Traders In FCT, Jigawa Groan Over Scarcity Of Foreign Rice

BusinessMarketsNewsTraders In FCT, Jigawa Groan Over Scarcity Of Foreign Rice

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 14, 2021

ABUJA, FCT — Traders in some markets in Abuja on Saturday were out of stock of foreign rice in their shops and warehouses weeks after the reopening of borders by the Federal Government. Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed, a rice seller in Utako Market in Abuja, said in view of the scarcity, the price of foreign rice had increased in the market. Mohammed said that the scarcity started in the last two weeks. “In January and February,...

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No Negotiation Or Amnesty To Criminals- Gov Ortom

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNo Negotiation Or Amnesty To Criminals- Gov Ortom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 14, 2021

Governor Samuel Ortom Benue State says his administration will no longer negotiate with or grant amnesty to criminals under any guise in the state. He stated this on Saturday in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the state at the burial of Mr. Terkura Suswam, the slain elder brother of the former governor, Sen. Gabriel Suswam. late Suswam was killed along with his aide, Mr. Solomon Utanor on March 2, close to his residence in...

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Two YEDC Auxiliary Staff Arrested For Vandalizing And Stealing Of Armored Electricity Cables

Crime & SecurityInfrastructureTwo YEDC Auxiliary Staff Arrested For Vandalizing And Stealing Of Armored Electricity Cables

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 14, 2021

YOLA — Adamawa State police command has arrested two auxiliary staff of Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) for alleged involvement in vandalizing and stealing armored electricity cables. According to a statement by the command’s image maker, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the two suspects, Idi Wakili (62) and Babangida Bello (54) all residents of Madumari ward of Yola South local government area were arrested along Rugange – Njoboliyo road in Yola South local government area. The...

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Informants Behind Bandits Attacks On Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaInformants Behind Bandits Attacks On Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said informants must have alerted the bandits who invaded the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of the State. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, El-Rufai said the government got intelligence that bandits were planning to attack a secondary school close to the forestry college.  “Security operatives were alerted immediately and they moved to the school. “Some informants must have alerted the bandits...

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Fintiri Commission Rehabilitated Song LGA Destroyed By Insurgents

Local GovernmentNewsFintiri Commission Rehabilitated Song LGA Destroyed By Insurgents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

The Federal Government’s Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, being funded by the World Bank has rehabilitated and furnished Song local government secretariat destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents some years back. Speaking at the handing of the structure in Song town Friday, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, commended the Federal Government and World Bank over some intervention projects in the state. Fintiri recalled that numerous public buildings that included schools, hospitals, police and correctional centres, were destroyed...

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Governor Bello Inaugurates Kogi State Council of Information

PoliticsPress * MediaGovernor Bello Inaugurates Kogi State Council of Information

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

To ensure reliable and accurate information about Kogi state is disseminated, the State Governor, Yahaya Bello has inaugurated the Kogi State Council of Information, saying Kogi State was the first state in the federation to domesticate the information council at the state level. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Folashade Ayoade, the governor urged the Council to project Kogi in the right way as information officers in the state through the dissemination...

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EFCC Arrest 57 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Ogun

Crime & SecurityNewsEFCC Arrest 57 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Ogun

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raided a number of hotels described as hideouts for internet fraudsters in Ilaro area of Ogun state on Friday and arrested 57 people. EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement in Ibadan that the agency was intensifying efforts to tackle financial crimes and secure more convictions. The raid on Friday follows “actionable intelligence” linking the suspects to alleged fraudulent activities. The EFCC said that two pump action rifles, four...

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Gov Fintiri Offers Automatic Employment To Five Graduates of Adamawa State University

EducationNewsGov Fintiri Offers Automatic Employment To Five Graduates of Adamawa State University

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2021

YOLA —  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has announced automatic employment to five best graduating students at the Adamawa State University and overseas scholarship to further their education. The Governor made the announcement in his speech at the third to fifteenth convocation ceremony of the institution Saturday with ninety-two students graduating with first-class honour degrees. The University held its last convocation twelve years ago following setbacks caused by Boko Haram attacks and industrial...

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Students Unrest: Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia Shut Down

EducationNewsStudents Unrest: Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia Shut Down

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2021

Following the students’ unrest, the Management of Isa Musthapha Agwai Polytechnic Lafia, Nasarawa state has shut down the institution for one week. The students had barricaded the Lafia-Jos Road for several hours, to protest the alleged closure of the school’s registration portal by its management. Dr. Justina Kotso, Rector of the Polytechnic who announced the temporary closure of the school while briefing newsmen on the aftermath of the protest in Lafia said the decision to...

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Governor Fintiri Encourages People To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsVaccinationGovernor Fintiri Encourages People To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2021

YOLA — Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State Thursday received the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine at the vaccination centre in the State Specialist Hospital Yola. The Governor in an interview with newsmen after taking the vaccine call on the people in Adamawa to avail themselves of the vaccination as it is safe and harmless. “People should take the vaccine because it is the only way to make them safe and built their immunity against the...

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