Troops Kill Over 130 Terrorists In Three Weeks In North-East and North–West

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Kill Over 130 Terrorists In Three Weeks In North-East and North–West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 23, 2022

Troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daj have killed no fewer than 130 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province terrorists in the last three weeks at separate destinations in the North-East and North–West. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, also said troops apprehended four terrorist commanders and 12 logistics suppliers. Maj.-Gen. Danmadami added that 423 terrorists and members of their families comprising 41...

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Insecurity: Federal Government Commences Data Collection Of People In Katsina State

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaInsecurity: Federal Government Commences Data Collection Of People In Katsina State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 23, 2022

The Federal Government has commenced collection of data of people affected by the prevailing insecurity in some Local Government Areas of Katsina State. The team leader, Nadia Muhammed-Soso, who heads the ministry’s Special Duties Department in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development said on Thursday in Katsina that the aim was to mainstream the victims into all National Social Investment Programmes. Represented by Funke Olatunji, Muhammed-Soso said during a sensitisation...

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Damare Fertilizer Blending Plant To Gulp Over N239 million Naira  

AgricultureNewsNigeriaDamare Fertilizer Blending Plant To Gulp Over N239 million Naira  

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 22, 2022

To boost agribusiness, the Adamawa State Executive Council has approved has over N61 million naira variation for the supply and installation of thirty metric tons per hour capacity fertilizer blending plant in Damare, Girei Local Government Area of the state. Recall that, the resuscitation of the Fertilizer Blending Plant was initially put the  cost at over N177 million. Dr Umar Garba Pella, State Commissioner of Information and Strategy disclosed this Wednesday while briefing newsmen after...

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Amusan Is Africa’s 2022 Best Female Athlete

AfricaNewsSportsAmusan Is Africa’s 2022 Best Female Athlete

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 22, 2022

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on Tuesday honoured Oluwatobilola Amusan for her record-breaking feats on the track this year with the ‘Africa’s best female athlete for the year 2022’ title. In July, Amusan set a new world record of 12.12 seconds during the 100m hurdles semifinal at the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States, breaking the 12.20s record set by America’s Kendra Harrison in 2016. She followed it up with a...

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Construction of Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line  no longer feasible —  FG

NewsNigeriaTransportationConstruction of Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line  no longer feasible —  FG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 22, 2022

The federal government says the construction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern rail line by the current administration is no longer feasible. Mu’azu Sambo, minister of transportation, said this on Wednesday. According to him, the delay is due to the federal government’s inability to secure foreign loans that will make 85 percent of the funds needed to execute for the project. Sambo disclosed this while fielding questions on what is hindering the administration from delivering the...

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Politicians are plotting to arrest Emefiele — CAN

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPoliticians are plotting to arrest Emefiele — CAN

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 22, 2022

The chairperson of the Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Joseph Hayab says the plot to arrest and detain Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was conceived by those against the new CBN policy. According to him, the new CBN policy has become a tool for politicians to pick a fight with Emefiele. A federal high court in Abuja recently declined an application by the Department of State...

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Senate Confirms Onochie, 12 Others As chairman, Board Members of NDDC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Confirms Onochie, 12 Others As chairman, Board Members of NDDC

PilotnewsDecember 21, 2022

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former aide on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Objections raised by Senators Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and Nicholas Tofowomo (Ondo) against Onochie and Charles Ogunmola from Ondo State, were ignored. Also confirmed are 12 other the nominees as Managing Director, Executive Directors and commission members. Other NDDC members confirmed are; Dimgba Erugba, Abia; Dr Emem Willcox...

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Soludo Increases Salary By 10% For Anambra Workers, Gives  N15,000 Christmas Bonus

NewsNigeriaRegionsSoludo Increases Salary By 10% For Anambra Workers, Gives  N15,000 Christmas Bonus

PilotnewsDecember 21, 2022

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR has increased salaries of the state civil servants by ten percent (10%). Governor Soludo who made the declaration at the celebration of the 2022 Public Service Day at the Anambra Secretariat Complex Awka, also promised to give them N15,000 as Christmas bonus. The theme for the event was; “Performance Management System: Impact on the Nigerian Public Service. The Governor expressed empathy for income earners, especially in the...

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How bandits effort  to enforce control is driving violence in Kebbi state

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHow bandits effort  to enforce control is driving violence in Kebbi state

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 20, 2022

Vicious attacks and kidnapping in Kebbi state surged in the last few months as criminal groups in the state strive to create camps and grab lands from helpless villagers, WAP can report. According to residents who spoke with a correspondent, Bandits’ pursuit of more camps in sedentary border zone villages under is one of the reasons behind the surge in attacks perpetrated by the terrorist group. In Zuru emirate, Kebbi state, there is an increasing...

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Kano Hisbah Attends Gay Marriage Ceremony Uninvited, Arrests 19 Attendees

NewsNigeriaRegionsReligionKano Hisbah Attends Gay Marriage Ceremony Uninvited, Arrests 19 Attendees

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 20, 2022

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 19 youths for attending a same-sex marriage ceremony, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Lawan Ibrahim, the spokesperson of the board, said on Tuesday in Kano that the youths were gathered to witness the wedding of two suspected homosexuals identified as Abba and Mujahid. Ibrahim said the youths were arrested after the board got a hint about the same-sex marriage. According to him, hisbah officers arrived at...

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