NCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

HealthNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 1,534 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the country, with 4,160 suspected cases reported in 139 local government areas in 27 states. “The confirmed cases were distributed across 56 LGAs in 10 states. The majority [1,018 (66.4 per cent)] of the confirmed cases occurred in children aged one to 14 years,” NCDC said. The NCDC which released the diphtheria situation report from May 2022 to...

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Top Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTop Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Chief Secretarial Assistant attached to Bauchi State Pension Board Ibrahim Garba has been sacked over alleged “serious misconduct of salary and pension scam”. The Information Officer, Bauchi State Civil Service Commission (BSCSC), Mr Saleh Umar in a statement in Bauchi on Tuesday said Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement. Part of the statement reads: “The commission approved the termination during a sitting of...

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Coalition Of CSOs Reacts To Video Accusing Chief of Defense Staff

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCoalition Of CSOs Reacts To Video Accusing Chief of Defense Staff

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna state has reacted to a video that has gone viral accusing Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defense Staff of being used by France, America and Britain in favour of a war between ECOWAS military force and the Nigerien military junta. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Nuhu Bahago, the Coordinator of the coalition, noted that the video is capable of inciting hatred against the...

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Hoodlums set ablaze Reps member’s House in Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHoodlums set ablaze Reps member’s House in Anambra

PilotnewsAugust 9, 2023

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have burnt down the house of member, representing Ihiala Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dr. Paschal Agbodike. It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the house located in Ubahi-Mbosi in Ihiala Local Government Area at about 1am on Tuesday and started shooting sporadically before setting the house ablaze. Agbodike was also the former deputy speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly and the place of the incident is his hometown....

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Team of Anambra Debaters in Kuala Lumpur, to Represent Nigeria

EducationNewsNigeriaTeam of Anambra Debaters in Kuala Lumpur, to Represent Nigeria

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 9, 2023

A team of debaters from Anambra state have traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to represent Nigeria in an international debate competition in the Southeast Asian country.  The team which arrived Kuala Lumpur last weekend was led by the Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh. According to the Anambra State debate coordinator, Mrs. Amaka Aniekwe, upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur last weekend, team Nigeria debaters are being coached and tutored in preparation for the...

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University of Ibadan student appointed as member of presidential tax committee

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUniversity of Ibadan student appointed as member of presidential tax committee

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 9, 2023

Orire Agbaje, a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, UI, has been appointed as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms. The committee was inaugurated at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu. The president had approved the establishment of the committee last month and appointed Taiwo Oyedele, a tax and fiscal policy expert, as its chairman. The committee is responsible for various aspects of...

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Fuel subsidy removal: Private schools suspend bus services to reduce transportation cost

EducationNewsNigeriaFuel subsidy removal: Private schools suspend bus services to reduce transportation cost

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 9, 2023

Some private schools across the country have suspended transportation services for students due to the spike in the price of fuel, the President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Abayomi Otubela has said. Otubela, who spoke on Monday in Abuja, advised parents to devise alternative means of transporting their wards to school. “Many of our member schools have parked their school buses because of the huge cost of running them,” the...

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WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results 44 days after the examination

EducationNewsNigeriaWAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results 44 days after the examination

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 9, 2023

…withholds results of candidates from eight states The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. The Head of the National Office, HNO, WAEC Nigeria, Patrick Areghan gave a breakdown of the results at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday. Areghan said that of a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat for the examination, 794,280 were males, while 819,453 were females, representing 49.22...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsJob Seekers Paid Millions Of Naira To IPPIS Desk Officer Personal Account

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2023

Job seekers in the Federal Character commission (FCC) have paid millions of naira into the personal account of a former IPPIS desk officer with the commission, Haruna Kolo for onward transmission to the Chairman, Mrs Muyeebat Dankaka. He made the revelation on Monday when he appeared before the House of Representatives adhoc Committee investigating the mismanagement of the IPPIS system and Job racketeering, Kolo said he “usually approached” Point of Sale (POS) agents to collect...

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Governor Fintiri Solicits Support For Sukur World Heritage Site

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Fintiri Solicits Support For Sukur World Heritage Site

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2023

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has advocated for diplomatic community deployment of more support to the Sukur Kingdom. Sukur Kingdom is the first world heritage site in Nigeria and is situated in the Madagali local government area of Adamawa State. The Governor stated this Monday when he received the Philippines Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Rodrico Atienza who was on a working visit to the state in the Government House Yola. Fintiri urged for capacity...

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