Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and rainstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina state, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday. Muhammad said that the disasters were recorded in all the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state during the 2022 rainy season. He said that several other persons sustained various degrees of injury as a result of the natural disasters. The agency’s spokesperson also said that 16, 625 houses were…
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The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, has handed over 25 exotic birds to Kano Zoological and Wildlife Management Agency. During the handing over at the zoo in Kano on Friday, the Northwest Zonal Director of NESREA, Mudassir Raheem, said the birds were smuggled into the country through Niger Republic and seized by Nigeria customs Service and handed over to the enforcement agency. Raheem thanked Kano-Jigawa command of the Nigerian Customs Service on behalf of the Director General of NESREA, Prof Aliyu Jauro, for confiscating the birds. The director, who expressed happiness for the synergy between the two…
A travel agent, Mr Lukman Abdulkareem, on Friday told an Ikeja High Court how another travel agent, Sharafadeen Irorun, allegedly defrauded him of seven million Naira meant for Hajj pilgrimage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abdulkareem is among those that Irorun allegedly defrauded to the tune of N24.6 million. While being led in evidence by state counsel, Mr Olawale Ijabike, Abdulkareem testified that he had been in partnership with the Nigeria Armed Forces at Bonny Camp, Ikoyi, Lagos, as a Hajj travel agent for 20 years. The witness said he came in contact with the defendant sometime…
The Federal Government said it spent about 100 million US dollars in feeding 10 million Nigerian children under the National School Feeding Programme. This was part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of child labour in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when he received the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leornard and officials of the Department of State, on a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued by Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations in the ministry. Ngige said that the Nigerian government had introduced…
The Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO), Malam Shehu Ibrahim, has assumed duties and assured the workers of his dedication, loyalty and commitment to effective service delivery. At the handing-over ceremony on Friday in Abuja, Ibrahim appreciated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, for the confidence reposed in him. The new boss said that he had been privileged to work with the SGF, in the past and in his most recent assignment as Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs Office, (OSGF). He expressed acceptance of the task given to him, adding that he would do his…
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos, has appointed Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the institution. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Adejoke Alaga, Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit of the university and issued to newsmen on Friday night in Lagos. She said that the appointment is for a five-year tenure with effect from Saturday, Nov. 12, to Thursday, Nov. 11, 2027. Ogunsola will succeed Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose five years tenure comes to an end on Friday Nov. 11. He was appointed vice chancellor in 2017. According to Alaga, the appointment was made…
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed Prof Abiodun Ojo as the chairman of the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa. A statement issued on Friday evening by Moses Alao, the Special Assistant on Print Media to the Governor, indicated that Mr Rasheed Adegoke was equally appointed as Special Adviser on Migration and Homeland Security. According to the statement, Ojo is a former Provost of the Tai Solarin College of Education while Adegoke is a retired Assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration. The two appointments were announced in separate letters signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun. Adeosun, who congratulated…
The Federal Government through the Rural Electrification Agency has donated 171 solar irrigation pumps to vegetable farmers in Lagos. Mr Perter Okopie, Senior Manager, Rural Electrification Agency, South-West Zone, Osogbo, made the presentation on Friday to beneficiaries at the FADAMA coordination Office, Oko-Oba, Agege, on Friday in Lagos. Okopie said that the Federal Government made the donations in order to reduce the cost of farming, production as well as reduce the farm gate price and in turn increase yields. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the solar irrigation pumps has a 24 volts motor with two 60 watts…
The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has charged students to develop themselves more in the area of innovation, to complete locally and be relevant globally. Ogundipe gave the charge at the inauguration of a N70million Digital Engineering Laboratory located at the Department of Electrical and Electronics of the institution, on Friday, in Lagos. The laboratory was donated by Siemens Energy, as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the company which operates globally along nearly the entire energy value chain, has some of its products as gas turbnes, steam…
The KADA BSC has defeated Badagry BSC by 15 goals to four in the opening match of the ongoing Super 4 League of Nigeria Beach Soccer 2022 season in Birnin Kebbi. In the first and second rounds, KADA scored 12 goals while Badagry scored 3 goals. At the end of third round, KADA added three goals while Badagry BSC managed to score one goal. The man of the match, Captain of KADA, Dozier Frank, attributed the success to the entire team and expressed optimism to defeat the defending champion, Kebbi Fishers BSC, in their next game. At the end of…