Two Houses Belonging To Suspected Kidnapper and Armed Robber Demolished In Makurdi

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeTwo Houses Belonging To Suspected Kidnapper and Armed Robber Demolished In Makurdi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 29, 2021

Two houses belonging to a wanted suspected kidnapper and armed robber known as Aondofa Cephas Chekele, alias Azonto, were on Monday demolished on the orders of the Benue State Government. Azonto, who is second in command to the slain Benue militia warlord, Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana, was killed by the military on September 8, 2020. The demolition of the houses located at North Bank in Makurdi was carried out under the Benue state law of anti-kidnapping...

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2,233 Nigerians Lost Their Lives To Road Crashes- Oyeyemi

Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeria2,233 Nigerians Lost Their Lives To Road Crashes- Oyeyemi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2021

ABUJA — Corps Marshal, Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi on Monday, said 2,233 Nigerians lost their lives to road crashes in the first four months of 2021. In a virtual event to mark the fifth edition of the Babatunde Raji Fashola GabFest, with the theme ‘Arrive Alive: Building a Road Towards Better Driving Culture’, Oyeyemi who identified over-speeding as the major cause of accidents in Nigeria, said the perforation of aged cars on roads also...

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Zulum Suspends Operations Of An International Non-Governmental Organization In Borno

Crime & SecurityZulum Suspends Operations Of An International Non-Governmental Organization In Borno

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Following Saturday’s discovery that ACTED, an international Non-Governmental Organization (iNGO) was using a hotel in Maiduguri for training some persons on shooting, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has directed the immediate suspension of its operations in the state. Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, who announced the Governor’s directive, said the French iNGO was found using toy guns and simulators in training exercises at a hotel located off a circular road in Maiduguri....

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Fire Razes Central Store Yola Specialist Hospital

Accidents and SafetyFire Razes Central Store Yola Specialist Hospital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2021

YOLA — An inferno on Sunday destroyed 350 beds and beddings at the Yola Specialist Hospital. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report. Deputy Governor Crowther Seth on receiving the news immediately visited the scene to assess the level of damage done by the inferno for government action. Seth who sympathized with the hospital management on the sad development pledged to intimate Governor Ahmadu Umaru...

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FCTA Demolishes Over 349 Illegal Structures Along Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

Crime & SecurityTravelFCTA Demolishes Over 349 Illegal Structures Along Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Ikharo Attah, Chairman, Federal Capital Territory FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, and some security and fire service officers on Sunday monitored the demolition over 349 illegal structures in Lugbe-Across, along with Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The demolition exercise which started at Lugbe-Across, Lugbe Berger, car wash, and Lugbe zone 5 lasted for seven hours. Attah He said the objective of the exercise was to ensure that Abuja, especially along the...

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Gbajabiamila Calls For Regulation Of Social Media In Nigeria

Gbajabiamila Calls For Regulation Of Social Media In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 28, 2021

Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives has called for the regulation of social media in Nigeria, so as to protect all Nigerians from its negative aspect. The Speaker, who spoke on Channels Television, said the National Assembly has been contemplating regulating social media for a long time. “National Assembly has been contemplating regulation for a long time. Each time they do, people will kick. Why do you kick? They say freedom of speech,”...

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Residents Of Lafia Travel 200km To Access Tertiary Healthcare Services-Al-Makura

EducationNewsResidents Of Lafia Travel 200km To Access Tertiary Healthcare Services-Al-Makura

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 26, 2021

The Federal lawmaker representing Nasarawa South in the National Assembly, Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura says residents of Lafia, the state capital, and its environs live in danger without the establishment of a Teaching Hospital in the capital city. He said this in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at the side-line of a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish a Teaching Hospital for Federal University, Lafia. Al-Makura, who is also a former governor...

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Governor Zulum Accuses Organizations For Diverting Funds

CorruptionCrime & SecurityUnited NationsGovernor Zulum Accuses Organizations For Diverting Funds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Governor Babagana  Umara Zulum of Borno State has accused the United Nations and other international non-governmental organizations (INGO) of diverting some of the funds donated for assisting persons affected by the ongoing armed conflict in the northeast of Nigeria. The UN said because of the over a decade-old conflict, “over 3.2 million individuals are displaced, with 4.4 million food-insecure people at crisis and emergency levels and millions of civilians subjected to extreme hardships.”...

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1,005,234 People Receives Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNigeriaVaccination1,005,234 People Receives Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2021

ABUJA — The executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, says 1,005,234 people have received the second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. As of June 24, Nigeria has confirmed 167,375 cases of COVID-19, and while 163,917 have recovered, 2,118 deaths have been recorded. Shuaib while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday said the agency has extended the timeline for the administration of the second dose by 11 days...

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UN Deputy Secretary-General Urges Youths To Be Patriotic

National DevelopmentPeopleUN Deputy Secretary-General Urges Youths To Be Patriotic

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 25, 2021

ABUJA — The UN Deputy Secretary-General Mrs. Amina Mohammed has urged youths to always be patriotic to promote lasting peace and development. Mohammed, who is also the Chairperson of the UN Sustainable Development Group, gave the advice in a lecture titled: “The use of ceasefire agreements in avoiding escalation of armed conflicts” organised by the Law Faculty of Baze University in Abuja. “Young people must always speak positively about their country, irrespective of whatever circumstances...

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