100 Scavengers To Receive Training On Waste Management

EnvironmentNewsNigeria100 Scavengers To Receive Training On Waste Management

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

At least 150 youths are to benefit from a one week training on efficient waste management practices and A-Z of recycling in Adamawa State organized by the Northeast Development Commission NEDC in collaboration with the state government held at Federal College of Education, Yola. In a message, Alhaji Shuaibu Audu, Adamawa State Commissioner of Environment and Natural Resources Development while declaring the training open, observed that domestic and industrial waste poses challenges in the country....

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Why Merger Between NNPP And LP Won’t Work – Kwankwaso

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWhy Merger Between NNPP And LP Won’t Work – Kwankwaso

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 4, 2022

Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has spoken on the reason the merger between his party and Peter Obi, the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP) will not work. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration of the state office of NNPP in Gombe, Kwankwaso confirmed that his party had been in talks with the LP for a possible merger, but he said the main issue hindering progress was...

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Sharia Court Sentences Three Men To Death By Stoning For Raping Boys

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSharia Court Sentences Three Men To Death By Stoning For Raping Boys

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 4, 2022

A Sharia Court in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by stoning for raping two boys. Channels Television reports that the Sharia police or Hisbah official, Adamu Dankafi said the men were arrested in Gwada village in Ningi LGA in May following complaints by parents of the two boys who alleged that they had been drugged before the act. The convicts, identified as Abdullahi Abubakar Beti...

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Nnewi Union USA Holds 2022 Convention and Fundraiser

LocalNewsNigeriaRegionsNnewi Union USA Holds 2022 Convention and Fundraiser

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 4, 2022

Nnewi Union USA – NUSA, is just concluding its 2022 conference and has elected a new officers for the association. For this year, the theme of the convention is “Impact of Uncontrolled Urbanisation & Security Challenges in Nnewi (and Southeast) – Role of NUSA. The convention was moderated by Prof. Chris Ulasi, communications and journalism professor, who also was a founding secretary of the association. Highlights of the convention includes election of Dr. Julian Anigbogu...

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Police In Ondo Arrest Pastor For Alleged Kidnap Of Over 30 Children

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice In Ondo Arrest Pastor For Alleged Kidnap Of Over 30 Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of The Pastor of ‘The whole Bible deliverance Church’, David Anifowose for allegedly abducting over thirty persons including children. The State Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, said in a telephone interview that the victims had been taken to the State CID in Akure headquarters of the command. The PPRO who briefed newsmen said the arrest followed complaints of some parents who...

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COVID-19: ADCSDA To Engage 1,950 Under Labour-Intensive Public Workforce In Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: ADCSDA To Engage 1,950 Under Labour-Intensive Public Workforce In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

The Labour-Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW) implemented by Adamawa State Community and Social Development Agency, (ADCSDA) will engage 1,950 beneficiaries across the 21 local governments under the Nigerian COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, (AN-CARES) Programme. The World Bank assisted programme which began with orientation and enrollment targeted youths and women whose ages are between 18-50 from vulnerable homes aimed to provide them with employment opportunities through the development and maintenance of local infrastructure that do not...

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Federal Government Donates 360 Tons Of Assorted Grains to Yobe State Government

LocalNewsNigeriaFederal Government Donates 360 Tons Of Assorted Grains to Yobe State Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2022

The Federal Government has presented 360 metric tons of assorted grains to Yobe state government so as to cushion the hardship being faced by Nigerians especially the vulnerable persons in Yobe state. The Minister of Power Engineer Abubakar Aliyu while presenting the grains on behalf of the federal government to Governor Mai Mala Buni in Damaturu, said the gesture was as result of the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of grains from...

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Girl Survives Jump from Four-storey to Avoid Flogging by Guardian

Law & JusticeLifestyleNigeriaGirl Survives Jump from Four-storey to Avoid Flogging by Guardian

PilotnewsJuly 4, 2022

Report from Anastasia Mbabie and Handel Patrick (Staff Reporters) ______ A 14 years old girl has allegedly jumped down from a four storey building to avoid being flogged by her guardian. West African Pilot News gathered that the incident happened in Awada, a highly populated neighbourhood in Onitsha, Anambra State. A source said the girl, Ijeoma Nwafor, is a house maid to a woman, whose name was given as Nnenna Onwanna, who was used to...

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First 100 Days Mark: “Soludo Should put his Team to Work” —Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSpecial ReportFirst 100 Days Mark: “Soludo Should put his Team to Work” —Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 3, 2022

Governor Soludo early in the week marked his 100 days in office as Anambra State Governor. Since then, there have been questions as to if it is too early to judge his performance or if he has performed creditably. A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, and the son of Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has reacted to the commemoration of Governor Soludo’s one hundred days in...

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Nike Art Gallery: Quick Chat with Chief Reuben Osaruyi Okundaye

Arts & CultureLifestyleNigeriaNike Art Gallery: Quick Chat with Chief Reuben Osaruyi Okundaye

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)July 3, 20222

Nike Art Gallery, located at Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria is the largest privately owned Art Gallery in Africa with over 25,000 pieces of artworks of different forms housed in it. The gallery building also houses Nike’s Textile Museum with a huge collection of Nike’s Adire fabrics. Amongst the array of artworks are paintings by the Octogenarian Ex-Police Commissioner, Chief Reuben Osaruyi Okundaye, who is also the husband to Chief Nike Okundaye, the founder of the art...

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