The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) on Saturday began a four-day free medical outreach targeting more than 10,000 beneficiaries in Niger. The commission’s managing director, Abubakar Yelwa announced this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the official flag-off of the programme in Makunkele of Bosso local government area of the state. According to him, services to be offered include eye screening and surgical services which would be carried out on quarterly basis to improve the wellbeing of rural dwellers. Yelwa noted that the healthcare services were ongoing simultaneously in 60 other locations in the six HYPPADEC states…
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By Alfonso Kasongo Two researchers from the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Copperbelt University (CBU) Professors Imasiku Nyambe and Stephen Syampungani have been named the new research chairs for the Oliver Reginald Tambo African Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI). The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) unveiled the two academicians in Lusaka on Friday during the launch of the ORTARChI Research Chairs in Lusaka on Friday, with the development elating a Zambian science, research and technology advocate and head of 0Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSaT), a non governmental Organisation. Zambia’s Technology and Science Minister, Felix Mutati in a speech by…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal early Wednesday morning (1am), cut shot an official trip to address reported influx of suspected terrorists in Wurno local government area of the state. The suspected bandits were reported to have entered into Sabon Garin Liman village in drives and the governor on Wednesday, visited the village to assure the people of government’s efforts to protect lives and property. He also warned marauders and their collaborators to stay clear of the state or face the full wrath of the law once apprehended. According to Tambuwal, his administration, with the assistance of security agencies and the…
Terrorists have killed three persons in Anguwan-Toma, a community in Munya local government area of Niger state. Anguwan-Toma is 2km from Sarkin Pawa, the headquarters of Munya local government, and a route linking Niger state to Kaduna express road. According to Shehu Abubakar, a resident of the area, many people were also abducted during the attack which took place on Monday night. He said the quick response by security operatives, especially the military, saved other communities in the area from the attack. He however said terrorists burgled shops in Zazzaga where they carted away foodstuffs. He said terrorists also blocked…
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Senator Aliyu Wamakko and member, Muslim World League, has laid foundation for late Sheikh Buhari Siriddawa Jumu’at Mosque in Sokoto. The mosque was initiated by the late’s eldest son, Yahaya Buhari in memory of the his late Sarkin Mallaman Sakkwato. Wamakko, who performed the foundation laying ceremony assisted by the Executive Secretary of Police Trust Fund, Ahmad Aliyu, expressed happiness with the quality of work and prayed Allah to bless the founder and give him energy to complete the mosque project. Special prayer was offered by Ahmad Helele, during the visit.
Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah has said that there is nothing wrong with women requesting to have more of them in government and in political offices for social, economic development of the country. He spoke in a keynote address at the Lux Terra Foundation Book Festival and the unveiling of seven books by Rev Fr George Ehusani in Abuja on Saturday. Recall that some Nigerian women on March 3, protested against the rejection of pro-equality bills by the National Assembly (NASS). The women, who converged on the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja, demonstrated against parliamentary…
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A governorship aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Kaduna state, Sen. Shehu Sani has pledged to serve unity bridge between Southern and Northern Kaduna if elected into office. Shehu Sani who is aspiring on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), made the pledge while addressing newsmen in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a local government area. He argued that Kaduna state needed a leader that will unite the people and ensure social justice and equality. “The people of Kaduna State need a leader that will lead them out of Egypt. It is no fiction that our dear…
As the federal government of Nigeria plans to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine and parents’ worrisome condition of the wellbeing of their children in Russia’s raging war against the European country, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday, held an online meeting with 22 students and their parents. The governor, who set up the Zoom meeting between the students and their worried parents at Government House, pledged he would not rest until all the students were evacuated from Ukraine. Tambuwal had earlier convened the state security council meeting with Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar in attendance. During the zoom meeting, the governor said…