Nigerian Labour Congress Reacts To Mass Sack Of Workers In Kaduna

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, has condemned the mass sack of workers in the state public service. The NLC was reacting to the sack of local government workers who are above 50 years and pegging the total number of staff in each local council at 50 workers. The state NLC Chairman, Mr. Ayuba Suleiman, made the condemnation at a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna said the government has ordered the conversion...

Insecurity: 80,000 People Killed, 3 Million Displaced, Six Million Illegal Arms In Circulation

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has disclosed that the social insecurity bedeviling the country has left 80,000 people dead and 3 million others displaced while an estimated six million illegal arms are currently in circulation. Abubakar, who is also the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), raised the alarm on Wednesday at a dialogue session with key stakeholders in Abuja. The meeting was attended by traditional rulers including the Sultan...

Hajiya Silifat, Declares War On All Forms Of Violence Against Women

The wife of Nasarawa State Governor, Hajiya Silifat Abdullahi Sule, has reaffirmed her resolve to fight all forms of violence against women in the state and the country at large. Nasarawa State First Lady stated this while receiving a delegation from Adogi who was in her office on Tuesday, on a thank-you visit for sponsoring the medical treatment of an infant, Ruqayya, who was raped last year. Recall that on May 27, 2020, a three-month-old...

Bird Flu Hits 7 States, As Cholera Reported In 8 States in Nigeria

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1, also called “Bird flu”. Avian Influenza has strains of the influenza virus that primarily infects birds but can also infect humans. NCDC Boss disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while giving highlights of the...

Borno State Government To Construct 500 Houses To Resettle Displaced Persons In Nguro Soye

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has ordered the construction of 500 houses at Nguro Soye, Bama. Local Government Area to resettle persons earlier displaced by the insurgency. The governor gave the directives during a visit to Bama town on Tuesday while at the palace of the Shehu of Bama, Shehu Umar Ibn Kyari Ibrahim El-kenemi. Zulum added that 1,000 private homes in the town which were destroyed by insurgents would be rehabilitated and...

963,802 Nigerians Took AstraZeneca Vaccines

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has revealed that one month after Nigeria took its first batch of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, 963,802 persons have so far been vaccinated as of April 5. Mustapha explained that the overall objective was to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the population between 2021 and 2022. “As of April 5, 2021, 963,802 persons in Nigeria had...

Police In Kano Arrest 27 Year Old Who Abduct His Uncle, Collect N1m Ransom

A 27-year-old Abubakar Musa has been arrested by the Police in Kano for abducting his uncle and collected one million Naira as ransom The image maker of the Kano State Police Command Abdullahi Kiyawa made this known in a video clip sent to journalists said the suspect was arrested with two AK 47 ripple suspected to be used for kidnapping and banditry. Kiyawa explained that Mr. Musa an indigene of Rurum village in Tudun Wada...

Bandits Kills Over 120People In Niger State

The President of Lakpma Youth Assembly, Jibrin Abdullahi Allawa said over 120 communities in eight wards of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state were said to have been sacked by bandits ravaging the areas. At a press conference in Minna on Monday, Allawa explained that since 2015 when the attacks started, over 120 persons have been killed and over N100m lost to ransom by the people who are predominantly farmers. He said the bandits now...

Sultan Turbans More Than 20 Persons With Traditional Titles Of Sokoto Caliphate

No fewer than 20 dignitaries, including three sons of the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, late Ibrahim Dasuki were on Sunday turbaned with traditional titles of the caliphate by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. The event was a unique one, making it the first of its kind in the history of the caliphate. Addressing the gathering, the Sultan said that the event was historic as it retraced the footprints of the late Othman...

Bandits Are Providing Funds For The Boko Haram- El-Rufa’i

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says bandits are providing funds for the Boko Haram sect and his administration would not negotiate with bandits. El-Rufa’i who featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics said a strong link has been established between the bandits terrorizing the North West and the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. He said there was no way Boko Haram could gather money to fund their operations in the North...

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