Schools Resumption Extended Residents In Flood Prone Areas Urges To Relocate The Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NIMET has alerted that flood disaster may affect eight local governments in Adamawa State to include Madagali, Mubi North, Mubi South, Shelleng, Demsa, Numan, Song and Yola North. Following this development, Adamawa state government has extended the resumption date of Public Secondary Schools with two weeks for the 2024/2025 academic session. The earlier resumption date was to Monday, September 16,...

An inferno that started around 5 am on Saturday destroyed the offices of the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, the Chaplain, and of the Chief Imam of Sokoto State Police Command. The Spokesman of the Command, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the fire gutted a section of the one-storey administration block of the Command which affected some offices at the Command. ASP Rufa’i however ruled out any...

The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has called for collaboration with the Sokoto state government to improve birth registration and nutrition in the state. Ms Cristian Munduate, Nigeria Country Representative of UNICEF made the call during a visit to the wife of State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Aliyu, explained that the state has over 1.5 million children under five years who have not been registered. Ms Cristian noted that issuing a certificate after delivery would give the...

… Says Alau Dam Did Not Collapse The Federal Government has attributed the overflow of Alau Dam to climate change and excessive rainfall which resulted in recent flooding in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, and assured that the Alau Dam did not collapse during the disaster. At a press conference in Abuja, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, while extending the government’s condolences to the people of Borno State following the devastating...