By Ahmad Rufa’i, Dutse The Jigawa state Government has allocated 400 hectares of land to Federal Fovernment for the construction of permeant sites of three Federal higher institutions established in the state. The Commissioner for Land, Housing and Urban Development, Honourable Sagir Ahmed made the disclosure while speaking at the Weekly Media Engagement Forum organized by the state Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)He said “vast lands have been given as permanent site for the new higher Institutions established by the Federal Government”. The commissioner explained that 200 hectres is for the Federal University of Technology in…
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Stakeholders have challenged christian, Muslim and traditional religion leaders to step up the responsibility of contributing to the collective reengineering and moral rearmament urgently needed to salvage the nation, in fulfilling their roles as religious leaders and pulpit managers. This was part of the consensus reached according to a communique issued after an inclusive, open dialogue recently in Abuja through the collaboration of Vision Africa (VA) and the Global Peace Foundation (GPF); which was facilitated by the President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha. The inclusive security dialogue had in attendance, key stakeholders and elder statesmen, namely; former president Chief…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna It has been discovered that Armed bandits in Niger State usually carry out intensive initiatives on communities before launching their offensive attacks, Special adviser on security matters to the Niger State Governor, Gen(rtd) Ndagulu Abubakar Imam has indicated.He spoke when he appeared before the Justice Danladi Ahmed Baddegi Judicial Commission of inquiry sitting in Minna.He disclosed that 99 percent of the attacks on most of the communities were being carried out by armed bandits adding that whenever such incident occured in any of the communities, the first place to get information from is the Local Government…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 1,200 personnel across all formations and the 25 local government areas in Niger State aimed at beefing up security during, after the Christmas and New year festivities. The state commandant of the Corps Mr Haruna Bala Zurmi stated this while addressing officers and men of the command at the state headquarters of the corps in Minna Thursday.He admonished personnel of the command to be more proactive and vigilant, live above board in curtailing any act inimical to security in their respective areas of duty.He reiterated the…
***Says She has a date with an investigative panel of auditors Chairman Board of Trustees, Participation Initiative for Behavioural Changes in Development (PIBCD) Dr. Mohammed Momoh Usman has alerted the general public about a fake news that Executive Director of PIBCID Ms Halima Oiza Sadiq has resigned. In a statement that was signed by the chairman BOT which was made available to NationalUpdate on Thursday, he said the alleged resignation of Ms Sadiq is a blatant lie against the BOT of PIBCIDSome online media have been awashed with the news that Ms Halima Oiza Sadiq, Executive Director, Participation Initiative for…
From Abel Daniel, Lafia Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has sworn in 14 commissioners and 18 Special Advisers to to rejig his cabinet. The Governor commended the car members of the House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi for accelerated screening and confirmation of the Commissioners. Sule while congratulating the newly appointed commissioners and advisers urged them to imbibe the spirit of hardwork, self sacrifice in their various ministries.The new Commissioners and their portfolios were listed to inlude; Hon Yakubu Kwanta- Environment and Natural Resources. Yusuf Aliyu Turaki-Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development.Hajiya…
By Ahmed Rufa’i Dutse The Jigawa State house of Assembly speaker, Rt. Honourable Idris Garba Kareka and the clerk of the house, Mal. Musa Aliyu Abubakar were caught fiddling with their cell phones while the 2022 appropriation bill of N177,795,588, 000was being passed in to law. The chairman house committee on appropriation, Honourable Suleiman Musa Kadira presented the committee’s report following which the lawmakers unanimously approved the report and passed it in to law. The state appropriation was signed by the speaker shortly after that.However, during the plenary some members of the public and newsmen who were at the gallery…
The Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF) has given lifeline through training to over 600 vulnerable youths on skill acquisition, within the past five years the founder and Executive Director of the foundation Mrs Rosemary Osikoya, has said. Osikoya who was former commissioner for education and later Environment in Kogi State said the foundation is aimed at empowering the youths and women to be self-reliant while providing them with a platform to acquire life-changing carrier coaching and mentoring. “Since five years ago that the NGO has been in existence, we have been rendering vocational services to both in and out-of-school students at…
The Chairman of the NCFront and leader of the Shadow Cabinet of a coalition of political parties and Civil society organizations, Prof. Pat Utomi, has urged Nigerians living abroad to see it as their duty to ensure new leadership and progress. He said Nigeria needs a leadership that will remove the shame of Nigeria’s current failing status brought about by pervasive poverty, insecurity, state capture, atrocious health care, declining quality of education, and corruption. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by head public affairs bureau of the NCFront Dr. Tanko Yunusa. He quoted Prof Utomi who spoke…
After all the ground standing by some senators on Tuesday when they threatened fire and brimstone on their determination to override the President they finally chickened out on Wednesday at plenary.It would be recalled thatSenator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro had given the assurance that majority of senators including himself are prepared this time around to override the President. Also Senator George Sekibo (PDP River East) disclosed that about 73 signatures of aggrieved lawmakers have been collated adding that there is no going back on the decision to override Buhari.However after their close session they eventually tried to…