Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni has urged youths to join security services to reduce the high rate of unemployment in the state. Buni gave the charge while receiving Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) cadets on Saturday in Damaturu. He said joining the military, police and other sister agencies would complement the government’s efforts at ensuring peace, security, and poverty alleviation. The governor directed local government council chairmen and community leaders to encourage the enlistment of youths at the grassroots for the state to have the right number of men and women in the security agencies. Buni said parents and other…
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Some broom sellers in the Dadin-Kowa community of Yamaltu/Deba local government area of Gombe state said they have had high patronage since the campaigns started in the state. They stated this in separate interviews in the Dadin-Kowa community on Saturday. Usman Hina, a broom seller in the community, said since the commencement of the campaigns in the state, there had been a steady increase in the patronage of the commodity. Hina said he had increased the number of brooms he normally buys from the market by nearly 200 percent. “Before the campaign, broom only had one use, which is to…
Chief Dumebi Kachikwu, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has felicitated Nigerians, as they crossover to New Year. Kachikwu said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. “Today, as Nigerians across our nation gather with family and friends, I want to wish everyone a happy and blessed new year. “This is always a time not only to celebrate the opportunity to start again but a season to reflect on what the past year has been. “The year 2022 was a particularly bad year for most Nigerians who witnessed systemic failures in governance, security, and the economy…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, said it arrested 296 suspects for various drug-related offenses in 2022. Mrs. Mutiat Okuwobi, the Agency’s Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. She said that the arrested suspects comprise 253 males and 43 females within the age range of 17 and 70 years. According to her, 1766,9419 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances were also seized within the year under review. Okuwobi said that the drugs seized included Cannabis Sativa, Cocaine, Tramadol, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, Cough Syrup with Codeine, Rohypnol, Codeine tablets,…
Rev. Fr. Anthony Omodunbi, the Director of Social Communication Commission, Catholic Diocese of Osogbo, Osun, has described the death of Pope Benedict XVI, as the death of a man of great faith. Former pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. Benedict XVI passed away at 95 at about 9.34 am in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican, as announced by the Vatican on Saturday. Also, the Catholic Pope Emeritus (1927- 2022), had been down with sickness before he passed…
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to put the nation first as they explored opportunities before them in 2023, including voting for candidates of their choice in forthcoming general elections. Jonathan in his new year message said that 2023 held great possibilities in spite of the challenges faced by the nation in previous years. “Last year was, without a doubt, filled with gains and losses. “As a country, we experienced a devastating flood that resulted in the death of many lives and the destruction of property and sources of livelihood of millions of citizens. “As a people, we survived the…
Some Catholic Bishops in the U.S. Saturday mourned the death of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who died at the age of 95. Rt. Rev. Robert Brennan, Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn, in a statement, said Pope Benedict made tremendous contributions to the Second Vatican Council as a priest and theologian. “Many of his contributions made their way into the documents of the council, which charted the course for the Church in the modern era. “Pope Benedict XVI had a great mind, and his books have inspired me. “He was a great teacher who helped us to understand and live…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 1,693,963 Permanent voter cards (PVCS) are yet to be collected in Lagos State as of December 29. The commission, which made this known in a tabular summary to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, categorised the uncollected PVCs into 916,961 old cards and 777,002 new cards. According to the document, Lagos has received 7,510,491 cards from INEC headquarters, comprising 6,570,291 old cards and 940,200 new cards. It added that out of the cards received by the state, a total of 5,816,528 PVCs (5,653,330 – Old and 163,198 new cards) had so far been collected…
By the time you are reading this, I will hopefully be heading for Bo, the second capital city of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱- my maternal home District! The year 2022 is coming to an end and it has been a tremendously important one for me. Since January, I joined the District executive members, including youth, students and women of our party – the National Unity and Reconciliation Party (NURP) the CUT ACROSS Movement in commemorating 20 years of peace after war in Sierra Leone, targeting different stakeholders, in particular, the victims of war, disadvantaged youth, students and women, and representatives of…
By Modern Farmer Lance Lillibridge, a farmer in east central Iowa, knows farming’s ups and downs. He has been in this business since he was “knee-high to a grasshopper” and is the first of a family of farmers to own his land. But he said the sharp increase in fertilizer prices this year has put him in a challenging position. “It’s very gut-wrenching,” he said. “It’s very difficult to be optimistic about the future because these prices are so high.” This year’s drastic increase in fertilizer prices has hit farmers’ pockets, and many have opted to buy less fertilizer and…