A study in Nigeria’s Northwestern states of Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano and Katsina has indicated the state governments have placed their relevant disaster management agencies on alert. Relief materials are also being stockpiled in response to Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) prediction about possibility of experiencing flooding this rainy season. Also, as part of proactive measures, places to serve as temporary shelter for those to be displaced by the anticipated disasters, have been identified and being renovated. Most respondents attributed the frequent occurrence of flooding in urban and rural communities to the unwholesome habit of building structures on water-ways, as…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Taraba state government on Sunday said 77 persons tested HIV-positive out of 2,156 tested during the ongoing mass testing and treatment to ensure HIV-free society by 2030. The Director-General, Taraba State Agency for the Control of Aids (TACA), Dr Garba Danjuma disclosed this during TACA’s weekly review performance of the Implementation by partners working across HIV, tuberculosis, Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). He noted that 36,396 victims of HIV in Taraba were already under regular treatment while 20,200 others had been virally suppressed. “It is our hope that the name HIV should not be found in Taraba state by 2030.…
Left: The President and Founder of New York African Chorus Ensemble, Joyce Adewumi, Amb. Mohammed Maidugu of Consulate General of Nigeria in New and Willie Walker, an awardee with other dignitaries at the 13th Annual New York City Multicultural Festival A Nigerian traditional leader, Emir of Argungu, His Royal Highness Samaila Mera has honoured a respected community leader, Willie Walker with the Community Hero Lifetime Achievement award in Harlem, New York. The award, donated by Mera to the New York African Chorus Ensemble (NYACE), was presented to Walker at the 13th Annual New York City Multicultural Festival. NYACE is an…
The Jigawa state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that six persons died in a lone fatal auto crash in Malamadori local government area of the state on Saturday. The spokesperson of the command, Mr Ibrahim Gambo confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse on Saturday. Gambo said that four others sustained various degrees of injury in the accident that occurred at about 3:45 p.m., at Yadi area, along Malammadori road. He explained that 10 people (male adults) were involved in the accident, caused by tyre burst and loss of control of a commercial vehicle (Sharon Wagon)…
Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, has inaugurated an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to oversee the affairs of Umuchieze Cattle Market, Lokpanta Umunneochi, charging them to ensure peace and security of the market. This is contained in press release by Chief Okiyi Kalu, Abia Commissioner for Trade and Investment and made available to newsmen in Aba on Saturday. Ikpeazu, while inaugurating the committee at Umuahia, charged its members to ensure the market did not serve as launching pad for attacks by criminal elements against innocent citizens and visitors to the state. He said that Abia had always been…
Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku on Friday, said that the Taraba International Milling Company (TIMC) would commence rice milling operations in December. Ishaku made the disclosure during a working visit to the company site in Gassol town, Gossol local government area. The governor said that the company had great potential to boost rice production and marketing the state. He said that the machines for the firm had been installed and were ready to commence milling operations. ”It is also our hope that the rice milling firm will add value to our efforts towards economic growth,” he said. He said that the…
Namibia and Germany signed a financial cooperation agreement that would see the latter providing about $170 million in a loan on favorable terms to support economic development in Namibia. This is disclosed in a joint statement by the two governments on Friday. According to the statement, the loans will be used to fund the Namibia Water Sector Support Program which aims to implement new water projects. The projects are to improve access, quality and sustainability of water supply and sanitation in Namibia, and the Renewable Energy Program which sought to expand production capacity in the African country. It said that part of the loan…
Revemi Trade Limited, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), through a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has trained no fewer than 2,000 youths and women on cassava value chain in Delta. Revemi Chief Executive Officer, Mr Oreva Amata, disclosed this at a capacity building workshop, tagged, “Eki Farmers Support Programme” organised by the company for peasants farmers in Delta South Senatorial District on Friday in Ozoro. Amata noted that the programme was sponsored by USAID in partnership with Delta government and Townstalk. According to him, Revemi, an Integrated Agrotech and Agro Commodities Trading Company has as target…
The Nasarawa state government says it administered malaria preventive drugs to 775,905 children under five years across the state in 2021. Mr Ahmed Yahaya, the Commissioner for Health made the disclosure at a media parley to commence the second round of the Seasonal Malaria Chemo-prevention (SMC) campaign on Friday in Lafia. The Commissioner said that 816,532 children were being targeted for the second round of the exercise in 2022. According to the Commissioner, government keyed into the SMC intervention, as part of its efforts to reduce the burden of malaria from the current 14.6 per cent in the state. Yahaya explained that…
Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The summit is part of activities at the on-going 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan capital. President Buhari was represented by the Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who delivered a speech on his behalf. “I am pleased to say my country has recorded gains in reducing the burden of malaria and NTDs and averting…