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…
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…
Young girls between the ages of nine and 14 years old in Kogi State will benefit from the Human Papilloma vaccine this year. The state is part of the 26 states scheduled to benefit from the vaccine under the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency in collaboration with John Stow International. The Social Behavioural Change Focal…
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…
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…
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…
The returning residents of the troubled Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed their preference to stay on their land, rather than relocate to the internally displaced persons camp established by the Delta State government. A visit to the IDP camp located inside Ewu Grammar School, in Ewu-Uehobo…
A recent investigation has revealed the sad reality of the times we are in the Kogi State housing and property sector. Among others, it has been revealed that Kogi landlords prefer dealing with Yahoo boys instead of genuine tenants. A renowned estate manager and property consultant, Hon. Peter Suleiman who also confirmed this fact to…
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…
For the vulnerable persons in Niger State, May 9 would remain memorable in their lives. It was the day both the Federal and Niger State governments remembered them for good and made available to them palliatives to cushion their hardship. reports that the hardship being experienced by the vulnerable persons is a fallout of the…
The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation revealed, on Tuesday, that a total of 662 reports of domestic and sexual violence were received by the ministry in one year. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Bolaji Dada, stated this in Ikeja during a ministerial briefing in commemoration of the first anniversary of…
The Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, Emmanuel Audu, has said the state government will continue to support the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation in its interventions in the agricultural sector. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Audu was speaking during the foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration which was held recently in…