OBITUARY: Sarkin Sudan Of Kontagora Dead At 84

Culture & TraditionObituaryOBITUARY: Sarkin Sudan Of Kontagora Dead At 84

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 9, 2021

ABUJA — The Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Niger State, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska who spent 47 years on the throne has died at an Abuja Hospital. The late Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora is survived by wives, children and great-grandchildren. The Emir’s death comes three months after bandits gunned down his son Alhaji Bashar Saidu Namaska during an attack on the monarch’s farm along Zuru road in Kontagora Local Government Area when the bandits struck. Some...

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Former Lawmaker Encourages Young Women To Seek Knowledge, Political Positions

Gender & EquityLabourFormer Lawmaker Encourages Young Women To Seek Knowledge, Political Positions

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 9, 2021

Hon Halima Hassan Tukur, a former House of Representatives member who represents Yauri/Sanga/Ngaski federal constituency has encouraged young women seeking knowledge and political positions to be focused and resilient. Hajiya Halima Tukur while addressing members of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF) drawn from the 36 states of the federation and FCT, told the young women to be consistent and visible so that their communities would notice their hard work and their enthusiasm amid a...

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Fulani Herdsmen Displaces Over 1.5 Million Benue Citizens-Ortom

Crime & SecurityMigrationFulani Herdsmen Displaces Over 1.5 Million Benue Citizens-Ortom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 9, 2021

MAKURDI — Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Wednesday said Fulani herdsmen had displaced over 1.5 million Benue citizens from their ancestral land this follows various attacks by herdsmen across many communities in the state. Speaking during a press conference in Makurdi, the governor alleged that Miyetti Allah had vowed not to stop attacks on Benue people until he reverses the anti-open grazing law it enacted in 2017. “Miyetti Allah has come out to say...

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Kaduna State Government Reacts To Rumours Of Shut Down Telecoms

Crime & SecurityTelecommunicationKaduna State Government Reacts To Rumours Of Shut Down Telecoms

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2021

KADUNA — The Kaduna State government on Tuesday reacted that telecommunication would soon be shut down because of bandits’ threat like the case of Zamfara. In a statement on Tuesday by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communication), the Kaduna State Government has no plans to shut down telecoms services in the State. Adekeye said, the Kaduna State Government did not reach out to any federal agency to request a telecoms shutdown,...

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Kano State Government TO Support Onion Producers, Processors, Marketers

AgricultureLabourKano State Government TO Support Onion Producers, Processors, Marketers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2021

KANO — Kano State government has pledged to continue to encourage and promote the farming and sales of onions and other commodities in order to open opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths. Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made this known when members of the National Onion Producers, Processors, and Marketers Association Of Nigeria paid a visit to him at the Government House, Kano. Represented by his deputy, Dr.Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the Governor said Kano State had...

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HealthLabourFederal Government Agrees On Demands Of Health Workers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2021

ABUJA — Nigeria Labour Minister, Chris Ngige has announced that the Federal Government has reached a deal with aggrieved Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professions Association. On September 3, the unions issued a two weeks ultimatim to the government to meet their demands. The meeting agreed that issues of non-implementation of allowances contained in the 2017 agreement, like consequential minimum wage adjustment and skipping would be resolved. The meeting touched on additional...

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Majority Of Bandits Are Fulanis -Governor Masari

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityMajority Of Bandits Are Fulanis -Governor Masari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 7, 2021

KATSINA — The argument on the real identities of bandits that have been terrorizing residents of Nigeria, particularly the northern parts of the country have been revealed by Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State thereby laid to rest on the identities of bandits. Katsina state is among the states that have witnessed a high level of insecurity due to the activities of bandits who have killed many residents and continued to abduct others for...

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Gunmen Abducts 18 Residents In Kaduna, Lawmaker Condemns Of Killing Of 20 Villagers In Niger State

Crime & SecurityGunmen Abducts 18 Residents In Kaduna, Lawmaker Condemns Of Killing Of 20 Villagers In Niger State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 7, 2021

KADUNA — Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Keke community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted at least 18 residents. According to reports, the gunmen numbering about 20, stormed the area in the early hours of Tuesday and invaded the area at about 12am with sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically before whisking the victims away. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Kaduna state Police Public Relations Officer said he would inquire. Meanwhile, Senator...

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Governor Fintiri Charges Corps Members To Embrace Acquisition, Entrepreneurship Development Programme

JobsLabourGovernor Fintiri Charges Corps Members To Embrace Acquisition, Entrepreneurship Development Programme

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 7, 2021

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Tuesday urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state to be serious with the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme while in the camp. Fintiri while swearing-in 1,200 corps (646 male and 554 female) for 2021 ‘B’ Stream II orientation course at the permanent NYSC orientation camp Damare, in Girei local government area. Represented by the Commissioner, Ministry of Youth and Sports,...

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NAFDAC Sealed 25 Water Factories In Kwara

BusinessStandards & Consumer ProtectionNAFDAC Sealed 25 Water Factories In Kwara

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2021

ILORIN — The Kwara Coordinator of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency has sealed 25 water factories for illegal operation and poor quality products in Kwara. A statement, in Ilorin, said the suspects were caught in the act and confessed that they had been operating without NAFDAC registration numbers. The statement said: “the agency had shut down five illegal packaged water manufacturing factories that were operating without...

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