Nigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited KingdomNigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government wants the United Kingdom to review its decision to impose a travel ban on Nigerians because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It said the UK’s decision was “unfair, unjust, punitive and discriminatory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the position of the government known during a briefing in Abuja. “As you are aware, Britain has put Nigeria on its red list and banned foreign travels from...

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British High Commission Suspends Visa Applications From All Red List Countries

Foreign PolicyUnited KingdomBritish High Commission Suspends Visa Applications From All Red List Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

The British High Commission in a statement has suspended visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria after the UK added Nigeria to its travel red list as a result of concerns over the Omicron COVID variant. The suspension of processing visitor visa applications will only be lifted when the travel ban placed on the country is removed. The commission noted that application of those who applied for a visit visa in a red...

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Faceoff: Police Rescue More Than 170 Domestic Animals From Bandits

NewsFaceoff: Police Rescue More Than 170 Domestic Animals From Bandits

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 5, 2021

KATSINA — The two faceoffs between two bandit leaders, Kabiru Master and Tashi Alhaji Musa and said to be from Dage village in Dutsinma LGA of Katsina State have led to the rescue of no fewer than 170 domestic animals comprising cows, sheep, goats and donkeys. The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police SP, Isah Gambo in a statement said the clash led to the death of one of the bandits’ kingpins,...

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Governor Zulum Describes Bomb Blasts In Maiduguri As Unfortunate, Urge Military To Wake Up

Boko HaramCrime & SecurityGovernor Zulum Describes Bomb Blasts In Maiduguri As Unfortunate, Urge Military To Wake Up

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 5, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has urged the military to put necessary measures to avert Boko Haram or ISWAP targeting any part of the state. Zulum was speaking when he visited Gomari community and 1,000 Housing estates in Maiduguri rocked by explosions, but no death recorded. The rocket launchers were believed to have been fired by the insurgents on Saturday morning. The Governor said that the incident was avoidable, noting that there was...

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About 124 Persons Sentenced to Community Service For Open Defecation

HealthNewsAbout 124 Persons Sentenced to Community Service For Open Defecation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

The Ogun State government has arrested and sentenced at least 124 persons to community service for open defecation. Dapo Abiodun, Special Adviser to Governor on Environment and the Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA), Ola Oresanya, disclosed this to Journalists Thursday in Abeokuta. “The offenders were arrested in various parts of the state with 82 of them arrested in the Mowe-Ibafo axis in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the...

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Zamfara State Government Bars MDA Officials For Commenting On Policies, Programmes

NewsPress * MediaZamfara State Government Bars MDA Officials For Commenting On Policies, Programmes

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

GUSAU — In order to curtail the spread of fake news, Zamfara State has barred officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies from disseminating information regarding policies and programmes of the government. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made the disclosure while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists on Thursday in Gusau. Dosara said the Zamfara State Government centralized information management to the ministry to curtail the spread of...

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US Envoy Challenges Nigerian Journalists On Fact-Checking

Press * MediaUS Envoy Challenges Nigerian Journalists On Fact-Checking

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

LAGOS — The United States of America, Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has urged the Nigerian media to leverage their right to press freedom by countering propaganda and disinformation through regular and impartial fact-checking. Leonard, while speaking on Thursday in Lagos during a Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, said that a team approach was needed to help improve public trust in the media. “One of the challenges that democracies...

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Kaduna State Government Set To Sack 233 Teachers

EducationNewsKaduna State Government Set To Sack 233 Teachers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

KADUNA — Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi, Chairman Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) announced that 233 teachers with fake certificates would be dismissed. He added that names of the 233 teachers found to have presented fake certificates will be uploaded on the website of the Kaduna State Government. At a news briefing yesterday in Kaduna, Abdullahi said that the culprits would be prosecuted for forgery. “So far, the board has verified 451 certificates by contacting...

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Divisional Police Officer Removes For Demanding Bribe

CorruptionPoliceDivisional Police Officer Removes For Demanding Bribe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2021

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ombi 1 Lafia, Nasarawa State, SP Ugochukwu Theodore was removed on the order of the Commissioner of Police in the State, Adesina Soyemi. Theodore was alleged to have demanded N40, 000 to carry out some electrical work and welding. It was alleged that the DPO wrote to all hotels within his jurisdiction, demanding N240, 000 from each of them to repair the official Toyota Hilux given to him for...

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Rate Of HIV in Adamawa State Have Dropped

HealthWellnessRate Of HIV in Adamawa State Have Dropped

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 2, 2021

YOLA  — The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Agency for the Control of AIDS (ADSACA), Mohammed Chubado Abubakar, on Wednesday disclosed that the rate of people infected with HIV in Adamawa State has dropped to 0.8 percent among men and 1.4 percent among women. Abubakar who spoke during the HIV/AIDS Day in Yola said the rate is as contrasted from 7.6 percent average rate less than 20 years ago, added that the spread of HIV has...

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