WHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

HealthVaccinationWHO Approves Vaccine For Malaria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

The WHO had approved the vaccine after a two-year study of 800,000 individuals in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to reduce child illness and deaths in areas with moderate and high malaria transmission. The vaccine, the first developed for any parasitic disease, during clinical trials had an efficacy of about 50 per cent against severe malaria in the first year but dropped close to zero by the fourth year. And the trials did not measure the...

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Lagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

LifestyleWellnessLagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2021

LAGOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, (retd), Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos and Oyo states as epicentres of drug abuse in the country. At a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC), in Lagos, Marwa said not less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs, with the South West zone recording the highest prevalence. The NDLEA boss said most of the abusers first started at the age of...

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Police Arrest Kidnapper Who Use Motor Parks to Commit the Act

Crime & SecurityPolice Arrest Kidnapper Who Use Motor Parks to Commit the Act

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

KANO — The 25-year-old who is part of an 11-man kidnap gang that uses motor parks to perpetuate their nefarious activities like kidnapping has been apprehended by the Police in Kano. The gang, comprising nine men and two women, operates from two motor parks in Kano. A driver in the habit of tricking passengers into kidnappers revealed their strategies when they were paraded by the police in Abuja. Speaking on their behalf, a gang member,...

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National Boundary Commission Establishes Single Borderlines Between Three States

Demography and PopulationNewsNational Boundary Commission Establishes Single Borderlines Between Three States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Director-General, National Boundary Commission, (NBC) Mr. Adamu Adaji has said single borderlines between Katsina/Jigawa, Katsina/Kaduna and Katsina/Kano States have been established. NBC’s Director-General disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina at a joint meeting of officials of Katsina, Zamfara and Kano over interstate boundary demarcation. Adaji said the meeting on the Katsina/Kano interstate boundary resulted in an agreed single line boundary between both states. According to him, the meeting on the Katsina/Zamfara boundary...

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EFCC Arrest Kano State First Lady

Crime & SecurityNewsEFCC Arrest Kano State First Lady

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

KANO — Kano state First Lady, Hafsat Ganduje has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to Dailytrust the anti-graft agency acted based on a petition Abdulazeez, one of her sons, wrote against her. In his petition, Abdulazeez, the governor’s son, had said he was approached by a property developer to facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars as commission. He said...

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Gombe State Government To Utilize ICT To Enhance Efficiency In Governance, Public Service

Rural DevelopmentTelecommunicationGombe State Government To Utilize ICT To Enhance Efficiency In Governance, Public Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

GOMBE — Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has reiterated his administration’s passion for utilizing enormous potentials available in Information Communications Technology (ICT) to enhance efficiency in governance and public service. Yahaya stated this when he received the global Vice President of ZKTecko in charge of the West Africa Region, Mr. Kiven Wu in the Government House, Gombe. The Governor said the need to introduce ICT became paramount in order to encourage and enhance...

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Over 180 Million Telephone Lines Linked With The National Identity Numbers- Danbatta

TelecommunicationOver 180 Million Telephone Lines Linked With The National Identity Numbers- Danbatta

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta has said that over 180 million telephone lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Danbatta said this on Tuesday during NCC’s Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process in Abuja. Danbatta while addressing key stakeholders during NCC’s Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process in Abuja stated that SIM-NIN...

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Nigeria Union of Pensioners Protest Non Payment Of Consequential Pension Adjustment

LabourNewsNigeriaNigeria Union of Pensioners Protest Non Payment Of Consequential Pension Adjustment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2021

ABUJA — Members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) branch on Tuesday barricaded the headquarters of the authority following the inability of its management to pay Consequential Pension Adjustment (CPA). Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the implementation of the consequential adjustment to the pension benefits occasioned by the new minimum wage increase of 2019. Comrade Emeka Njoku General Secretary, NUP FAAN branch while speaking to journalists...

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50 Girls Train On Internet Communication Technology In Adamawa

EducationTelecommunication50 Girls Train On Internet Communication Technology In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 5, 2021

YOLA — Preparatory to the international day for the girl child being set aside by the United Nations on 11th October each year, the Adamawa State government with support from UNICEF has trained 50 girls selected from five schools on Internet Communication Technology (ICT). The local governments include; Fufore, Guyuk, Hong, Yola South and Yola North. The Day of the Girl Child will look into concerns of the girl child and also generate viable conversations around...

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NDLEA Arrest Fake Soldier, Accomplice For Conveying Drugs, Ammunition To Terrorists In Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNDLEA Arrest Fake Soldier, Accomplice For Conveying Drugs, Ammunition To Terrorists In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 4, 2021

KADUNA — A suspected fake soldier, Hayatu Galadima and his accomplice, Hamisu Adamu have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) while conveying drugs, ammunition and communication equipment to bandits in Kaduna. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja said in a statement that the duo was arrested by a patrol team of NDLEA officers along Gwagwalada expressway, Abuja on Friday 30th September 2021. Recovered from them include...

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