17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

NewsNigeriaPolitics17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

The combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra has rescued seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesman of NiDCOM, said the rescued girls were repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested. This latest rescue operation brought the number of girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024 to 130. Balogun...

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Atiku Abubakar Mourns Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

NewsNigeriaAtiku Abubakar Mourns Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 28, 2024

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his condolences to the family of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who passed away in the United States on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, conveyed his sorrow at the loss of Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the now-defunct National Electoral Commission and oversaw the historic June 12, 1993 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, which...

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Yobe State government To Provide Durable Solutions For IDPs

NewsNigeriaYobe State government To Provide Durable Solutions For IDPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

The Yobe State government has initiated a project aimed at tackling challenges faced by displaced persons and the host communities across the 17 local government areas of the state. Baba Malam Wali, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this during a meeting with the Yobe State Solution to Internally Displaced and Host Communities (SOLID) project team, a World Bank-supported programme in Damaturu. “The project presents an important opportunity to contribute to addressing these challenges through...

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Kogi: Health Ministry To Conduct Free Medical Tests Across All LGAs, Wards 

HealthNewsNigeriaKogi: Health Ministry To Conduct Free Medical Tests Across All LGAs, Wards 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 28, 2024

The Kogi State Ministry of Health is set to conduct free medical tests across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 239 Wards of the state. It will be recalled that the Healthcare Initiative launched by the Health Commissioners’ Forum and supported by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health, is aimed at early diagnosis and counselling as well as management of ailments that lead to sudden death. According to a press...

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NASU, SSANU Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Over Withheld Salaries

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsNASU, SSANU Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Over Withheld Salaries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2024

The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, will commence an indefinite strike from midnight on Sunday, 27th October 2024. A circular signed by NASU’s General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, and SSANU’s President, Mohammed Ibrahim, directed all members across federal and state universities, as well as inter-university centres, to fully comply with the directive. The unions are demanding...

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NNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2024

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won all the Local Government elections in all the 44 council areas of Kano State in the Saturday’s Council polls. Chairman, Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Prof. Sani Lawan Malunfashi, who announced the results at the commission’s headquarters in Kano said six political parties participated in the elections. “Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had exercised and observed its Constitutional mandates of planning, organizing, coordinating, observing and conducting...

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Security Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSecurity Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2024

Security Chiefs in Imo State have given an assurance of adequate security during and after the burial ceremony of former President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, whose burial is slated for November 2, 2024. The security chiefs gave the assurance while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late leader of the Igbo socio-cultural organization at his country home in Umuohii Atta, Ikeduru LGA of the state over the...

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Over 200 Environmental Law Violators Arrested In Kwara

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 200 Environmental Law Violators Arrested In Kwara

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2024

No fewer than 200 persons were arrested and charged before mobile courts across Kwara state during Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise for violating Kwara State environmental law. The spokesman of the state Ministry of Environment, Kamaldeen Aliagan in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Musa Buge, She warned residents and commercial transporters against violating the environmental law of the state during the monthly sanitation exercise. The commissioner urged residents to...

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Blackouts: Efficient Supply Of Energy Vital To Economic Growth – Yagabi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBlackouts: Efficient Supply Of Energy Vital To Economic Growth – Yagabi

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 27, 2024

Engr. Sani Yabagi, the National Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and immediate past National Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the blackouts in three regions of the country, saying that  efficient supply of energy is vital to economic growth. It will be recalled that three regions across the country, South-East, North-West and North-East regions have experienced blackouts in as a result of national grid collapse in the past three weeks. Yabagi in...

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Fuel Scarcity in Nigeria to End Soon, Says IPMAN Official

EconomyNewsNigeriaFuel Scarcity in Nigeria to End Soon, Says IPMAN Official

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 27, 2024

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has assured that the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country will soon end. The association’s publicity secretary, Ukadike Chinedu, disclosed to journalists that disruptions in the supply chain were responsible for the shortage, but he assured that fuel would become available in the coming weeks. “The supply chain is dependent on the importation of petroleum products, but now the federal government has decided that they will not...

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