Democracy Day: Nine Inmates Regain Freedom In Adamawa

NewsPoliticsDemocracy Day: Nine Inmates Regain Freedom In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 12, 2021

YOLA — As part of the celebration to mark over 20 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria, Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has pardoned nine inmates serving prison terms in various Correctional Institutions across the State. According to a statement by Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Humwashi Wonosikou, the nine pardoned inmates are serving jail terms in Ganye, Jada, Jimeta, Numan, and Yola Old Correctional facilities. The statement said, “the Governor acting on...

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President Buhari Appoints New Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission

NewsPress * MediaPresident Buhari Appoints New Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 12, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Balarabe Shehu Ilelah as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, made the announcement in a statement on Friday. The appointment of Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, is for a tenure of five years in the first instance. Ilelah takes over from the Acting DG, Armstrong Idachaba, whose stint saw the sanction of media houses at different times. Under Idachaba, the NBC slammed a...

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Bandits, Terrorists Kills Over 500 Persons, Abducts 201, Displaced 15,000 In Kebbi-Tukura

NewsBandits, Terrorists Kills Over 500 Persons, Abducts 201, Displaced 15,000 In Kebbi-Tukura

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2021

Hon Kabir Ibrahim Tukura, member of the House of Representatives from Kebbi State said on Wednesday that over 500 persons had been killed, 201 abducted and 15,000 displaced in attacks by bandits and terrorists on farming communities in Sakaba and Danko/Wasagu Local Government Areas of the state. He, however, did not specify the period within which those attacks happened. In his lead debate at plenary, Tukura said though the state police command confirmed that bandits...

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People’s Democratic Party Inaugurates E-registration Committee

PoliticsTechnologyPeople’s Democratic Party Inaugurates E-registration Committee

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2021

ABUJA — The People’s Democratic Party PDP inaugurated E-registration Committee at the Party headquarters Wadata Plaza Abuja on Wednesday. A 19 Member Committee will be headed by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Inaugurating the Committee, PDP National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus explained that the idea to inaugurate the committee is to have a proper database in line with the fast-changing technology age. Secondus noted that PDP is the only party that has retained its name...

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Federal Government Orders Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Others to Register

Federal Government Orders Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Others to Register

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government has directed all broadcast service providers and social media platforms operating within the Nigerian space to apply and obtain a license for their services. Nigeria had banned Twitter in the country and also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any agency that flouted the directive. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others must now be registered in Nigeria. He...

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Insecurity: Northern Women Group Demands For National Conference

National SecurityInsecurity: Northern Women Group Demands For National Conference

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2021

Jam’iyyar Mayan Arewa (JMA), Northern women group has called for a national conference or referendum to address the spate of insecurity, killings, and banditry ravaging parts of the country, especially the North. Since the emergence of Boko Haram in 2009, Nigeria has variously suffered spates of attacks, insurgency, banditry, but recently the insecurity has become heightened with kidnapping and killings coupled with threats of secession in the South followed by the killing of Northerners and...

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National Pension Commission Trains 108 Pension Desk Officers On Online Enrollment

JobsLabourNational Pension Commission Trains 108 Pension Desk Officers On Online Enrollment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

Two-day training for 108 pension desk officers on online enrollment for retirement by prospective pensioners under the National Pension Commission (PenCom) has commenced in Gombe. Participants are drawn from the 54 Federal Government Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) in the North East. Declaring the workshop, Mr. Anyim Nyerere, Commissioner Technical, PenCom, said the workshop aimed at training the desk officers on how to guide the prospective retirees on the necessary procedures, including uploading their information....

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Governor Mohammed Sacks All Commissioners, SSG, CoS, Others

JobsPoliticsGovernor Mohammed Sacks All Commissioners, SSG, CoS, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

Senator Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has sacked, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff (COS) Government House, all Commissioners and Special Advisers.  A statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to Bauchi State Governor, Gidado Muktar however, retained Advisers on Security, National and State Assembly Liaison, Social Investment, and Special Adviser Media and Publicity. “All Commissioners are to handover the affairs of their ministries to their respective...

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NationalCouncil Of Pharmacists Cancel Pharmacy Technician Programme In School Of Health Technology, Kano

EducationHealthNationalCouncil Of Pharmacists Cancel Pharmacy Technician Programme In School Of Health Technology, Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

The National Council of Pharmacists cancelled the ‘Pharmacy Technician programme’ course previously accredited to be studied in the School of Health Technology, Kano for alleged violation of regulations. The development will affect 50 final year students of the institution who may have wasted their academic years. The students who were said to have written their final examinations at the Institution received the news recently. The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria had initially accredited the Course for...

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The National Identity Management Commission registers 1.2 Million Nigerians

Demography and PopulationTechnologyThe National Identity Management Commission registers 1.2 Million Nigerians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

One point two (1.2) million Nigerians have so far registered into the National Identity Database and have issued them with the National Identification Number (NIN) in Bauchi. Recall that on May 4, the federal government approved the extension of the deadline for the NIN exercise to June 30. The extension, the federal government said the postponement of the deadline was also based on the request by stakeholders for an extension until June 30 in order...

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