Nigeria’s First Lady To Distribute 60K Kits To Midwives Across North Central

LifestyleNewsNigeriaNigeria’s First Lady To Distribute 60K Kits To Midwives Across North Central

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2025

The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), a pet project of the Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu will soon distribute 60,000 kits to midwives across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The national chairman of RHI and wife of the President, Senator Oluremi while presenting 10,000 professional kits to midwives in the North Central zone in Ilorin on Wednesday, said that the effort was aimed at complementing the ongoing retraining exercise of 120,000 frontline health...

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Human Trafficking: Nigeria Is A Source, Transit, Destination In Africa-Minister

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHuman Trafficking: Nigeria Is A Source, Transit, Destination In Africa-Minister

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim on Wednesday, decried that Nigeria is one of the main sources, transit, and destination for human trafficking in Africa. Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated this at the 2025 annual academic summit organized by the University of Abuja Faculty of Social Sciences in Abuja with the theme of the summit is, “Illegal Migration and girl-child trafficking in 21st Century Nigeria: Changing the mindset through quality and functional university education.” The Minister...

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Telecoms Tariff: Nigeria Labour Congress Will Stage Peaceful Protest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTelecoms Tariff: Nigeria Labour Congress Will Stage Peaceful Protest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kano State chapter has confirmed receiving directives from the national body to stage a peaceful protest on February 4, 2025. Kano NLC Chairman, Comrade Kabiru Inuwa, reaffirmed their commitment to following the national leadership’s directives at all times but emphasized the need for caution. “We received this directive this evening, and we will convene a meeting of the union leaders in Kano on 2nd February 2025, to make a decision....

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Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang fires five commissioners

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang fires five commissioners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2025

The Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has sacked five commissioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Architect Samuel Jatau, and made available to newsmen. The affected cabinet members are Commissioner for Budget and Planning Chrysanthus Dawam, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Jamila Tukur, Youths and Sports Noel Nkup, Commissioner for Science and Technology Obed Goselle, and Commerce and Industries Sule Haruna. The statement explained that...

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Max Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

NewsNigeriaMax Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A Max Air flight with registration number 5N-MBD, B733, carrying 53 passengers and six crew members crash-landed at around 10:19 p.m. at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following a burst front tire. The aircraft was arriving from Lagos when the incident occurred. Max Air’s Kano Station Manager, Malam Bello Ramalan who confirmed the incident said everyone onboard was safely evacuated. “The airline is collaborating with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Aircraft and...

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5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest Africa5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, Borno state that would discuss the multi-faceted challenges facing Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger had so far received 800 delegates. Baba Malam-Wali, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forum, who is also the Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a pre-forum joint press briefing in Maiduguri. He said challenges of security; climate resilience, food security, socioeconomic recovery,...

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Syndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSyndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A syndicate supplying motorcycles to Boko Haram terrorists in Niger and Kaduna states has been arrested by the Police. Terrorists in Northern Nigeria mostly use motorcycles as operational vehicles for kidnapping, attacks, and on communities committing other heinous crimes. Benneth Igweh, Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said the three suspects were arrested in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State acting on credible intelligence...

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Witness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsWitness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

A witness, Musa Obinyan, in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the Ministry of Aviation awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of Katsina Airport to an unqualified company. At the resumed hearing on Monday, Musa Obinyan told the FCT High Court that the firm awarded the contract, Al Buraq Investment Ltd, could not execute the project. Obinyan, a retired director in the procurement department of the ministry, said the bidding...

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5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTransportation5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

No fewer than 21,580 traffic offenders by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were arrested between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Malam Shehu Mohammed,  FRSC Corps Marshal disclosed this while addressing Journalists on the 2024 special patrol operations on Monday in Abuja, explained that the corps recorded a reduction in the number of offenders recorded in 2024 as against 29,220 within the same period in 2023....

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Banki International Cattle Market In Borno State Opens for Business

AgricultureNewsNigeriaPoliticsBanki International Cattle Market In Borno State Opens for Business

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

The Governor of the Far North Region in the Cameroon Republic, Midjiyawa Bakari, performed the ceremonial cutting of tape of International Cattle Market in Banki town of Bama local government area of Borno State on Monday. The International Cattle Market comprises 12 large ruminant sheds, three small ruminant sheds, lock-up shops, market stalls, water supply facility, an administrative block with three offices, a conference hall, and convenience facilities. The facility is 450m x 450m and...

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