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...
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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...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Director -General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday donated relief items, COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs) and other rapid testing kits worth millions of naira to Borno,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At the end of their sixth meeting held in Damaturu, Yobe State, the Northeast Governors Forum on Tuesday night, issued a five-point communique, mostly bothering on security and power supply. The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman and Governor of Borno State, Professor...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops of Sector (2) Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have engaged in a fierce gun battle that ensued in Buni Yadi in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. A statement issued by the Army spokesman, Brigadier General...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rebirth Group has appealed to Yobe’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni, to consider the yearnings of majority of the party’s members for a new leadership. Gov. Mai Mala Buni is Chairman of APC’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The group made the appeal...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Borno and Yobe states, have called for government’s intervention to ensure the payment of N6 billion in outstanding bridging claims by their members. Secretary of the association, Alhaji Abbas Yakubu, made the call...