Month: December 2017
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Tambuwal urges Immigration Service to intensity efforts to halt illegal migration
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Worried about the illegal and dangerous trips across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea by young and able-bodied Nigerians in a bid to make it to Europe, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to intensity efforts to check the trend which has claimed…
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Speaker Dogara mourns Sule Katagum
By Aaron Ossai The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has described the death of Alhaji Sule Katagum, the Waziri of Katagum as a monumental loss. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, the Speaker said Alhaji Katagum’s death came at a time his…
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Senate President Saraki is a dogged patriot – Dogara
By Aaron Ossai The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has extolled the leadership qualities of President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, describing him as a totally committed patriot on the occasion of his 55th birthday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Mr.…
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SENATOR EMMANUEL ONWE: AN EPITOME, EMBODIMENT AND IDEAL DEFINITION OF OPERATION FEED THE NATION & THE NEW FACE OF REVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE IN EBONYI STATE
By Monica Ada Chidinma Eze Preamble As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in our world, none of us can truly rest. There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,…
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Edo lawmaker offers 100 student scholarships
By Ikhili Monday Ebalu, Benin city The Lawmaker, representing (APC Esan South-East) constituency on the floor of the Edo House of Assembly, Festus Igbelekoto has offered scholarship to 100 secondary school students from his constituency to university level. The students were also presented with cash rewards to assist them in the payment of their West…
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Conditional Cash Transfer: FG pays another N203 million to Bauchi beneficiaries
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Special Assistant to Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State on Social Investment, Alhaji Mansur Manu Soro, has said the federal government through the National Cash Transfer Office settled the payment of the 6th round of N5, 000 monthly cash payment to poor and vulnerable persons across the 20 LGAs…
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UNICEF commends Bauchi Government for 16 percent Budgetary Allocations to Health Sector
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Bauchi State Government for being the only state in the country to have devoted 16 percent of its budget to the health sector. UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Bauchi State, Abdullai Kaikai, made the commendation in a goodwill message at the…
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FG provides motorcycles to boost Agric extension services in Bauchi
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The federal ministry of agriculture has provided motorcycles to agric extension workers in Bauchi State to help them cover their extension areas and reach out to more farmers. The five motorcycles were handed over to the Permanent secretary, Bauchi State ministry of agriculture and rural development, Bala Musa Lukshi by the…
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Cleric urges motorists to imbibe culture of safe driving At Christmas
By Our Correspondent The State Pastor of Gateway International Church, Pastor Emmanuel Brown has urged motorists to imbibe the culture of safe driving during the Christmas and New Year period. The pastor gave the advice in his sermon entitled: “The Children of God will End Well this year” in Yenagoa. According to him, motorists will…