SIFTAS Train 72 Enumerators In Adamawa To Conduct Property Record In Nine LGAs

Housing & DevelopmentLocal GovernmentSIFTAS Train 72 Enumerators In Adamawa To Conduct Property Record In Nine LGAs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 14, 2021

YOLA — In line with the policy of diversifying the revenue base of the state, Adamawa State Fiscal Accountability Transparency and Sustainable Program (SIFTAS) has trained 72 Enumerators who will conduct property records in nine local government areas. The local government include Madagali, Michika, Mubi North, Mubi South, Yola North, Yola South, Numan, Mayo-Belwa and Ganye. At the five-day training held at Fombina Ambassadors Hotel Yola, Dr. Bashir Ahmed, State Project Manager (SIFTAS), explained that...

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NDDC Receives Six Trillion Between 2001 to 2019, Says Malami While Receiving Audit Report

Local GovernmentNDDC Receives Six Trillion Between 2001 to 2019, Says Malami While Receiving Audit Report

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 3, 2021

ABUJA — The forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. The report was received in the name of the President by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. In October 2019, President Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the NDDC, to probe an alleged financial misappropriation. While receiving the report, Malami said the Federal Government doled out approximately six...

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Osinbajo, 10 Others, for ALGOVC Awards Sept. 9

Award & RecognitionLocal GovernmentOsinbajo, 10 Others, for ALGOVC Awards Sept. 9

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2021

MAKURDI — The Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGOVC), will honour Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and 10 others on Sept.9 during its 4th Annual National Conference. This was contained in a statement signed by its National President, Mr. Lawrence Anuchukwu, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Makurdi, on Wednesday by its National Acting Secretary, Mr. Austin Nemba. According to the statement, Osinbajo, Gov Samuel Ortom, Gov...

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Kaduna, Zamfara State Governments Suspend Weekly Markets

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentKaduna, Zamfara State Governments Suspend Weekly Markets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2021

The Kaduna State government has directed the suspension of weekly markets in Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Giwa, Igabi, Kajuru Local Government Areas of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Mr. Samuel Aruwan says the government also banned the selling of petrol in jerry cans within and outside premises of petrol stations in the five local government areas listed, with immediate effect. The statement enjoined Citizens to cooperate with...

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Flood Destroys 150 Farmlands, 66 Houses In Adamawa

Accidents and SafetyLocal GovernmentFlood Destroys 150 Farmlands, 66 Houses In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 16, 2021

YOLA — Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman, Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), says 66 houses and 150 farmlands were destroyed by flood in Lababiri village, Bakta district in Shelleng Local Government Area of the state. Dr. Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola that the catastrophe occurred between Aug. 11 and 12, following torrential downpours that lasted for two days. “The agency received a report of the incident in...

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Nnewi is a Sacred Town, Desist from Violence — Dr. Chris Ibe

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNnewi is a Sacred Town, Desist from Violence — Dr. Chris Ibe

PilotnewsAugust 11, 2021

By Ononuju  Egwuonye, Staff Writer NNEWI — The President General of Nnewi Improvement Union (NIU), Dr. Chris Ositadimma Ibe popularly known as OSSYCHRIS has condemned in its entirety the attack on the facility in Police Area Command Nnewi by the so-called unknown gunmen on Monday, 9th August 2021. Describing the act as unpatriotic and uncivilized, the community leader said such action could lead to a total breakdown of law and order in the relatively peaceful...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Relief Market, Nnewi Has a Master Plan- Uruagu Youths

BusinessLocal GovernmentSPECIAL REPORT: Relief Market, Nnewi Has a Master Plan- Uruagu Youths

PilotnewsAugust 5, 2021

By Ononuju Egwuonye, Staff Writer NNEWI — The commercial city of Nnewi was shut down on the 4th of August, 2021 by a group of male youths under the auspices of Uruagu youths forum who embarked on a peaceful protest around strategic points of the ancient town of Nnewi north. They went to the palaces of all the four traditional institutions in the only one- town Local Government Area of Anambra State to express their...

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Lagos LG Elections: Epe Division in Total Compliance With Restriction

Local GovernmentNigeria ElectionsLagos LG Elections: Epe Division in Total Compliance With Restriction

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2021

EPE, (LAGOS STATE) — The streets in Epe Division of Lagos State were on Saturday deserted in adherence to restriction order by the state government for local council polls. The polls, which started at about 9 a.m., were to elect councilors and chairmen for 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA’s) in the state. Lagos state government had on July 22, declared that movement will be restricted throughout the state between 8:00...

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Voters Groan As Electoral Officers Do Not Show Up

Local GovernmentNigeria ElectionsVoters Groan As Electoral Officers Do Not Show Up

PilotnewsJuly 24, 2021

LAGOS — Some voters in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State have expressed dismay over the inability to exercise their rights to vote as the electoral officers did not show up. The voters at Polling Unit 016, Ward A, Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki Eti-Osa LGA told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that some of them (voters) had arrived earlier than others, but were yet to cast their votes....

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Lagos Restricts Movement as it Goes Into LG Poll on Saturday

Local GovernmentNigeria ElectionsLagos Restricts Movement as it Goes Into LG Poll on Saturday

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 23, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has announced the restriction of movement in the state for the weekend is it planned to hold Local Government elections in the state on Saturday. This was announced in a statement by the State’s Information and Strategy Commissioner, Gbenga Omotosho, on Thursday evening, noting that movement will be restricted in the country’s commercial centre on Saturday, July 24 between 8am and 3pm. “The restriction is to enable the Lagos...

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