Over 40,000 Benue Civil Servants To Undergo ICT Training

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 40,000 Benue Civil Servants To Undergo ICT Training

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 22, 2025

No fewer than 40,000 state and local government employees would be trained in e-governance, data policy, regulation, and ICT compliance to modernize governance and enhance digital literacy. Benue State Commissioner for Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Kwaghgba Amande disclosed this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abuja between the Benue State Government and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) Amande, said Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has approved the training, stressing that the...

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Court Halt Elections PDP’s North East Local Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Halt Elections PDP’s North East Local Elections

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 22, 2025

A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu, has ordered the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to postpone the election of its zonal committee members and national ex-officio for the North East, which is slated for today, Saturday. The judge, gave the order in the suit no: FHC/ABJCS/298/2025 filed by Dr Nicholas E. Msheliza and two others (as applicants) against the PDP, its national chairperson, national financial secretary, national organising secretary, national vice...

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Interior Minister Says Nigeria’s Visa-on-Arrival Policy Will Be Scrapped

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInterior Minister Says Nigeria’s Visa-on-Arrival Policy Will Be Scrapped

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 22, 2025

The Federal Government of Nigeria will introduce automated visitor landing and exit cards, thereby scrapping the Visa-on-Arrival policy. Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior who announced this on Friday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of an Advanced Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) training for Immigration officers, explained that the Visa-on-Arrival system is no longer effective. He added that it allows visitors to enter Nigeria without prior screening. Instead, the government is automating the visa process to ensure...

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AGILE To Return Over 3,000 Out Of School Girls in Adamawa State

EducationNewsNigeriaAGILE To Return Over 3,000 Out Of School Girls in Adamawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2025

…Women Back To School The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) is enrolling over three thousand out-of-school girls and women under the “Second Chance Education Opportunities for Out-of-School Girls and Young Women in Adamawa State.” The State Project Coordinator Engr. Saddiki Liman, who disclosed this while declaring open a two-day training workshop on “Second Chance Education Opportunities for Out of School Girls and Young Women in Adamawa State,” said the project would be implemented...

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Rising Cases Of Witchcraft Worries Bauchi Chief Judge

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRising Cases Of Witchcraft Worries Bauchi Chief Judge

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2025

Justice Rabi Talatu Umar, the Chief Judge of Bauchi State, has expressed concern over the increasing number of cases involving witchcraft in the state. She stated this while reviewing the cases of awaiting trial inmates at Jama’are Maximum Correctional Centre during a two-day quarterly routine visit by the Administration of Justice Committee, which she chairs. The Chief Judge noted that cases of witchcraft have become a persistent challenge in legal jurisprudence. “If you are not...

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Under-5 Mortality Dropped In Jigawa State– UNICEF

HealthNewsNigeriaUnder-5 Mortality Dropped In Jigawa State– UNICEF

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2025

Jigawa State has made significant strides in child health, reducing the Under-5 mortality rate from 213 to 161 per 1,000 live births between 2018 and 2023, UNICEF said. The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Nigeria’s Chief of Health, Dr. Shyam Sharan Pathak, disclosed this at the closeout ceremony of the Jigawa State Government/Gavi PHC-MoU at the Government House, Dutse. UNICEF Nigeria’s Chief of Health, who represented the UNICEF Country Representative, Ms. Cristian Munduate, said the...

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Relief Materials For IDPs Uncovered In Classrooms in Abuja

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRelief Materials For IDPs Uncovered In Classrooms in Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was hoarded inside classrooms at the Durumi IDP camp in Abuja. The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Aliyu Ahmed, disclosed that government will probe the alleged hoarding of the relief materials. Ahmed, who was at the Durumi IDP camp to inaugurate a computer centre donated by Brand Life Vision Foundation, embarked on an inspection of the camp and...

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African Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

AfricaNewsPoliticsAfrican Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the country. M23 seized the provincial capital, Goma, at the end of January before pushing south in an escalation of violence in the eastern region, which has already endured decades of clashes. Bankole Adeoye, AU’s Peace and Security Commissioner, in a statement issued on Sunday,...

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Nigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The proposal to create a new department out of the existing Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) has been rejected by the Nigerian government. President Bola Tinubu, whose statement was delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, during the consideration and deliberation on the AU reforms report, rejected moves to restructure the AU Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security. Nigerian diplomat Ambassador Bankole Adeoye currently...

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Ebonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEbonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The sit-at-home orders often declared by non-state actors in the South-East region on Mondays have been worrisome to Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru as he charged the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division to intensify efforts to end the order. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr Monday Uzor, said the Governor made the call when the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division...

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