By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday laid foundation stone for the establishment of 1,350 megawatts Gwagwalada Independent Power Plant (GIPP) Project sited in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT. The project is being carried out through a partnership between the Nigerian National...
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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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says about 58 per cent of children in Borno State and 75 per cent of children in Yobe State lack exclusive breastfeeding. UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Northeast Nigeria , Phuong T. Nguyen, stated this on Monday...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The CEO/Country Director of GOAL Prime, Dr. Christopher Chinedumuije, says the organisation has flagged off its 13th partnership project with the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) of the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA Nigeria). He added that the project...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of activities marking Muharram (the new year of 1445 AH Islamic calendar), First Aid members of Shababul Faida Jamiyyatu Ansarudden Attijaniyya Nigeria have procured and donated free drugs and consumable items to the less privileged and nursing mothers at Herwa Clinic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) says diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, urging Nigerians to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated against the disease with the prescribed three doses of the pentavalent vaccine. The WHO Emergency Manager in charge of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace, Malala Yousafzai has marked the tenth anniversary of her notable speech in Nigeria. Yousafzai is in Nigeria with the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed. UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at UN...
Nobel Peace Prize winner and girl-child education activist, Malala Yousafzai, has expressed hope for a more better future for Nigerian girls. Speaking during a courtesy call on Gov. Babagana Zulum on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Malala said she was happy with her second visit to Maiduguri to propagate girl-child education....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Shababul Faida Frist Aid Jamiyyatu Ansaarudeen Attijaniyya Nigeria, has organized a special prayers and Quranic recitation for peace, unity and stability of the country and its leaders. The Director General of Shababul Faida Frist Aid, Sayyadi Tijani Bako, while addressing members on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Tinubu’s determination and commitment to address basic infrastructural facilities issues in the country including Gamboru- Ngala-Dikwa, and Maiduguri -Bama-Banki-Damboa – Biur federal Trunk ‘A’ roads in Borno State. Kashim, who stated this on Wednesday...
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 Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has emerged winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Taraba. Obi, according to the result presented by the State Collation Officer for Presidential Election (SCOPE) for Taraba, Prof. Mohammed Abdulaziz, polled 146,315 votes in the state. Abdulaziz said that the Peoples...
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...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a refund of N9.6 billion to Plateau and Borno State Governments for road projects executed by the two states on behalf of the Federal Government. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED), a non governmental organization has trained 30 selected members of Early/ Forced Marriage Women Group and Mothers of invisible children on psycho-social support, entrepreneurship and capacity building. The 2-day training workshop which was held at the Allamin....
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council said it was compiling evidence to lodge formal complaint to security agencies on recent attacks on the party’s campaigns in Kaduna and Borno states. The council’s Director, Strategic Communications, Mr Dele Momodu, told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, that the party...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Search For Common Ground has organized a two day training workshop for Borno and Yobe State journalists and social media influencers on sensitive conflict information and communication strategies and programing at the grassroots level. The capacity building training workshop...
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj.-Gen. A.K. Ibrahim, has urged troops to prepare for renewed operation on the shores of Lake Chad. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim made the call when he paid operational visit to troops of Sector 111 in Baga, to boost their moral in preparations...
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...