One Person Killed, Many Others Injured In Jalingo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRural DevelopmentOne Person Killed, Many Others Injured In Jalingo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 1, 2020

The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the death of one person while many others sustained various degrees of injuries following a feud between youths of two different settlements in the Water Board area of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. It was reported that Houses and worship centers were destroyed while vehicles were burnt, and shops looted in the wake of the crisis. It took the intervention of security operatives before the tension was doused....

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PTDF Challenges PhD Scholars on Job Creation

EducationNewsRural DevelopmentPTDF Challenges PhD Scholars on Job Creation

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2020

Dr Bello Gusau, the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), has urged the selected PHD scholars under its local scholarship scheme to focus on research work   for job creation in the sector. Gusau made the call at the opening of the documentation of Local Scholars Scheme (LSS) awardees in Abuja on Monday. He said currently, the number of selected scholars under the LSS was higher than the overseas scholarship programme, indicating that the LSS...

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NCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

AgricultureNewsRural DevelopmentNCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 19, 2020

Based on the agrarian nature of Adamawa state, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Adamawa State Government towards sponsoring youths from the state to Israel for training on farming skills. The Executive Secretary of the Commission Dr Yakubu Pam revealed this when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Government House, Yola on Friday. “Israel is one of the leading developed countries...

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Banjiram Water Project in Adamawa to Gulp Over N106m

NewsRural DevelopmentBanjiram Water Project in Adamawa to Gulp Over N106m

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2020

The Adamawa State Executive Council Wednesday approved the release of one hundred and six million naira (N106m) as counterpart funding for executing a water project in Banjiram town of Guyuk local government area. The Commissioner of Tertiary and Professional Education, Alhaji Umaru Iya Daware disclosed this to newsmen after the council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in Government House, Yola. Alhaji Daware explained that the memo covering the project was earlier approved...

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19 Resident UN Agencies to Support Adamawa State

NewsRural DevelopmentUnited Nations19 Resident UN Agencies to Support Adamawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 17, 2020

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Edward Kallon has disclosed that nineteen Resident UN agencies are willing to support the state government through funds and programmes in addressing various challenges through an integrated approach that builds on each agency’s comparative advantage. Kallon who revealed this when he led a delegation on a courtesy call on Governor Ahamdu Umaru Finitir at the Government House, Yola, explained that the visit to the state is to...

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