From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto Minister of Housing and Urban Development Arc Ahmad Musa Dangiwa, has said that the Renewed Hope Housing Programme was planned to unlock the massive potential of housing development to create jobs, uplift lives and boost the economic power of Nigerians. A statement issued on Friday by Adamu Abdullahi SSA Media and Publicity said the Minister made the statement through the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Tijjani Muhammad Gwarzo during the groundbreaking foundation laying of the construction of 250 housing units of the Presidential Renewed Hope Estate in Makurdi, Benue state capital…
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By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The Turkish ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Hidayet Bayraktar said Turkey is prepared to partner Yobe state government on agriculture to explore the vast arable lands and other agricultural potentials in the state. In a press statement signed by Mamman Mohammed, the DG Press and Media Affairs to the governor said the Turkish ambassador stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Mai Mala Buni. Mr Bayraktar said Turkey is willing to provide machines and other technical support to the state while the state government is to provide the required lands for the scheme.…
From Maawuya Bala Idris, Katsina Katsina state government has disbursed ₦attacksion to victims of bandits attacks in Bakori and Faskari Local Government areas of the state. The Senior Special Assistant on banditry and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), Saidu Ibrahim Danja spearheaded the handing over of cash assistance to the victims. Speaking, Danja said the victims set to benefit from the assistance drawn from the villages of Ruwan Godiya, Unguwar Kare and Garin Mallam Garba in the Faskari government. He further said others were from Garnbando, Tijirau and Gidan Jaw in villages in the Bakori area. *We came up with the…
From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto The erstwhile government of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in Sokoto State Government had allocated 1859 land to some people at state proposed Mega city as part of its last-minute activities. Testifying before the presiding judge of the Sokoto State Judiciary Commission of EnquiryJustice Mu’azu Pinga, Secretary Sokoto State Government Committee on Lands Allocation and Related Matters, Alhaji Bashir Muhammad disclosed this while testifying before the State Commission of Enquiry into the eight years activities of the immediate past administration. Alhaji Muhammad further said a total of N55,770.000 was realised as revenue by the Ministry of Land…
By Hassan Muhammad The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for his significant efforts in addressing the plight of pensioners in the state and paying attention to girl child education. Emir Sanusi highlighted that the present administration paid attention to pensioners who had previously been thrown into unnecessary hardship and poverty due to unpaid pensions and gratuities. He emphasized that, “The difference between paying attention and not paying attention is sometimes the difference between life and death for the pensioner or his family. Some of them have died. We must always remember that we…
Christiana Gokyo, Jos The Plateau State government has observed that those we less expect are the ones carrying explosive devices and urged the people to be mindful of people dressing abnormally when coming to worship places and other social gatherings. The Special Adviser to the Plateau State Governor Brig.Gen.G G. Shippi retired was speaking during a stakeholders meeting organised by the Commissioner of Police Plateau State Command, CP Emmanuel Adesina on the nationwide security threat on Wednesday at Police Officers Mess Jos. He called all and sundry to prioritize safety measures, assuring that Security awareness is our collective mandate, and…
By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu Yobe state has emerged as the first state to launch a State Policy on Internally Displaced Persons, becoming a role model state for handling Displaced Persons. In a press statement, Mamman Mohammed The DG of press and Media Affairs to the Governor said that The Policy was launched by Governor Mai Mala Buni CON at a ceremony well attended by members of the diplomatic community, donor agencies, the World Bank and other development partners. The World Bank, National Emergency Management Agency and the National Commission for Refugees among others commended the Yobe state government for…
By Usman Usman Garba The Kano State Government, in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), in Nigeria and the Arewa Consultative Forum, has set to convene an education recovery conference on the 10th and 11th of July, 2024. In a statement issued by the Special Advisor to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Education, Alhaji Tajuddeen Gambo, and made available to The Triumph, highlighted that the conference would pay much attention to addressing the educational challenges in Kano State by featuring some thought leaders, political actors, diplomats, educators, private sector players, advocates and policymakers. The conference…
From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto The Adolescent Girls Initiative Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), says it will soon commence the disbursement of Conditional Cash Support to over 545,200 poorest households aimed at to curtails out of school children in the state. It could be recalled that on the 7th of June 2024, the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Muhammad Tukur Alkali had said the Sokoto state government earmarked N150 million as a counterpart fund and N50 million for the takeoff of the programme. Sokoto State programme Coordinator, Dr Mansur Isa Buhari, revealed this in his remarks during the maiden…
From Joseph Asegba, Yola Adamawa State Police Command apprehended two female suspects for allegedly kidnapping a 4-year-old boy, Friday Okonkwo. The female suspect is said to be the elder sister of the kidnapped victim Blessing Okonkwo who sold the boy to Efunaya Nabufe a 35-year-old woman who resides in Mubi North LGA, Adamawa state. Both accused allegedly admitted their crime to the state police command via interrogation carried out by the spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje. Nguroje earlier disclosed that the mother of the boy, Hauwa Lawan who lives at Rimirgo in Askira Uba LGA, Borno state reported the stealing…