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after winning the party’s presidential primary. Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to defeat 13 other aspirants, including a former Transport Minister, Rotimi Ameachi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who scored 316 and 235 votes respectively. Below is the scored for each candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu — 1,271 votes Rotimi Amaechi — 316 votes...

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Normalcy Returns To Lafiya In Adamawa after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNormalcy Returns To Lafiya In Adamawa after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

The Police Command in Adamawa says normalcy has been restored in Lafiya, Lamurde Local Government Area, after a clash between Lunguda and Waja communities. DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Yola. “The incident occurred on Monday morning and the command immediately dispatched police personnel to restore normalcy in the area. “The Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, immediately sent a team of mobile police...

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Army Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaArmy Recovers Over 706 Assorted Rifles From Bandits In North-West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

The Commanding Officer, 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Uwem Bassey said some 706 assorted rifles recovered from bandits has been handed over to the National Centre for The Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons General Bassey while briefing newsmen in Giginya Barrack, Sokoto on Monday said the recoveries were part of the ongoing clearance operation code-named “Operation Hadarin Daji”. The operation which, according to him, covered Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi states,...

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Victims Of Conflict In Taraba State Receives 3,996 Cows

NewsRegionsVictims Of Conflict In Taraba State Receives 3,996 Cows

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2022

Victims of conflict and flood disasters in 10 local government areas in Taraba State have received 3,996 cows from the Federal Government through National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Recall that the crisis erupted between the Mambila and Fulani tribes in Gembu in 2017, resulting in wanton destruction of lives and property, especially cattle. Flagging-off the launch of the distribution of 6,800 cows to the victims on Monday, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),...

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JUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

JobsLaw & JusticeNewsJUDGES SALARIES: At Least 60 SANs Besiege National Industrial Court In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 6, 2022

ABUJA — At least sixty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) have stormed the National Industrial Court in Abuja for a legal battle against the Federal Government on the poor salaries of Nigerian Judges. The senior lawyers are to battle the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), National Judicial Council (NJC) and the National Assembly (NASS) in a suit seeking for an order to compel the upward review of Judicial Officers payment. The senior lawyers, who came...

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NDLEA Arrest 11 Drug Traffickers Including Physically Challenged Lady

Crime & PunishmentNDLEA Arrest 11 Drug Traffickers Including Physically Challenged Lady

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 6, 2022

ABUJA — No fewer than 11 members of the trafficking syndicates have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in connection with large consignments of illicit substances seized by the security at Nigeria’s main airports in Lagos and Abuja. Femi Babafemi, the spokesman of the agency, said on Sunday in Abuja that apart from the 11 suspects, a 35-year-old physically challenged lady, Kasarachi Onumajuru, who hides behind her condition to deal...

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