Forceful Ejection: Over 400 Residents Sue Minister Of Federal Capital Territory

BusinessLaw & JusticeForceful Ejection: Over 400 Residents Sue Minister Of Federal Capital Territory

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2021

ABUJA — Over 400 residents of Abuja have sued the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Inspector-General of Police concerning the forcible ejection from their shops. Chukwuma-Umachukwu Ume, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) writing on behalf of the 439 complainants, said most of his clients are the breadwinners of their families. In an impassioned letter to the FCT minister, Muhammad Bello, the distraught traders who are mostly low-income earners, urge the minister...

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Only 703 Local Governments Designate Open Defecation Free

NewsOnly 703 Local Governments Designate Open Defecation Free

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2021

ENUGU — Achieving open defecation free globally by the year 2025 still remains a mirage in Nigeria as only 71 local governments out of the 774 local governments have been designated open defecation free. The Chief, UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Dr. Ibrahim Conteh, who stated this at a one-day media dialogue organised by UNICEF in conjunction with the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia state, BCA, in commemoration of 2021 World Toilet Day, with a theme: Value...

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Unperfected Title Documents Of Properties Hinders Recovery Of N4.4 Trillion-AMCON

BusinessCorruptionUnperfected Title Documents Of Properties Hinders Recovery Of N4.4 Trillion-AMCON

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2021

ABUJA — The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)  Mr. Ahmed Lawan Kuru has submitted names of the top 1,000 loan defaulters to the National Assembly in another deft strategy to intensify its debt recovery drive. Kuru made this known to members of the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency at the retreat of the committee in Lagos. He said the country’s bad debt bank has a high number...

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No Increase Of Fuel Pump Price-Ahmed

BusinessOil & GasNo Increase Of Fuel Pump Price-Ahmed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2021

ABUJA — The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed says the federal government the current pump price would remain for now with the expected high rate of travel during the festive period. Presently, petrol sells at N162/163 per litre in most major petrol stations with independent marketers selling at N165/litre. Ahmed made the disclosure to journalists in Abuja through Ogbogu Ukoha, Executive Director, Distribution Systems,...

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COAS Orders Troops To Bring Corpses, Weapons Of Bandits, Criminals

Boko HaramCrime & SecurityCOAS Orders Troops To Bring Corpses, Weapons Of Bandits, Criminals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 22, 2021

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has ordered the troops in Niger State to go after the bandits and criminals terrorising the state and bring their corpses and weapons. COAS gave the order during a visit to the 31 Artillery Brigade and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna and commissioning of the TRADOC Officers’ transit accommodation on Sunday. He said the visit afforded the opportunity to have first-hand interaction with the troops...

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Language Extinction Threatens 2,000 Languages-Mustapha

EducationLanguage Extinction Threatens 2,000 Languages-Mustapha

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2021

YOLA — The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Barr Boss Mustapha says two hundred languages have gone into extinction, while over 2,000 languages are either critically endangered. Mustapha made the revelation Saturday at Alheri Hotel Yola, Adamawa state during a workshop on Standardization of Heba language orthography organized by National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) Abuja. “This has happen over the last three generations, also over 2,000 languages are either critically...

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Fuel Scarcity Hits Zamfara State, Motorcycles Deserted Roads

BusinessOil & GasFuel Scarcity Hits Zamfara State, Motorcycles Deserted Roads

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2021

A public commentator, Ahmed Bakare in Zamfara state attributed the fuel scarcity experienced in the state as artificial, alleging that the government is involved in the situation. Bakare stated that most of the filling stations in the country are owned by the people in the corridors of power, adding that the federal government has woefully failed in its fight against monumental corruption in the country. He alleged that corruption has become legalized in disguise as...

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Governor Fintiri Identifies Major Factors That Poses Threats To Peace, Security

Crime & SecurityGovernor Fintiri Identifies Major Factors That Poses Threats To Peace, Security

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 19, 2021

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state on Thursday says lack of cohesion and integration are major threats to peace and security which undermine the capacity for sustainable development. He stated this while declaring a summit tagged “Citizens Summit on Integration, Peace and Security held at Admiral Nyako Conference hall, state secretariat Yola organized by the Adamawa state chapter of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). Fintiri stated that his administration since...

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Six Million Nigerians May Be Pushed Into Poverty-Report

CoronavirusPovertySix Million Nigerians May Be Pushed Into Poverty-Report

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 19, 2021

The World Bank said in its latest report titled ‘COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy’ that additional six million Nigerians may be pushed into poverty due to the increase in food prices. The World Bank lamented that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought Nigerian households’ food security under threat, and therefore, called on the government’s attention for short-term policies to support welfare. The report reads: “The rise in prices witnessed...

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No Research About Healing Qualities Of Cannabis-NDLEA Boss

HealthLifestyleNo Research About Healing Qualities Of Cannabis-NDLEA Boss

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 19, 2021

JOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday says legalization of consumption of cannabis will take Nigeria back to its dark days. Some Nigerians have been advocating for the legalization of the drug for health and economic purposes, but Marwa rejected the calls, stressing that such a move would also take Nigeria back to its dark days. Marwa at an interactive session...

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