President Muhammadu Buhari has paid condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau states. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the president...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years. The Horn of Africa includes Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. According to UN health agency, more than 37 million people...
he Biden administration has imposed fresh economic sanctions on pro-Kremlin oligarchs and on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s purported girlfriend. “As innocent people suffer from Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Putin’s allies have enriched themselves and funded opulent lifestyles,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday. “The Treasury Department will...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State First Lady, Dr. Falmata Zulum has lamented over the low rate of breastfeeding among women in the state, adding that the Boko Haram insurgency has been a major threat to the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in communities across the state. Dr. Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF in collaboration with development partners have referred more than 92,000 women and mothers with breastfeeding difficulties have been referred for maternal, infant and young child nutrition counselling. The UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Field Office Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Samuel B. Sesay, stated this on Tuesday...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government through the office of the Head of Service, Barrister Simon Malgwi on Tuesday embarked on a 2-Day training for top civil servants comprising of the ministerial secretaries and directors to acquire new skills on how to improve their productivity for effective...
Five hostages who were taken on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by terrorists. It is however not clear if any money was paid to the terrorists to release their abducted victims. The security agencies and the Federal Government are yet to confirm the development, but...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects included a kidnap syndicate, motorcycle snatching gang, cattle rustlers and a rapist. Amotekun Corps Commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, while...
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’Council (NSC) Mr Emmanuel Jime, says the Federal Ministry of Transportation is in the process of designating all dry ports to be port of origin and destination. Jime made this known at a stakeholders sensitisation programme/launch of Operational Manual for Inland Dry Ports in Nigeria,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended collective efforts of nations towards tackling security challenges across the globe, and within Nigeria, urging more collaboration to check terrorism, banditry and insurgency. The president gave the commendation when he received Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. James Christoff and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Farmers in Borno state have cried out for government intervention over the non availability of fertilizers in the state for the raining farming season. They also expressed their fears over the state government’s inability to flag off sales and distribution of fertilizers at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children experiencing severe physical punishment. UNICEF Chief of Education, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this in...
Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says it has identified 233 local government areas, in 32 states and FCT that have been predicted to experience flooding in 2022. He said this at a National Consultative Workshop on 2022 Flood Preparedness, Mitigation and Response, organised by...
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has declared a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N29.73 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2022. The company made the disclosure in a report signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, the Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, on Tuesday in Lagos. According to the...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rescued nine Liberians from human trafficking in Kano. NAPTIP’s Commander in charge of Kano Zone, Mr Abdullahi Babale, announced made this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 60-year- old Ghanaian, Edward Quayson, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter. The police charged Quayson, who resides at 14, Kalejaiye St., Sasha, Lagos with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi refused...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said none of its university lecturers has been paid since the union embarked on industrial action in February. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as...
A United States drone strike killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in Kabul, President Joe Biden said Monday, declaring that “justice had been delivered” to the families of the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri’s assassination is the biggest blow to Al-Qaeda since US special forces killed Osama bin Laden...
A United States based real estate entrepreneur, Mr John Juruobi, has appealed to traditional rulers in Abia North to adopt the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu as the consensus senatorial candidate of the zone and return him unopposed. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Orji Kalu media...