Kano residents groan as water scarcity defies solutions

Kano residents have continued to grapple with water scarcity as all efforts to address the lingering scarcity by the state government defy all solutions. The water scarcity, coupled with the current poor power supply from the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, has crippled social and economic activities in the ancient city. Areas worst hit by the…

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NDE trains 20 Gombe unemployed youths in vocational skills

No fewer than 20 Gombe unemployed youths have commenced a three-month training organised by the National Directorate of Employment under the Vocational Skills Development Department for its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme. reports that the 20 beneficiaries will be trained in digital skills like photography, editing and domestic trade, and fashion design. Beneficiaries are to…

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Sokoto partners groups on health care delivery

The Sokoto State Ministry of Health has reiterated its readiness to collaborate with individuals and corporate organisations wishing to contribute towards the growth of the health sector in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, stated this on Monday while receiving the keys to a Hilux vehicle repaired by the Young Pharmacists…

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Gov mourns nine killed in fresh Plateau attack

The Plateau State Government, on Tuesday,  confirmed an attack by bandits on Zurak village, Bashar District, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Commissioner for Information,Musa Ashoms, who confirmed the attack in a statement, said nine persons were confirmed dead, dismissing an earlier claim of 40 casualties. Ashoms said, “The attack in Wase is…

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ALGON commends FG on CNG initiative

The Association of Local Government of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to expand the technology for petrol to CNG auto conversion across the 774 LGAs in the country. ALGON national body made the call on Tuesday during the stakeholders engagement meeting it had with the Federal Government at the Federal Ministry of Transportation complex…

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Residents groan as heat waves rock Adamawa, deaths rise

Deadly heat waves worsened by the absence of electricity supply to the Northeast state have resulted in medical emergencies that have claimed many lives. Dr. Yusfu D. Ribadu, the Deputy Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, Training, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital Yola, spoke to  over the sudden spike in medical emergencies in recent times attributed the…

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Ododo raises panel to boost Kogi livestock farming

The Kogi State Governor,  Ahmed Usman Ododo, has inaugurated a Steering and Technical Committee to oversee the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project. The committee which also has the responsibility of providing technical support to enhance livestock productivity, was inaugurated Tuesday evening in Lokoja by the governor. This was contained in a statement issued on…

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Bauchi plans to enforce foodstuff prices

The Bauchi State Government has disclosed moves to control the prices of foodstuffs to ameliorate the current inflation trend across the state. gathered that the government plans to set up a committee on price measures of foodstuffs, a move which has already received the support of the various religious leaders across the state. The Bauchi…

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ECOWAS to raise peace committee for Niger, Mali, B’Faso

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States disclosed on Tuesday its plan to constitute an ad hoc mediation committee towards bringing back Niger Republic, Mali and Burkina Faso into the ECOWAS fold. The First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, disclosed this…

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