The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise involving 1,500 schemes valued at N610 billion. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Demola Bakare, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Mr Bakare, the exercise is an … Read more
The Swiss Federation has donated €1.2 million (euros) to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund to provide much-needed support to the victims of the flood disaster in the state. The donation was announced by the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Nicolas Lang, who led a delegation of the Swiss Embassy on a sympathy visit to … Read more
Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed the N-774 programme as a primary platform for combating malnutrition in the country. NEC endorsed the programme Wednesday at its 144th meeting chaired by Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, a decision that followed a presentation on the state of nutrition in Nigeria by the Coordinating Minister of Health … Read more
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has decried the consistent rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.Its representative in Benue, Adewole Oke, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi while delivering a goodwill message during the presentation of the Benue Framework toward addressing humanitarian challenges in the state. … Read more
The police in Borno State confirmed the arrest of eight suspects in connection to the alleged murder of Kamar Abdulkadir, a lecturer of the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri. Mr Abdulkadir was murdered in his office on campus on Sunday by unknown attackers. The attackers had sneaked into his office … Read more
The senator representing Borno North Senatorial District, Tahir Monguno, says he dropped out of school while he was acquiring his primary education because he wanted to be attractive to girls in his community. Mr Monguno, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said his decision to drop out from school was influenced by a … Read more
On Friday, Amnesty International said in its statement that over 400 persons were kidnapped in Borno State The post Borno Mass Abduction: What we know so far appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the … Read more
The police command in Yobe, say suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and Yobe into darkness. Dungus Abdulkarim, the spokesperson for the command, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Saturday. Mr Abdulkarim said … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct nine bye-elections and 35 rerun elections across 26 states on Saturday. In the bye-elections, a total of 74 candidates are contesting for a limited nine seats in the state and national assemblies. While 13 candidates are contesting for the two seats in the Senate, 39 … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of committees to manage primary elections to fill vacancies in the national and state assemblies. The party, on Wednesday, released the primary election committees, primary election appeal committees and secretariat committees to manage the primaries across nine states ahead of the 3 February bye-elections. The states … Read more
