The Niger state government has announced the outbreak of avian influenza (flu) in a cluster of poultry farms in the state. The Information Officer, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Abubakar Kuta, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Minna. Poultry in the state were being infected by type A flu. The statement disclosed that thousands of birds in the state, worth millions of naira, had been lost to the flu. It advised poultry farmers to be vigilant and to report any incident of sudden high mortality of their birds to the ministry. The statement…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Justina Auta The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), has embarked on free cancer awareness and cervical cancer screening for women and girls in Kuchigoro community of Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National President, MWAN, Dr Mininim Oseji, said the exercise was part of its 2020 Women’s Right to Health Information (WORTHI) project targeted at screening at least 60,000 women and girls on cervical cancer. Oseji said the free cervical cancer screening would improve the health of women and children, expand the role of women in the achievement and maintenance of health in the country. “This is part of…
Niger state governor Abubakar Sani Bello has laid foundation stone for the construction of 279 housing scheme at the Old Barrack, Suleja. A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Mary Norl-Berje on Tuesday said the housing project, which is in partnership with Bamhill Properties is code-named General JT Abubakar Social Housing and is expected to be completed in two years and on a 40,000 square metre land. Laying the foundation stone, Sani-Bello noted that shelter is key, and that the state government will intensify efforts by creating the enabling environment for more public-private initiatives in the housing sector for…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The management of Wikki Tourist Football club of Bauchi has apologized to Sports Writers over the recent misunderstanding between the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN and The club’s management. A statement secretary of SWAN Bala Bawaji on Tuesday said the development followed a meeting between SWAN officials and management of the Club held on Tuesday in Bauchi, adding that sports writers could resume reporting of the club’s activities. Secretary of the club, comrade Abdullahi Ibrahim said management was sorry over the poor treatment of sports writers during the club’s engagements, promising better working relationship. It…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said that an estimated 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis (TB) in 2020 than in 2019, according to preliminary data from over 80 countries- a reduction of 21% from 2019. According to a statement by the organisation on Tuesday, the countries with the biggest relative gaps were Indonesia (42%), South Africa (41%), Philippines (37%) and India (25%). “The effects of COVID-19 go far beyond the death and disease caused by the virus itself. The disruption to essential services for people with TB is just one tragic example of the ways the pandemic…
By Tina George, Minna The Niger State Commissioner of Water Resources and Dam Development, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman has said that about 42 per cent of Minna residents can now access clean portable water supply to their homes. He stated this while briefing newsmen to mark the 2021 World Water Day in Minna on Monday. The commissioner said that the state government is working towards ensuring that the supply of water got to other residents across the state capital and the state. Suleiman further disclosed that there is improvement in the capacity utilization of the state water board, adding that the…
The Nigerian troops say they ambushed and killed scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP elements who were reportedly on looting spree at Magumeri axis of Borno State on Monday evening. Thus is also as troops from another sector burst Boko Haram elements who were collecting taxes and levies from Villagers and herdmen in Geidam area of Yobe State. Sources told PRNigeria that following a tip off, troops led by Lt Col Ibrahim Bunu, sighted scores of terrorists around 5pm on about 10 motorcycles heading towards Ngowala ward in Magumeri local government area, laid ambush and eliminated them. The troops who were accompanied…
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State today, Tuesday 23, 2021 ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain the money laundering charge brought against Pastor Osagie Ize -Iyamu, PDP governorship candidate in the 2016 governorship election in the state, and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The other defendants are Lucky Imasuen, former deputy governor of Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, former PDP chairman in Edo State; Tony Aziegbemi and Efe Erimuoghae. The defendants were alleged to have sometime in March 2015 in Benin City directly taken possession of the sum of seven…
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, presided over by Justice Agatha Okeke has given Senator Albert Bassey, the nod to appeal its earlier ruling, rejecting the Senator’s no- case- submission. Bassey is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count charge of alleged money laundering and for being in possession of six vehicles worth N204 million, provided by one Olajide Omokoro whose companies allegedly executed contracts for the Akwa Ibom State government. The EFCC had through its counsel, M. S. Abubakar, closed its case after calling several witnesses and tendered documents…
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will continue to stand with all her neighbours in the fight against terrorism. The president stated this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. The presidential aide said Buhari was reacting to the recent killing of 137 Nigeriens by Boko Haram and Islam in West Africa, (ISWA). President Buhari called his Nigerien counterpart, Mahamadou Issoufou, on phone, to sympathize with him and citizens of the neighbouring country over terrorist attacks. The Nigerian leader condemned the terrorist’s attacks, describing it as heinous. “We send…