Flood Destroys 150 Farmlands, 66 Houses In Adamawa

YOLA — Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman, Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), says 66 houses and 150 farmlands were destroyed by flood in Lababiri village, Bakta district in Shelleng Local Government Area of the state. Dr. Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola that the catastrophe occurred between Aug. 11 and 12, following torrential downpours that lasted for two days. “The agency received a report of the incident in...

Bandits Kill Five People, Injures Five Others In Kaduna

KADUNA — Bandits have reportedly killed five people and injured five others in an attack on Madamai community in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State Sunday. Madamai community, a village in Kaura Local Government Area shares boundary with Jankasa in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said five people were killed, nine houses, three vehicles burnt, when the unidentified assailants attacked...

Zulum, Others Weigh Implications of Massive Surrender of Boko Haram Fighters

MAIDUGURI — Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state and some eminent leaders of the state have said the current massive surrender of Boko Haram fighters and their families leaves the state in very difficult situations. Zulum while addressing military officers and community leaders on the emerging situation in Bama and Gwoza said the situation requires representatives of attacked communities to come together and critically review the pros and cons as well as implications of...

Irigwe Militia Massacres 25 Fulani In Jos, Remains Of The Victims Buried

JOS — The Secretary-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) in Plateau State, Alhaji Sani Mudi, said the remains of the 25 victims were buried at the Dadin Kowa Cemetery to avoid escalating tension within Jos centre. A funeral prayer according to Islamic rites was held for the victims within the hospital premises before they were conveyed to the Dadin Kowa burial ground in Jos South for burial. Mudi, who was at the Janazah (funeral prayer)...

Adamawa State Records Poliovirus Type 2

YOLA — Prof. Abdullahi Isa, Adamawa state Commissioner for Health and Human Services has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 cases in the state. Isa disclosed this during the official flag-off of the first Round Outbreak Response immunization on Saturday in Yola. He described Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 ( VDPV) as a strain of the weakened Poliovirus that was initially included in Oral Polio Vaccine ( OPV) that...

Channel Proposed N4.87billion For WhatsApp Monitoring To Pay Striking Resident Doctors- SERAP To President Buhari

ABUJA — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to redirect the proposed N4.87billion for WhatsApp monitoring to striking resident doctors. The rights group noted that part of the funds should be used to improve public healthcare facilities for the sake of poor Nigerians. In a letter dated 14 August, 2021, signed by deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the body reminded Buhari of his oath of office to promote efficient and...

20 People Arrested, 30 Rescued In Jos

JOS — The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba, on Sunday has ordered the immediate deployment of the Police Intervention Team to Plateau State to carry out an on-the-spot assessment following the killing of 25 travelers in the Rukuba area of Plateau Jos north local government on Saturday. A total 20 suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the killing, while other 33 people victims from the waylaid convoy of five buses have...

Governor Lalong Imposes 24 Hour Curfew In Three Local Government Areas

JOS — Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau state has imposed a 24-hour curfew in three local government areas where the skirmishes took place on Saturday that claimed many lives and left several injured. Lalong disclosed this through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, in Jos, the state capital, said his decision was necessitated by security reports, “which indicate rising threats to the safety of lives and properties within the Local...

Consultants Doctors, Corps Members Replaces Resident Doctors In Hospitals- Ehanire

ABUJA — Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says Consultants doctors and corps members are to fill the void left behind by the resident doctors who are on strike. Recall that the Resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike on August 2, citing irregular payment of salaries and hazard allowances. The minister told State House Correspondents on Thursday in Abuja that it is the wrong time for doctors to embark on strike as the country...

Biography of Late Ahmed Joda

YOLA — Ahmed Joda was born in Yola to a Fulani family in 1930, his great-great-grandfather was Modibbo Raji, a 19th-century Islamic scholar and contemporary of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio. Ahmed Joda attended Yola Elementary School and Yola Middle School before proceeding to Barewa College from 1945 to 1948. Ahmed Joda OFR, CON, CFR is a Nigerian administrator who rose through the administrative cadre of the Northern regional government and then the federal civil service...

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com