The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Adamawa has intercepted smuggled Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at N18.5m. Also intercepted by the service in its operations along the Nigeria-Cameroon border in Adamawa and Taraba states within the past two months are five vehicles and two motorcycles. The National Coordinator “Operation...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Education Fund ( UNICEF) has trained about 330 school girls in 93 schools across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states of north east region between 2023 and 2024 on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) to enhance cleanliness and environmental sanitation. UNICEF...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) has berated the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over its nonchalance in tackling head-on, the recent persistent blackout being experienced in the subregion. The governors said they’re keenly watching to see how committed the TCN is in...
Prices of some foodstuffs have recorded a drop in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. A survey of the prices conducted by NAN in some markets in Yola, Maiduguri and Damaturu towns indicated that the prices of some foodstuffs were lower in April when compared to the months of...
The Federal Government has executed viable projects to enhance access to portable water to 997,000 persons in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The project is being implemented in collaboration between the Federal Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of the Netherlands. The programme also aims to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested 3 persons suspected to be vote buyers in Sokoto State during the bye-elections monitoring exercise. The Commission in a statement on Saturday via it X handle, said 3 males...
North East Governors pledge to strengthen collaboration on security, social and economic integration
North East Governors pledge to strengthen collaboration on security, social and economic integration
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), comprising the Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, held its 9th meeting in Yola, Adamawa State. It expressed delight at the growing strength of cooperation and collaboration among member states in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said Kaduna and Adamawa states have the highest number of applicants in the ongoing recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani said this in...
The Senate has said it will facilitate the inclusion of dredging of the River Benue in the 2024 appropriation bill, to address the perennial flooding and its multi-dimensional consequences. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Monday on “Need to prevent loss of lives caused...
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has listed the University of Abuja, Modibo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, made this known in Abuja...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Governors Forum (NEGF) has raised concerned over the new dimension of growing banditry which has worsen the security situation in the subregion as a result of the concerted efforts of the Military to flush bandits from the other parts of the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra states are likely to be flooded, following the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA, who disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum meeting, on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says 4,204 children associated with armed conflict in the North East have been handed over to governments of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe after the routine re-radicalization and rehabilitation for onward reintegration processes with their families and loved...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 1.6 million children are out of school in North East Nigeria. “We look at the vast and unique education needs of children affected by conflict with at least 1.6 million children are...
The governments of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have started taking steps to contain the hike in transportation caused by removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state governments, which operate own transport companies, have continued to ensure that their...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided a baby-making factory in Adamawa State, arresting seven suspects. The suspects were apprehended during the operation on June 23, with the parade done at the military headquarters on Saturday. Also rescued were 17 teenage girls as well as two babies. The suspects...
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to ramp up humanitarian response to problem of food security and nutrition crisis in North A statement on Tuesday by Ann Weru, the Head of Public Information United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Nigeria, said the fund...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 21,800 tablets of tramadol in Adamawa and Edo. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said that a suspect, Sahabi...
Sen. Grace Bent has appealed to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his Labour Party counterpart Mr Peter Obi to accept their defeat in the Feb. 25 presidential election in good faith. Bent, who represented Adamawa South at the National Assembly stated this in...
. Six States of the Federation have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the last February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The plaintiffs in the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023, are specifically asking for an order of the apex court “directing a wholistic...