The Vehicles Inspection Office (VIO), in Adamawa impounded no fewer than 6,850 vehicles, including tricycles between January and December 2021. Mr Abdullahi Mandi, Chief Vehicles Inspection Officer, said this on Monday in Yola during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that during the period under review, the agency tested and…
The Adamawa state government has released its 2020 and 2021 counterpart funds for the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), says Board Chairman, Dr Salihi Ateequ. Ateequ disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Monday. He said that the Board was now working towards getting the Universal…
The Adamawa Government has begun one-day training for personnel of the tender board in the 21 local government areas to promote good procurement processes. Abba Umaru, Director-General, State Bureau of Public Procurement, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise on Monday in Yola. Umaru said the core objectives of the training exercise was to…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has enjoined Nigerians to remember the sacrifices of the fallen heroes by supporting their families. Yahaya, represented by the Deputy Gov. Manassah Jatau, made the call during the 2021/2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and laying of wreath at the Pantami stadium on Saturday. He said that fallen heroes had…
The Bauchi State Health Contributory Management Agency (BASHCMA), says it has provided free medical services to 43,900 vulnerable persons in the past four months. Dr Mansur Dada, Executive Secretary of the agency, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bauchi. Mansur said the vulnerable persons benefitted from…
The Borno state government has embarked on a massive irrigation farming to boost agricultural activities across 25 local government areas of the state. The State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, during an inspection tour of a 35-hectare irrigation farm on Friday in Mafa town of Mafa Local Government Area, described the irrigation farm as a pilot…
The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested three suspects for alleged impersonation and N820,000 fraud. The Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the arrest on Friday in Bauchi, said the suspects were posing as staff of Public Procurement Bureau, Government House, Bauchi, to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Wakil said the…
The North East Zone of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has cautioned governors against politicizing education by establishing universities they cannot fund. The union made the call in a communique on Friday after its Zonal Meeting in Maiduguri. The communique was read by its National Vice President, North East, Mr Abdulkadir Isa….
No fewer than seven persons lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident that occurred in Bauchi on Thursday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, who disclosed this to newsmen, said that two persons sustained various degrees of injuries. Abdullahi said that the accident which involved…
Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has approved the revalidation of employment of 1,061 pre-service medical students into the state’s civil service. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Yahuza Haruna, Bauchi state Head of Civil Service (HoS), in Bauchi, on Wednesday. According to him, the move was part of the state government’s efforts…
The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (ADSUBEB), says it constructed no fewer than 97 three-block of classrooms and renovated 119 schools across the 21 local government areas of the state in 2021. The board’s chairman, Salihi Ateequ, made this known on Wednesday in Yola, adding that the projects were executed under the “2019 Matching…
No fewer than 20,000 cases of missing persons were registered with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a result of non-state armed group conflicts in northeast Nigeria The ICRC Maiduguri Field Officer, Usman Kunduli Bukar, who disclosed this during a two-day workshop themed “Humanitarian Reporting Workshop in Maiduguri”, on Tuesday said the…
The Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, today told Ilorin Emirate dons that they must work as a team, stressing the need for unity among the academia. The Emir, who spoke during a special prayers for new Professors in Ilorin, described as unfortunate incident in the past which saw many professors from the Emirate vying for…
