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The Secretary to the Zamfara State Government (SSG), Malam Abubakar Nakwada, has commended the State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), frontline health workers, and partners for achieving a significantly low cholera fatality rate in the state. The SSG met with the PHEOC, led by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Nafisa Muhammad Maradun, on Friday […]
A fatal road traffic accident at the Police Commissioner’s Junction in Maiduguri on Friday claimed two lives and left six others injured. According to Usman Muhammad, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Borno State, the crash occurred when a Howo truck experienced brake failure and rammed into a stationary Toyota Corolla […]
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Northeast Zonal Centre, under the office of the National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has partnered with the Taraba State Government to curb the menace of the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the country. Speaking during a […]
Jigawa State Government has launched the distribution of empowerment grants to 1,400 selected women cap makers from across seven local government areas. At the flag-off ceremony held at the Banquet Hall in Dutse, Governor Umar Namadi stated that the programme is part of his administration’s policy to empower citizens through their existing businesses. The governor […]
Robbie Williams has said he is “deeply sorry” his concert in the Turkish city of Istanbul has had to be cancelled “in the interests of public safety”.
By Chibuzo Ukaibe, Samson Elijah, Abuja; ISAIAH BENJAMIN, Kaduna and Nnamdi Mbawike, Enugu There is rising concern within opposition ranks about a likely repeat of the 2023 scenario, in which its split led to a narrow but strategic victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, President Bola Tinubu. Feelers from opposition […]
President Bola Tinubu has called on Plateau residents to be peaceful and unite for the progress and growth of the nation. Tinubu made the call yesterday at the funeral service of Nana Lydia Yilwatda at the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) headquarters in Jos, Plateau State. Mama Lydia was the mother of Prof Nentawe […]
“…And she shouted, she screamed! It was her scream that woke most of the neighbors, alerting us to the fact that we were under attack. But no emergency service, no sense of urgency from the policemen who later showed up.” A neighbor tweeted via X (formerly Twitter), @lifegivingsun. The late 29-year-old Arise TV news anchor, […]
It is a breathtaking and, at points, pretty perilous journey through the remote mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan.
Politics in Zamfara has often been like a wrestling ground, a place where service is unfortunately cloaked in the garb of ego. The gladiators who now challenge Governor Dauda Lawal are not strangers. Some are ex-office holders and their pride is being bruised by the sight of a new order. Some others are restless aspirants, […]
