In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu on digital economy, the Ondo state government has launched a summer holiday bootcamp to train students of secondary schools in digital skills. The bootcamp, codenamed ‘build-a-thon’, is an initiative of the federal government through the ministry of communications, innovation and digital economy. 120 secondary school students were selected to participate in the build-a-thon, underway at the Public Service Training Institute (PSTI) in Ilara-mokin and it is expected to last for four days. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the bootcamp, the governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said his…
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The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (ARD-UITH) has warned against the consumption of undercooked bush meat to avoid the deadly m-pox virus. The president of ARD-UITH, Yusuf Muhammed, told journalists on Monday in Ilorin that people should also avoid contact with dead animals as much as possible. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the outbreak of m-pox in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The ARD-UITH president explained that “m-pox is not entirely new, but at some point, new strains commonly appear, and in recent times, WHO sent warnings that the…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Kaduna, Taraba, and Bauchi states during the morning hours. According to NiMet, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kebbi, Adamawa, Taraba, Sokoto, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna States later in the day. “Over the North-Central region, intermittent rains are expected over parts of Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Kwara, the Federal Capital Territory, and Plateau states during the morning hours. “Later in the day, thunderstorms/intermittent rains are anticipated…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has declared N3.3 trillion in profit for the 2023 financial year. Chief financial officer of NNPC Ltd., Umar Ajiya, who addressed journalists on Monday on the development, said this was the highest profit declared by the company since its inception. Meanwhile, NNPC Ltd. has declared N2.101 trillion as a dividend for the 2023 financial year. The profit declared by the national oil company for 2023 is over N1 trillion higher than the N2.548 trillion profit recorded in the 2022 financial year. Details shortly… (NAN)
Olatoye Durosinmi, Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 2, Lagos, was pulled out of the force on Monday after 35 years of service. The ceremony was held at the Police College, Ikeja, where retired and serving senior officers, family, and friends were present. At the occasion, Mr Durosinmi said his years in the force were filled with opportunities. He said the police “may look hard,” but the society where they operate should make it easy. He expressed worries over the welfare of retired officers, noting that the retired benefit, especially on their medical, was not good enough.…
Former Chief Registrar, Borno Cooperatives Society, Mallam Garba Bala Abubakar, his wife and their twoj children have d!ed in a fire outbreak at his residence on Damboa road in Maiduguri, Borno State. A family source said the incident happened on Sunday morning, August 18, 2024. He said the sad incident claimed the lives of husband, wife and two daughters. A friend of the deceased, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post described Abubakar as a “very humble” and “down to earth” personality. He said the domestic fire outbreak was suspected to have been ignited by electrical surge. “The deceased…
Church service abruptly ended at the United Methodist Church in the Durumi area of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday August 18, after congregants engaged in a serious fight. Punch reports that the fight, which went on for hours, resulted in damage to some of the church’s property and required intervention from FCT command operatives to bring it under control. Frantic efforts initially made by the police to stop the fight proved abortive until tear gas was released. It was further gathered that the police locked the church, dismissed the members, and took some of the elders to the station…
The police have launched a manhunt for the abductors of students of the Enugu State College of Health Technology in Oji River Local Government Area. It was gathered that the armed men suspected to be herdsmen invaded the college and abducted five students as they were leaving the school premises. A video circulating on social media on Saturday shows an injured man covered in blood in the aftermath of the attack. The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, August 18, said that the attack happened on Thursday evening. …
A mobile police officer who was abducted around Kampani community in Bashar District of Wase local government are of Plateau State has been found d@ad. Recall that the policeman and a soldier who were part of a security team fighting bandits terrorising a community which shares border with Taraba State, were ambushed around Kampani community last Wednesday. While the soldier escaped, the policeman was not so lucky. Sources from Wase town who confirmed the latest development to Daily Trust, said the lifeless body of the policeman was found in a bush at Bangalala, on Sunday, August 18. ( Linda ikeji)
A magistrates’ court in Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Monday remanded a farmer, Awase Benjamin, for allegedly destroying government property and illegal possession of a firearm. The magistrate, Kelvin Mbanongun, did not take Mr Benjamin’s plea for want in the jurisdiction to hear the matter. Mr Mbanongun ordered that Mr Benjamin be remanded in the Makurdi Correctional Centre, pending the conclusion of the investigation. The magistrate adjourned the case until October 8 for further mention. Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Ato Godwin, told the court that Mr Benjamin was arrested by Stephen Wergba of the Welfare Quarters, the site supervisor…