Delta state chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON on Thursday backed Southern Governors on the ban on open grazing of cattle in the southern part of the country. The Association made their position known shortly after their montly meeting in Warri South Local Government Council through the ALGON Chairman in the state who is also the Read More
The Kaduna State Social Register and Rapid Response Register (RRR) released recently, indicated that rural dwellers, subsistence farmers, and illiterates top 2,051,972 poorest and most vulnerable Kaduna state citizens from 524,424 families captured in the State Social Register (SSR) for the Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs). This is, indeed, a sad narrative of the nation’s state of affairs. The undesirable Read More
The more priority is given to religion, ethnicity and culture, the more crises we have. I am sad over the attacks in some sections of the nation. But seriously I don’t understand the caricature behind the ongoing turmoil. Constitutionally, every Nigerian has right to live and own a property wherever he/she desires irrespective of religion, ethnicity and cultural boundaries. Unfortunately, Read More
The Nasarawa state government in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI), Nigeria has trained 20 influential religious leaders on how to become effective advocates for family planning and childbirth spacing in their communities. State family planning coordinator, Mrs, Salomi Vincent Aya, Friday, said 20 religious leaders from both the Muslim and Christian faiths have participated in three-day training in Kini hotel Akwanga local government area Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has strongly condemned the recent dastardly attacks on several communities in Ebonyi state, even as it cautioned the perpetrators to give peace a chance. The group described as “traumatic” for citizens and residents of Ebonyi state following reported cases of attacks on individuals and public facilities by some unknown gunmen. In Read More
The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, has said the deployment of solar power grid to 200 Primary Health Centres (PHC) and 104 Unity Schools will be completed in 12 months. He said the ‘Energy for All – Mass Rural Electrification’ programme will be delivered by the Federal Ministry of Power through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). A statement issued Read More
Bandits have again kidnapped 15 persons after an attack on a military camp in Zagzaga village in Munya local government of Niger state. Blueprint gathered that a military officer has been declared missing after the attack on the base Wednesday during which arms and ammunitions were carted away by the bandits. Blueprint also learnt that the Nigerian Army has shutdown Read More
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has charged Nigerian youth to imbibe the national core values and be the agents of change in order to make the country a better society. Speaking at the occasion of national youth submit organised by the agency in Lokoja Wednesday, the Kogi state director, Ambassador Mohammed Othman Abdullahi, said the objective of the submit among Read More
The Gray Child Foundation has said its ‘Activating Positive Peace in Nigeria’ initiative will not only promote national peace and security but sustainable development as it moves to among others, create a network of empowered community peacebuilders across the country. The Chairman of the Pan-African non-partisan organization working to improve communities and human capital development of people in Nigeria and Read More
Beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi state have so far saved N6 million. The beneficiaries have also acquired 263 goats, sheep, chickens and 72 bags of assorted grains since the inception of the programme. The information officer of the local government, Gobna James, made the assertions in a press release issued Read More
The chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, in fulfilling his democratic mandates, Wednesday commissioned newly rehabilitated Asphalt Access road in Pyakasa, Toge communities to ease the interconnectivity of the villages and boost the business activities around the council. The director of works, AMAC, Gaza Andrew, said during the commissioning that the Pyakasa Asphalt Access road is about Read More
The Akwa Ibom state government has warned communities engaging in boundary crises between the Ikpanya community in Ibiono Ibom LGA and their neighbours of Arochukwu in Abia state to desist from reprisal attacks against each other. It assured residents, particularly the people of Ikpanya in Ibiono Ibom local government area that it would continue to do everything within its power Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has demanded for thorough investigation and prosecution of the Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi state, Aliyu Garba and other security personnel for claiming that 55 suspects arrested in connection with the killings in Effium communities escaped. In a statement released to newsmen Tuesday in Abuja by the President of the Read More
As part of peace dialogue and reintegration, African Youth for Peace Development and Empowerment Foundation (AFRYDEV) with support from International Alert under European Union (EU) has supported early recovery from conflict and resilience building project in Yobe state to forestall further conflicts in the state. AFRYDEV Senior Programme Officer, Abdullahi Edoka, explained this during a capacity building for youths to Read More
Bandits Thursday launched a fresh attack on a military base in Allawa in Shiroro local government area of Niger state, killing six security personnel. After burning down the base, the bandits, it was gathered, stormed surrounding villages during which seven villagers were reportedly killed, 10 others abducted while they also stole seven motorcycles. A villager from the area who spoke Read More
The Senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone, Dr Michael Ama Nnachi, Thursday urged Security agencies to implement the shoot at sight order of President Buhari in the crisis areas of the state. Blueprint report that 25 persons at Nkalaha, Obegu, Amezu, Umuhuali, Egedegede communities in Ishielu local government area of the state were killed by suspected herders on Monday night. Read More
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged members to embrace entrepreneurship pointing out that anticipated white collar jobs are no longer available. Yobe state coordinator of the scheme Mrs Hafsat Yerima made the call Tuesday during the closing ceremony of the 2021 batch A stream I orientation course held at NYSC camp Dazigau in Yobe. She said the skill Read More
The federal government has been urged to set up an upwardly Mobile Police (MOPOL) outstation at the border between Ukpute in Oju, and Bonta in Konshisha local government areas of Benue state with the view to keeping vigil on the communities. President General of Igede Progressive Elites Caucus Association (IPECA), Mr Mike Alewu, who made the appeal in a press Read More
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) North-east zonal office Maiduguri has supported Mon Club International, an organisation formed by humanitarian workers with the aim of providing relief to victims of insurgency. The Acting Zonal Co coordinator, NEMA, North-east Zone, Wagami Lydia Madu, commended the humanitarian workers for their efforts with a promise to collaborate with the organization Sunday at the official Read More
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Combined National Project Steering Committees to consider the approval of the 2021 Annual Work plan and Budget of the three projects under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, on Tuesday in Abuja, inaugurated the Read More
Open defecation is the human act of excreting in the open as opposed to a latrine. Individuals may pick fields, hedges, woodlands, trench, roads, waterways or other open space for defecation. They do so either on the grounds that they don’t have a latrine or because of customary practices. The training is normal where sterilization framework and administrations are not Read More
The WaterAid Nigeria, has warned that the impact of climate change on people’s water supplies is being overlooked and it’s threatening to put progress on bringing clean water to all back decades unless urgent action is taken to help the world’s poorest communities adjust to changing weather patterns. Speaking on Monday during a media roundtable on Water and Climate Change, Read More
National Orientation Agency, NOA Ebonyi state chapter with the support from the United nations children’s fund (UNICEF) Monday , trained 24 surveillance team to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) i in Onicha local government area of the state. All the 12 communities that made up the local government had made denounced of FGM on Saturday March 13, 2021. However, in Read More
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Monday stated that more than 1.42 billion people are living in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability globally. UNICEF’s representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, raised the alarm in a statement issued to commemorate this year’s World Water Day. The UNICEF representative stated that of this number, 450 million are Read More
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