Troops Storm Kaduna Forest To Rescue Emir Of Kajuru, Others

KADUNA — Inspector-General of Police Tactical Unit will soon join troops that have stormed Kaduna forest to give them technical support in search of Emir of Kajuru Alhaji Alhassan Adamu and other members of his family who were kidnapped at the weekend. Kidnapping for ransom has become a daily occurrence in parts of Nigeria, especially for school children. A statement by the spokesman of the Kaduna State Command, Muhammed Jalige, said: “The Kaduna Police Command...

Adamawa State Commissioner Health, Human Services Expresses Concern Over Services Of Some Private Diagnosis

YOLA — Prof Isa Abdullahi, Adamawa State Commissioner Health and Human Services has expressed concern with the services of some private diagnosis centres in Adamawa. He made the remark while cutting the tape to commissioned Apical Healthcare Limited Diagnostic Centre, Yola, a newly established diagnosis centre led by professionals. Abdullahi noted that the hallmark of medical practice is diagnosis, noted that if you did not arrive at diagnosis you retreating a patient blindly, maintained that...

Secondary School Principals In Adamawa Directs To Establish Exam Ethics Club

YOLA — All secondary schools in Adamawa state have been directed to establish an “Exam Ethics Club” in their schools to preach against the consequences of examination malpractice. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Mrs. Wilbina Jackson gave the directive while inaugurating officials of the club for Government Day Secondary School, Luggere Jimeta held at General Murtala Mohammed College Yola. Jackson stated that due to priority given to education by the Fintiri led administration,...

Emir of Kajuru, 14 Others Abducted In Kaduna

KADUNA — In the latest in a series of attacks across Kaduna State, the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu and 14 other family members of the emir, including women and children have been abducted by bandits. Kajuru, headquarters of local government area is about 40 minutes’ drive from Kaduna metropolis. The grandson of the emir and traditional title holder of Dan Kajuru, Saidu Musa, who confirmed the abduction, said the incident happened around 12:30...

Flood Wreaks Havoc In Jalingo Local Government Area

The flood which occurred in the early hours of last Saturday in Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State has washed away no fewer than 200 hundred houses and other valuables which includes farmlands and domestic animals. Affected victims, who are still counting their losses, have called on the authorities concerned to as a matter of urgency come to their aid. In the same vein, the chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba State...

350 Died In Boat Accidents In Nigeria

Mr. Joseph Ityav, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) said no fewer than 350 people have died in different boat accidents across the country in the last year. Ityav disclosed this in Malele town in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State at the flag-off of cutting of tree logs and removal of huge debris from the Shiroro and Kainji lakes. He said of the figure,...

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has directed all traditional and political leaders in Dabna community in Garaha ward, Hong Local Government Area that does not reside in the area to within one month come back and stay with the people or otherwise face sanctions. The Governor visited the area on Sunday to commiserate with the people of Dabna over last week’s attack by unidentified gunmen that leftover twenty people dead. Recall...

Fake Assistant Commissioner Of Police Apprehended In Kano

KANO — A 45-year, Mohammed Aliyu who was parading himself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Kano has been apprehended. According to a statement by Kano Police Spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the fake Assistant Commissioner of Police confessed that he has been arrested as a fake medical doctor. The statement added that “Mohammed Aliyu went to a hotel in the Kano metropolis and requested accommodation in order to lodge some of his guests...

Committee To Confiscate Livestock In Illegal Market In Abuja

ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation would seek forfeiture orders against livestock traders conducting businesses on major road corridors in the nation’s capital. Mr. Ikharo Attah, chairman of the committee who disclosed this on Friday while leading his team on a raid of an illegal ram market around Dutse Alhaji, said the administration had sacked the market in the past, vowed to confiscate rams found in any illegal market...

National Home Grown Feeding Programme Reduces Hunger, Others- Sadiya

DAMATURU, (Yobe State) — The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk said the Federal Government’s National Home Grown Feeding Programme special intervention has impacted positively on millions of Nigerians in areas of hunger reduction, malnutrition, employment generation, and wealth creation. The minister while flagging off Stakeholders’ engagement and enrolment exercise in Damaturu to scale up the programme in Yobe state, said over 100,000  Pupils and 215 cooks in Yobe state are currently benefitting from...

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