Author: News Desk

AGRA trains Women and youth on ICT4ag and smart phones repairs in Kaduna
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna The AGRA Kaduna Consortium project, has trained about 300 women and youth community-based advisers (CBAs) on the use of ICT4ag tools and distributed over 200 Samsung smart phones to them. The beneficiaries paid 50% of the cost of the phones as their counterpart contribution. The aim of this training […]
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2023 Flood Prediction: COOPI sensitizes 12 communities on preparatory measures against predicted flood
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna As NIMET released it’s Annual Climate Prediction and Flood Outlook for 2023, a Non Governmental Organization, COOPI has embarked on sensitization of rural communities on measures to mitigate anticipated flood in some parts of the country. Christian Aid (CA) and Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) in a project tagged “DRaSS” (Disaster […]
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84 Regular intake: Army Chief Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya charges the newly recruited 6,251 Soldiers on selfless service to the nation
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna The Nigeria Army says the 6,251 recruited soldiers would be deployed to counter the activities of criminal elements that has adversely affected the socio-economic development of this country. The Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya disclosed this during the Passing Out Parade of the 84 Regular Recruit Intake […]
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Kebbi, Egypt to explore areas of interest in agriculture, livestock production
Kebbi State government has indicated readiness to enter into rewarding mutual partnership with Egypt on agricultural development and livestock production. Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu made this known while receiving Egyptian experts who visited him at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, this Friday. Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu told his guests that the administration believed in partnership […]
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Health Tips: Pathophysiology of Helicobacter pylori and it management
By Gurama A Gurama Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that infects the stomach and duodenum and it’s the most common cause of PUD; causing a range of gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. The bacterium survives in the acidic environment of the stomach by secreting urease, which converts […]
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Gov. Bagudu approves over N1bn to KB SUBEB as FGN / UBE counterpart fund
Gov. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has approved the release of One Billion, Two Hundred and Four Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-Two, Three Hundred and Fifty-Three Naira, Seventy-Six Kobo (=N=1,204,452,363.76) to the Kebbi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enable it to access the FGN/UBE Matching Grant for the year 2023. This […]
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FOOD SECURITY: NAERLS, AGRA trains farmers on modern digital farming
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna The Executive Director National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS/ABU) Zaria Professor Emmanuel Ikani has said,the institute is collaborating with AGRA to train farmers on Digital farming training that will benefit the farmers. He stated this while declaring open a sensitization training of Community Base Advisors (CBS) on […]
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Fuel Subsidy: CISLAC Queries Federal Government Over $800m World Bank’s Loan
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has queried the Federal Government over the World Bank’s $800 million loan to the country, as a palliative to cushion the effect of the proposed fuel subsidy removal by June. CISLAC’s Executive Director, Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani, in a statement on Friday, lamented the nonchalant attitude displayed by the […]
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Yahoo Boy Kills Mother, Slept With Her Corpse For 2 Nights before Taking out her Vagina for Rituals
An- 18 year- old- boy whose name was given as Kingsley Akpobome Emobor, has confessed that he murdered his mother and slept with her corpse for 2 nights for the purpose of money ritual making. Samuel who is an indigene of Oghara in Delta State carried out the act at their rented apartment located […]
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Man in Police custody for beating his wife to death
By Rayyanu Abubakar Umar, Adamawa The Adamawa State Police Command, On 6/5/2023 apprehended a 56years old man,for beating his 38 years old acclaimed wife to death. The suspect Aminu Abubakar, a resident of Lelewaji, Shagari phase 2, in Yola South Local Government Area Subdued the deceased Nana Fadimatu to a beaten following a little disagreement […]
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