Nigerian Guild Of Editors Reacts To Statement By National Broadcasting Commission

NewsPress * MediaNigerian Guild Of Editors Reacts To Statement By National Broadcasting Commission

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Guild of Editors on Wednesday dismissed the statement by the National Broadcasting Commission that journalists were best friends of terrorists and bandits. The NGE in a statement by its President, Mustapha Isah; and General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, titled, ‘NGE: Media not disposed to giving terrorists exposure,’ said it would never be disposed to giving the bloodthirsty criminals any exposure. The NGE was responding to the recent directive by NBC, which warned...

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Apprehends Drug Dealer With Multiple Identities

NewsNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency Apprehends Drug Dealer With Multiple Identities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 36-year-old woman, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny in Benue State along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb. The duo was arrested for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Gombe State. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy in a statement on Wednesday,...

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Eid-El-Kabir: Ganduje Frees 136 Inmates

Law & JusticeEid-El-Kabir: Ganduje Frees 136 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has released 136 inmates from Kano custodial centres as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. After releasing them, each of the inmates was given a sum of N5,000 as transport fare back to their respective destinations. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, announced the pardon to the inmates on Tuesday when he visited Goron Dutse Medium Custodial Centre. The statement read: “In your position as...

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Taraba State To Host Wet Season Rice Planting Programme

AgricultureTaraba State To Host Wet Season Rice Planting Programme

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

Taraba State is to host the wet season rice planting programme, which is designed to create employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for 1,000 women and youths in the pilot phase. Project Coordinator, Fevick Resources, Samuel Oluwafemi Adeshina told journalists in Abuja, Tuesday that the new wet season rice farming project will link farmers to new technologies and high yield seedlings. Adesina disclosed that participants will be selected and clustered as a registered geo-cooperative, having its own...

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Police In Zamfara Rescued 100 Kidnapped Victims

Crime & SecurityPolice In Zamfara Rescued 100 Kidnapped Victims

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that it rescued 100 kidnapped victims, most of them Nursing Mothers with their kids. SP Mohammed Shehu, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who revealed this during a Press Briefing at the Command headquarters in Gusau, said the victims were rescued unconditionally and no ransom paid. While Presenting 80 Persons among the rescued Victims, PPRO said the rescue was coordinated by the Police and Zamfara State government under...

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Oyo State Government Uncovers 41 Ghost Workers

InvestigationsLabourOyo State Government Uncovers 41 Ghost Workers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

The Implementation Committee of the 2019/2020 Civil/Public Servants Audit and Payroll Re-engineering/Validation Exercise in Oyo State on Wednesday says it has uncovered no fewer than 41 ghost workers in the state. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, in a statement made available to newsmen said the committee also discovered 341 workers with irregular records. The committee also recommended the removal of 41 staff classified as “No Show” (ghost workers) by the consultants....

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Group Donates 100 Cows, 50 Goats To Internally Displaced Persons In 13 Camps In Borno

PhilanthropyPovertyGroup Donates 100 Cows, 50 Goats To Internally Displaced Persons In 13 Camps In Borno

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

MAIDUGURI — A Malaysian Islamic group, Yayasan Budi Ihsan, has donated 100 cows and 50 goats to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 13 camps in Maiduguri, Borno State. The beneficiaries also included host communities of the IDPs camps, widows, and orphans. The coordinator of the Malaysian group, Dr. Mohammed Amin Umar, while speaking during the symbolic slaughtering of the cows on Tuesday at the Bakassi IDPs camp with over 40,000 IDPs, said it’s their...

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Lawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

BusinessLaw & JusticeNigeriaLawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

ABUJA — Lawyers who have won various litigations against the federal government agencies have cried out over non-payment of judgment debts incurred by the government. In a statement issued by the director of Legal Services, Centre for Civic Education, Barrister Agomuo Chimaobi, on behalf of the lawyers, said the unpaid judgement debts were affecting them economically, having used their personal resources to prosecute some of the cases on behalf of their clients. Parts of the...

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President Buhari, Other Political Leaders Urges Nigerians To Imbibe The Spirit Of Love, Tolerance

NewsNigeriaPresident Buhari, Other Political Leaders Urges Nigerians To Imbibe The Spirit Of Love, Tolerance

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 20, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajagbiamila, state governors, and other political leaders across the country have urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, tolerance, and sacrifice and work for national unity. In their Eid-el-Adha separate messages, the leaders urged the Muslim faithful to use the occasion to pray for peace and progress of the country. They also called on Muslims to celebrate the festival with caution in the...

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Yoruba Fighter, Igboho Arrested in Cotonou

NewsYoruba Fighter, Igboho Arrested in Cotonou

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 20, 2021

Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Operatives of the Department for State Security (DSS) on July 1 raided his Soka, Ibadan residence where two of his men were killed and 13 supporters arrested. Ighobo escaped the raid and was later declared wanted by the Service. He had gone underground since then. His media aide, Olayomi Koiki, has also fled the country, it was learned. Igboho was...

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