National Identification Number NIN To Replace Bank Verification Numbers BVN- Pantami

EconomyNational DevelopmentNational Identification Number NIN To Replace Bank Verification Numbers BVN- Pantami

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 9, 2021

Nigerian government says it has begun phasing out the bank verification numbers (BVN) introduced by the Central Bank in 2014. President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime had directed citizens to enroll for the NIN and link the number to their SIM cards or risk deactivation of their telephone lines. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2007 mandates all Nigerians and permanent residents to have the NIN but is silent on linking the NIN to SIM registration...

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Some Communities In Zamfara Flees To Adamawa

NewsSome Communities In Zamfara Flees To Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 8, 2021

Security operatives in Yola, the Adamawa state capital have intercepted two trailers loaded with hundreds of Fulani herders, their animals, and personal effects fleeing from Zamfara state due to incessant attacks on communities by bandits. The herders who were billed to settle in the Fufore local government area of Adamawa state a few kilometers away from the state capital considered to be safe haven were kept at the Wuro Hausa Police Division in Yola South...

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Adamawa PCRC Chairman Advocates Sensitization of Citizens on Security Matters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa PCRC Chairman Advocates Sensitization of Citizens on Security Matters

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 8, 2021

The Adamawa State Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Prince Olu Adegoka has advocated for sensitization of citizens on security as a way of bringing to end insecurity being experienced in some part of the country. He made the remark during a congratulatory visit on the new commissioner of Police in the state Aliyu Adamu Alhaji. “Members of the committee in all the 21 local governments are ever ready to work with the Police...

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Blackout Hits Maiduguri Metropolis For Three Weeks, Cripple Businesses

NewsNigeriaPowerBlackout Hits Maiduguri Metropolis For Three Weeks, Cripple Businesses

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 8, 2021

MAIDUGURI  —  Business activities related to the use of electricity as a source of energy were crippled for the past three weeks as a result of the power outage experienced by residents of Maiduguri metropolis and its environs. It was learned that the situation was caused by vandalisation of poles by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Most of the people who run businesses on the national grid as power sources have now resorted to the use...

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Mob Kills Shila Boy In Jimeta For Robbery

Crime & SecurityMob Kills Shila Boy In Jimeta For Robbery

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 8, 2021

One of the miscreants operating in Jimeta-Yola, the Adamawa state capital under the group “Shila boys”  by using commercial tricycles called NAPEP was burnt to death by an angry mob for alleged robbing and stabbing a lady at Mubi roundabout in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area. This brings to three jungle justice against the ‘Shila boys’ gang through mob attacks from January to date. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer Adamawa state...

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NLC Chairman Taraba State Chapter Kidnapped

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNLC Chairman Taraba State Chapter Kidnapped

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2021

The state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Taraba Chapter, Comrade Peter Jediel has been kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday 7/2/2021 by an unknown gunman. A family member who confirmed the incident said Mr. Peter was abducted in his house in Sunkani, Ardo kola local government area of the state at about 12:58 am. According to his younger brother, Mr. Boniface Stephen up to the time of filing this report no demands...

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500 Beggars Arrested In Kano For Violating Law

NewsNigeriaPoverty500 Beggars Arrested In Kano For Violating Law

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2021

The Kano State government says it has arrested 500 beggars for allegedly violating the law that banned street begging in the state. Dr. Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, disclosed this while repatriating the beggars in Kano out of the state. “Names, local governments, phone numbers of the arrested people have been collected and they would be repatriated back to their various homes and states, while they will be empowered. “People...

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FUNERAL: Remains of WAP Regional Correspondent Ibrahim Abdul’aziz Buried In His Hometown, Amidst Tears

NewsObituaryPress * MediaFUNERAL: Remains of WAP Regional Correspondent Ibrahim Abdul’aziz Buried In His Hometown, Amidst Tears

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2021

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, Senior Staff Reporter ______ YOLA — The remains of Ibrahim Abdul’aziz, a veteran Journalist who died in a ghastly motor accident on Friday 5th, February 2020 along Gombe- Bauchi road was buried at the Muslims cemetery Yola town, Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria after funeral prayer was conducted at his family residence along with Abuja road Yola town. The funeral prayer was attended by family members, colleagues in the pen profession, and...

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Adamawa mourns Veteran Journalist Late Ibrahim: State NUJ Declares Three-Day Mourning

NewsNigeriaAdamawa mourns Veteran Journalist Late Ibrahim: State NUJ Declares Three-Day Mourning

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2021

Gov Fintiri, ADHA Speaker, Adamawa Police Command Mourns Veteran Journalist Late Ibrahim Abdul’azeez, NUJ Adamawa State Council Declares Three Days Mourning Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sent his heartfelt condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Adamawa State Council over the demise of Ibrahim Abdul’azeez. The veteran Journalist died on Friday 5th February,2021 in a Car crash along Gombe-Bauchi road The Governor in a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou expressed his...

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Traditional Ruler Tasks People To Be Security Conscious At All Times

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentTraditional Ruler Tasks People To Be Security Conscious At All Times

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2021

YOLA —  The District Head of Vokna-Pakka in Maiha Local Government Area in Adamawa State Alhaji Adamu Abubakar has again stressed the need for people in the area to be security conscious at all times. The District Head who made the reminder in an interview in Yola urged the people to report any suspicious movement of person or group of persons in their midst relevant to security agencies for prompt action. “Maintenance of peace is...

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