Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board Will Continue To Train And Retrain Of Teachers

The Executive chairman Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board Dr. Salihi Ateequ has reiterated the commitment of the Board in ensuring training and retraining of teachers from the basic level considering the importance of basic knowledge. He stated this while declaring a five-day Teacher professional development training workshop for classroom teachers on Information and Communication Technology ICT organized by the Board in Collaboration with La Touvaz Consult. The workshop is taking place at the Federal...

Some Abducted Chibok Girls Escape From Sambisa Forest

Many of the remaining Chibok girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok local government area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria have escaped from their abductors. It could be recalled in 2014, 219 Chibok girls were abducted in Government Girls Secondary School Chibok local government. 107 have returned, 82 of them through negotiation with the terrorists, while 112 were said to have remained in captivity. It was gathered that they managed to escape following...

Neglected Tropical Diseases Affects Billions Of Children In The World-Prof Isa

Adamawa State Health Commissioner Prof. Abdullahi Isa said Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect approximately more than half a billion children worldwide. Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases to include Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), Onchocerciasis (river blindness), Trachoma, schistosomiasis (snail fever). Briefing Journalists against the backdrop of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day at the Ministry of Health conference Hall, Prof. Isa explained that Adamawa state is being supported by a Non-governmental Organization Helen Keller International in the fight against the...

DPR Yola Cautions Oil Marketers in Adamawa and Taraba States On Safety Measures, Sealed 10 Filling Stations For Flouting Procedure Guides

YOLA  —  Marketers in the downstream petroleum operating in Adamawa and Taraba states have been cautions to ensure regulatory compliance for safety is being adhered to in filling stations and Gas plants. Sadiq Danjuma Ibraheem, the Controller Department of Petroleum Resources Yola field office in charge of Adamawa and Taraba states gave the charge during an interactive session with the leadership of IPMAN, LPG, NARTO, and representatives of other unions of the sector held at...

Nigerian Correctional Service Trains 119 Inmates In Vocational Skills

The Gombe State command, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) says about 119 inmates have undergone vocational skills training in two custodial centres in the state. There are 1, 260 inmates in the five custodial centres in Gombe, Tula, Billiri, Cham, and Bajoga facilities with 697 inmates awaiting trials. Mohammed Sharu, the state controller of NCS, said in an interview with newsmen that the nine-month training was part of efforts to reform inmates. According to him, Gombe...

NDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

KANO  —  The Kano state Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 43 suspected drug traffickers in January 2020. Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the NDLEA Commander in the state, in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kano, said the suspects were arrested in various locations in the state following intensive operations carried out by the officers of the command. Abdul explained that during their various operations, the command intercepted 581.702...

Gunmen Kidnap 27 Travelers Along Wukari –Takum Road In Taraba

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ No fewer than 27 passengers travelling along Wukari to Takum Expressway were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Taraba state. Reports say that the travelers mostly youths were returning from a wedding ceremony in Wukari local government when the bandits attacked them at Kofai Ahmadu in Takum and whisked them away to an unknown destination alongside the vehicle. ‘’ The youths who were between 18 and...

150 People Undergone Training On COVID-19 Action Recovery And Economics Stimulus In Adamawa

YOLA  —  Adamawa state has flagged off one hundred and fifty (150) participants on Nigeria COVID-19 action recovery and economics stimulus result area 3 data capture and field agents. Participants will be deployed to 21 Local Governments in the state and capture the micro and small-medium enterprise that will be given grants and support in ICT. Speaking at the event that took place at Jokems hall Jimeta, Adamawa state Commissioner of Entrepreneurship Development Mr. Iliya...

Policy Brief To End Boko Haram Insurgency In Northeast And Northwest Presented To The Public In Yola

For almost twelve years now, the Military in Nigeria has been fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast and Northwest and other parts of Nigeria, yet the terrorists continued with their heinous acts on communities. It is against this background that the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) a non-governmental organization based in Kano conducted research in 2020 in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, and Kano on how to use non-violent mechanisms to end insurgency in...

An Outbreak Of Diarrhea In Sokoto Claims 4 Lives, 56 Others Hospitalized

SOKOTO  —  Four persons have died and 56 others hospitalized as a result of an outbreak of diarrhea, occasioned by water contamination in Sokoto, the state capital. The incident occurred at Helele in Sokoto North Local Government Area of Sokoto metropolis. Dr. Ali Inname, Commissioner for Health in Sokoto State told newsmen on Wednesday that the state government had contained the spread of the disease, and attributed the incident to the drinking of contaminated water...

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