PeoplePhilanthropyRegionsVictims Of Communal Clashes Gets Relief Materials

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2020

Victims of the Lunguda and Waja crisis in Guyuk and Lamurde Local Government Areas of Adamawa state over the weekend received relief materials from the Catholic Diocese of Yola in collaboration with the Mennonite Central Committee to cushion their hardship. Lunguda and Waja of the Dumna district of Guyuk local government were recently engulfed in a conflict that led to the destruction of lives and properties. Each package contained over fifteen items of food and...

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Pressure Group Honours Human Right Activists, Philanthropists, Others

NewsNigeriaPhilanthropyPressure Group Honours Human Right Activists, Philanthropists, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2020

The Blackcap Movement, a political pressure group has honored 18 personalities that distinguished themselves in various fields of human endeavors. The recipients include politicians, philanthropists, Human rights activists, and Academicians among others. In his speech, the founder of the movement, Mustapha Atiku Ribadu said the movement was formed in 2015 due to bad governance and massive corruption. “The blackcap as it is known today started as a mere pressure group of fiery young men who...

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NGO trains 5,200 Women on Promoting Girl-Child Education, Ending Violence

NewsNigeriaPeoplePhilanthropyNGO trains 5,200 Women on Promoting Girl-Child Education, Ending Violence

PilotnewsDecember 19, 2020

An NGO, Women for Women International (WFWI) says it has trained over 5,200 grassroots women on promoting girl-child education and ending violence against women and girls in communities. The Country Director, WFWI, Ms. Bukola Onyishi, said this in Abuja on the sideline of a one-day strategic meeting to develop action plan on priority actions for its Change Agents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was held in collaboration with Women’s Rights...

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Lawmaker Donates Ambulance To Health Centre

HealthNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyLawmaker Donates Ambulance To Health Centre

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 17, 2020

The member representing Nasarawo Binyeri Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Umar Nashon Gubi, has donated a brand new ambulance to Tola Primary Health Care Center in Mayo, Belwa Local Government Area. Presenting the ambulance in Tola, Nashon Gubi said the project is part of the promise made to the electorate during the electioneering campaign in 2019. “The decision to donate the ambulance to Tola PHC is to ensure that Nasarawo/Binyeri Constituency...

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Adamawa: Sultan Foundation Trains 160 Women, Girls Rights Defenders On Fighting Gender Based Violence

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPhilanthropyAdamawa: Sultan Foundation Trains 160 Women, Girls Rights Defenders On Fighting Gender Based Violence

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 16, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development has trained  one hundred and sixty (160)  women and girls rights defenders  on ways to better engage with relevant authorities and community leaders on ways to end violence against women and girls in the state. Participants gathered at the Nurses House, Yola, the Adamawa state capital for the four-days intensive training. The training was  aimed at mitigating and curtailing the increasing rate...

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Aisha Buhari Foundation Distributes Food Items, Cash in Adamawa State

CoronavirusNewsPhilanthropyAisha Buhari Foundation Distributes Food Items, Cash in Adamawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 14, 2020

Wife of Nigeria President Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has distributed food items and cash worth millions of naira to vulnerable groups in Adamawa State. Beneficiary includes religious and social groups, women’s groups, the disabled, orphanages, and Correctional Facilities. Represented by Mr. Aliyu Abdullah Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity and Mrs. Zainab Ikaz-Kassim Special Assistant to President on Events who presented the items, said the intervention was under the auspices of the Aisha...

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Commonwealth Donates PPEs to Kano State

CoronavirusPhilanthropyCommonwealth Donates PPEs to Kano State

PilotnewsDecember 9, 2020

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state government has received donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth N82 million from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Ganduje said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano by Hassan Musa-Fagge, the Chief Press Secretary to the state’s Deputy Governor. The governor, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Nasir Gawuna, received the donation after which he flagged off the PPE distribution to...

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COVID-19: Bua Foundation Donates Ambulances, Face Masks To Bauchi State Government

NewsNigeriaPhilanthropyCOVID-19: Bua Foundation Donates Ambulances, Face Masks To Bauchi State Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent The Bua  Foundation on Monday donated 3 equipped ambulances and fifty thousand (50,000) face masks to the Bauchi state government as part of its contribution in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state. Alhaji Abdussamad Isyaka Rabiu, Chairman of the Foundation while presenting the items to the Governor at Government House Bauchi said the gesture is to support the state government towards curtailing the...

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Nestle Awards Scholarships to 23 Students, Undergraduates in Abuja

EducationNewsPhilanthropyNestle Awards Scholarships to 23 Students, Undergraduates in Abuja

PilotnewsNovember 27, 2020

Nestle Nigeria Plc has awarded full scholarships to three university undergraduates and 20 senior secondary students in Abuja, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The scholarships were announced to the students and undergraduates on Thursday by a delegation of Nestle Nigeria, led by Ms. Victoria Uwadoka, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, at the Abaji Area Council Secretariat. Uwadoka said the gesture was part of the company’s CSR in its area of operation,...

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NewsNigeriaPhilanthropy104 Widows Receives Cash Palliate In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2020

As part of humanitarian gesture, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza has given cash palliative to one hundred and four widows (104) with each getting eleven thousand naira (N11,000) as palliative to alleviate their suffering occasioned by coronavirus pandemic. The beneficiaries are Namtari, Yolde Pate, Ngurore and Sangere in Yola South local Government area. Presenting the palliative at the Catholic Secretariat Jimeta Wednesday, Bishop Mamza explained that it will assist the widows...

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