Troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have eliminated no fewer than 44 terrorists and apprehended over 50 in North East and North West in the last two week, the Defence Headquarters says. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in Abuja. In the North East, Danmadami said troops of operation Hadin Kai had between October 20 and November 2 apprehended 27 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and neutralised 19. Danmadami added that the troops…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto has imposed a repeat of service year on four corps members for allegedly absconding from duty, absenteeism and other sundry offences. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Muhammad Nakamba who disclosed this at the passing out of the 2021 Batch C, Stream 2 Corps members on Thursday in Sokoto, said that four others had their services extended by different periods. Nakamba said that the scheme had zero tolerance for truancy and those caught engaging in such would be sanctioned appropriately. According to him, a total of 482 corps members completed the service…
Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya on Thursday, presented a budget proposal of N173.69 billion for 2023 to the state House of Assembly. While presenting the budget tagged; “Budget of Further Consolidation”, Yahaya said it was in line with his administration’s desire to continue offering service to the people of Gombe beyond 2023. According to him, to continue providing for the development needs of the people of Gombe State in 2023, we proposed a budget of N173,697,242 billion. “This is made up of N71.85 billion for recurrent expenditure, which represents 41.4 per cent, and N101.84 billion for capital expenditure, representing 58.6…
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Desmond Elliot, has offered additional free health insurance to 400 elderly people in Surulere Local Government Area. Elliot (APC-Surulere 1) disclosed this during the Mega Empowerment Programme he organised for Surulere residents on Thursday in Lagos. 250 residents of Surulere had in October 2021 benefitted from the free health insurance programme by Elliot. Elliot, the Chairman, House Committee on Ministry/Parastatals, said he had also included 100 youths in the Surulere community to benefit from the programme. The lawmaker said the programme was mainly targeted at the aged, widows, less privileged and community…
The U.S has “no right” to interfere in Chinese cooperation with Germany, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after Washington cautioned against Beijing getting a controlling stake in Hamburg’s port terminal. U.S. interference is symptomatic of its practice of coercive diplomacy, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing. “Pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany is a matter for the two sovereign countries, the United States should not attack it without reason and has no right to meddle and interfere,” Zhao said a day before German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz was due in Beijing for a…
Nigerian government has endorsed a white paper on the global climate change concerns and Nigeria’s interests to be presented at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. This is contained in a statement signed by the PUTTRU Founder, Mrs Monica Maduekwe, made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. PUTTRU is a business facilitation online platform that connects African energy companies to financiers from all over the world. The white paper, led by PUTTRU is a collaborative efforts with the Federal Ministry of Environment, Power, Trade and Investment, Energy Commission of Nigeria and the Office of the…
A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the European Championship and the World Cup, will start in autumn 2023, it said. As with the men’s UEFA Nations League, countries will be divided into leagues based on their ranking, with promotion and relegation between the leagues. UEFA confirmed there would be three tiers with teams playing in groups of three or four within those tiers. “I said this summer that we will continue to invest in women’s football, and we are,” UEFA president Aleksander…
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 150, with no fewer than 36 people still missing, the National Disaster Agency said Thursday. A total of 128 were injured, the agency said. Nearly four million people have been affected by the calamity which also left over 1.2 million displaced. Sixty-three of the dead were from the southern province of Maguindanao, the worst hit by floods and landslides, while 33 were killed in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. Another 29 people died amid floods, landslides and collapsing structures…
The air pollution level in the Indian capital region Delhi on Thursday became severe, officials said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall air quality index (AQI) remained in the severe category at 442. The air quality was severe and prominent pollutants were PM 2.5 and PM 10, said the CPCB. The information has been received from monitoring stations set up across Delhi. Experts said PM 2.5 were fine particles that were 2.5 microns or less in diameter and can travel deep into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs and entering the bloodstream. Health officials have advised…
By Justina Auta The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), on Tuesday, identified gender gaps across various sectors of economy, political power and decision making in Osun and Gombe states. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Asabe Vilita-Bashir, said this at the presentation of the report and unveiling of an inspirational book — “Growing Right” as part of activities to mark the 2022 International Day of the Girl-child in Abuja. Vilita-Bashir, represented by Mr Emmanuel Onilearo, the centre’s Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, said the report would push for interventions to bridge the gender gaps and protect women’ rights.…