Two Abducted US Consulate Staff in Anambra State, Rescued

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Abducted US Consulate Staff in Anambra State, Rescued

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 20, 2023

The two abducted staff of the US Consulate on Tuesday, in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State, have been rescued unhurt early this morning, by the joint security operation. Confirming the rescue, spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, noted that the two were rescued in the early hours of today, Friday, following an intense operation by the joint security forces in Anambra State. However, he said that...

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Federal government Offers 65 former Corps members automatic employment 

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaFederal government Offers 65 former Corps members automatic employment 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 20, 2023

Sixty-five former Corps members made up of 52 who received Presidential Honours Awards and 13 with Disabilities have gotten automatic employment in Federal Civil Service. NYSC is a government-initiated program, established on May 22, 1973, designed to actively engage graduates in the process of nation-building. The programme mandates graduates from universities and later polytechnics below the age of 30 years to partake in a one-year mandatory service. Since the inception of the programme, more than 4.6...

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Federal Government Engages 7500 Independent Monitors For NSIPs Programme

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaFederal Government Engages 7500 Independent Monitors For NSIPs Programme

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 20, 2023

For successful implementation of National Social Investment programmes (NSIPs) across the 36 states of the federation, the Federal Government has engaged 7500 Independent Monitors to supervise the programme. Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster, Management, and Social Development disclosed this in Abuja at the flag-off of a workshop for the Independent monitors. She stressed that to ensure a successful implementation and maximize the impact of the NSIP, t She said the Ministry had...

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Attack by Gunmen on US Embassy Staff in Anambra State: Two Arrested

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAttack by Gunmen on US Embassy Staff in Anambra State: Two Arrested

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 19, 2023

At least, two people have been arrested by the joint security operation trailing the attackers of the US Consulate staff who came to Anambra State from US Consulate Lagos, for environmental impact assessment of erosion in Ogbaru local government area, but were ambushed and killed by gunmen. In a press briefing by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng on Thursday morning, he noted that “two persons of interest” have been arrested in...

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Speakership race: Doguwa, two others steps down for APC’s anointed candidate, Abbas

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSpeakership race: Doguwa, two others steps down for APC’s anointed candidate, Abbas

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2023

…three aspirants withdraw from deputy speakership race, backs Kalu. The majority leader of the House of Representatives and the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada constituency, Alhassan Doguwa, has pulled out of the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Announcing his withdrawal from the race, the All Progressives Congress, APC, federal lawmaker declared his support for Tajudeen Abbas, the party’s preferred candidate for the position. On May...

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May 29: NCFront – 3rd force movement to support planned mass action

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMay 29: NCFront – 3rd force movement to support planned mass action

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 19, 2023

Following planned Citizens Mass Action currently being mobilised by concerned Nigerian Youths and Citizens, in the event that the Judiciary fails to determine the rightful winner of the 2023 presidential elections by May 29, the National Consultative Front, NCFront, and the umbrella platform of the 3rd Force Movement in Nigeria has given full backing to the proposal. A press statement signed on Thursday by Olawale Okunniyi, popularly called Veteran Che, and Director General, National Consultative...

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I’ll go to Presidential Tribunal on Friday – Apapa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI’ll go to Presidential Tribunal on Friday – Apapa

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 19, 2023

Nobody will stop me Says Obi supported them to dishonour him The factional national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Chief Lamidi Apapa has said that he intends to go to the Presidential Election Tribunal (PET) on Friday, where the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi is contesting the result of the just concluded presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The LP chieftain who was ordered out of...

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Three Kidnappers Who Kidnap Female Journalist Bags Life Imprisonment

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaThree Kidnappers Who Kidnap Female Journalist Bags Life Imprisonment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 19, 2023

The Adamawa State High Court has sentenced three Kidnappers who kidnapped a female Journalist with Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola to life imprisonment. The court also sentenced two accomplices to various jail terms. Recall that the female Journalist, Amra Ahmed Diska was abducted on 4th May, 2021 at her matrimonial home in Mbamba, Yola South LGA of Adamawa State and spent 7days in the Kidnappers den before regaining her freedom upon payment of N4million as...

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Only 463 Healthcare Facilities have Required Skilled Birth Attendants – NPHCDA’s Exec

HealthNewsNigeriaOnly 463 Healthcare Facilities have Required Skilled Birth Attendants – NPHCDA’s Exec

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 19, 2023

Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director, Faisal Shuaib says only 463 of the 25,843 primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria have the minimum number of required Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA). Faisal who stated this Wednesday in Abuja during a briefing on the Community-Based Health Research Innovative Training and Services Program (CRISP) said aside from the gross inadequacy; there was the problem of unequal distribution of available SBAs in the...

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Youngster Kills Friend, Robbed Him N100K

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaYoungster Kills Friend, Robbed Him N100K

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 19, 2023

A 34-year-old Inuwa Yunana, a resident of Gyawana, Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested by the Police for stoning to death his close friend Augustine Otti, a student at the University of Maiduguri and robbing him of N100,000=00. The Adamawa State Police Spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said the suspect subdued the deceased, Augustine Otti and hit him severally with a stick and later stoned him to death,...

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