By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has supported the treatments of 32, 215 mental health patients as well as provided mental health care sessions conducted in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in Northeast Nigeria. The WHO Health Emergencies Response Manager, Borno state, Mr. Beatrice Muraguri disclosed...
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola has set aside the High Court rulings nullifying the primaries that produced Emmanuel Bwacha and Aishatu Binani as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates for Taraba and Adamawa states respectively. The court on Thursday ordered that their names should be forwarded...
The United Nations (UN) said funding was required to implement the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to address humanitarian needs of people in the Northeast Nigeria. UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, at a news conference on Tuesday in New York, said 1.1 billion dollars would be required to fund the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says floods destroyed 1,750 hectares of farmland and displaced 183 households in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa. Mr Ladan Ayuba, Head of Operations, NEMA, Adamawa and Taraba made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) says it is prosecuting 52 cases of human trafficking and related offences in Borno, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe. The Zonal Commander of the agency, Mr Mansur Ahmed, stated this in a statement, in Maiduguri on Monday, as part...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the upgrading of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola, to Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, in Adamawa The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this in a statement by Mr Willie Bassey, Director...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAy) States in collaboration with UNICEF on Tuesday organized a one day official dissemination of Manual on building resilience in the education sector with support from the global partnerships for education functionaries and related sectors. UNICEF Chief of Field Office...
About 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines action in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in North East region of Nigeria. The declaration was made on Monday in Abuja by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale. Speaking at the 2022 International...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The European Union (EU) and UNICEF have built the capacity of 50 government education officers in north-east Nigeria to improve the quality of data and evidence available to formulate impactful policies and drive targeted investments in the education sector in the region. A statement...
No fewer than 1,073 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Adamawa are to benefit from the World Bank intervention programmes through the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES). Hajiya Aishatu Bello, Project Manager, who disclosed this at the news conference on Friday in Yola, added that those...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria has more than 180 million inhabitants, making it the most populous country in Africa. It is also one of the poorest. Poverty, food insecurity and inadequate access to education and health care are particularly severe in the North-East. The activities of the terrorist...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, Alhaji Umar Mustapha, said the party will conduct a successful and acceptable national convention on Saturday. Mustapha, popularly known as “Otunba of Ekiti” and Muqaddas of Adamawa Emirate”, gave the assurance while fielding questions from Journalists on Sunday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to sustain ongoing onslaught against insurgents and bandits in Nigeria. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the COAS gave...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Adamawa, on Thursday, accused the Petroleum marketers for hoarding of petroleum products resulting to artificial scarcity of the products in Yola. Mr Emanue Fwashe, NLC’s Chairman, told journalists after a joint monitoring exercise of fuel dispensing stations in Yola, that the marketers were...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commentate World Toilet Day, UNICEF Officer in-Charge , UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Office, Dr. Clement Adams said “across the country, about 48 million Nigerians lack access to toilets and the protection they confer against diseases and possible deaths.” Dr. Clement added...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has uncovered ‘ghost’ sachet water factories in Yola, Adamawa state. Mr Gonzuk Nyor, the Adamawa Coordinator of the agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Yola, on Thursday....
The newly elected Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, has urged members and supporters of the party to be united to reclaim the governorship seat in the 2023 general elections. Bilal made the appeal while addressing party members in Ganye town, headquarters of Ganye...