Centre, UNDP Train 5,000 Civilian JTF In Yobe, Adamawa On Leadership, Skills

NewsCentre, UNDP Train 5,000 Civilian JTF In Yobe, Adamawa On Leadership, Skills

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2021

YOLA — Five thousand (5,000) Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) Members have received training on skills and leadership values, under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mr. Jonah Bawa, Managing Director, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, Jos says the training was conducted by the centre and the participants comprising vigilante and other voluntary security groups, were drawn from Yobe and Adamawa States. Bawa disclosed this when he paid a visit to the Managing Director of...

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Nigerian Government Accuses Some High Profile Nigerians, Institutions of Financing Terrorism

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Government Accuses Some High Profile Nigerians, Institutions of Financing Terrorism

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 10, 2021

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has accused some high-profile Nigerians and institutions of financing terrorism in the country. Malami while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said government was already profiling for prosecution well-placed Nigerians who, have reasonable ground to be suspected of being financiers of terrorism in the country. The Minister confirmed arrest of an undisclosed number of suspects followed the recent convictions of some...

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Boat Mishap Claims 15 Lives In Niger State

Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaBoat Mishap Claims 15 Lives In Niger State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2021

Catastrophe has struck the Tijana community of Munya Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday following a boat mishap that claimed the lives of over 15 villagers on board the ill-fated boat inside a river in the area. A similar boat mishap had occurred in the area that claimed over 13 lives in 2017 when a passenger Wooden boat with no fewer than about 30 people on board capsized midway into their journey to...

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Nigerian Army Arrest 10 Suspected Boko Haram Members In Kano

Boko HaramMilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigerian Army Arrest 10 Suspected Boko Haram Members In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2021

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday evening, arrested no fewer than 10 suspected Boko Haram members in a mosque located at Filin Lazio, Hotoro, in Kano metropolis. According to the reports, the troops succeeded in whisking away the suspected Boko Haram members without raising eyebrows of the fasting-breaking Muslims. It was learnt that the majority of the people using the mosque were Borno indigenes that fled the troubled northeast due to the Boko haram insurgency. Captain...

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Nigeria Red Cross Yet To Feel The Impact Of Taraba State Government

HealthNewsWellnessNigeria Red Cross Yet To Feel The Impact Of Taraba State Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2021

Taraba State branch Secretary of the Nigeria Red Cross Martin A. Mania has lamented the lukewarm attitude of the state government towards the organization. He disclosed this in a chat with Journalists in Jalingo, explained that their efforts in the state had not been recognized by the Taraba state government unlike in other states. Affirming that the state government has not deemed it fit to “make any commitment” to the organization, he believed it is...

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Bird Flu: Bauchi State Government Kills 27,000 Birds

FoodHealthBird Flu: Bauchi State Government Kills 27,000 Birds

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 9, 2021

The Chairman, Technical Committee on the Control of Avian Influenza in Bauchi state Samaila Burga, says the government has killed about 27,000 birds to curtail the spread of Bird flu in the State. Burga told newsmen on Friday in Bauchi that nine poultry farms were affected by the outbreak in Bauchi and Toro local government areas of the state, explaining that 27,000 birds were killed in one of the poultry farms to avert its spread...

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Governor Buni Of Yobe State Denies Presidential Ambition

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Buni Of Yobe State Denies Presidential Ambition

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 8, 2021

Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention National Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mai Mala Buni has denied speculated presidential ambition. It was reported that Buni, who is the Yobe state Governor was plotting to leverage on his leadership of the ruling party to secure its 2023 presidential ticket. Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to the Governor Mamman Mohammed, in a statement, said it would amount “to insubordination for any loyal party member to start canvassing...

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Former Nigeria’s Vice President Mourns Mama Taraba

NewsFormer Nigeria’s Vice President Mourns Mama Taraba

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 8, 2021

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described the demise of Sen. Aisha Alhassan, as a great lost to Nigeria. Atiku said in a statement in Abuja on Friday evening that “Aisha Alhassan was a reliable political ally and a foot soldier who was passionate about her political convictions.” “I am grieved by the loss of former Sen. Aisha Alhassan. I asked about her condition this (yesterday’s) afternoon after I called her number without...

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Released Student Of The Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Recounts Ordeal

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaReleased Student Of The Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Recounts Ordeal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 8, 2021

One of the 27 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna handed over to their families on Friday has disclosed that some of the bandits who abducted them are foreigners. The student identified as Pamela Ibrahim while speaking to newsmen at the Government House Kaduna that the bandits told them they would not stop threatening the peace of Kaduna State until the government settles them. Ibrahim while recounting her experience with the...

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Supreme Court Okays Deregistration Of 74 Political Parties By INEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court Okays Deregistration Of 74 Political Parties By INEC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 8, 2021

ABUJA — It was a landmark victory for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday as the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld the deregistration of 74 political parties by the Electoral Commission. INEC, in deregistering the affected 74 political parties in February 2020, stated that they failed to meet the minimum requirement to win any election during the 2019 general elections. The constitutional provision spells out the...

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