Author: Adeloje Ojo

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Deputy Governor of Niger State Comrade Yakubu Garba has on Wednesday received 21 children of the state indigene who were intercepted along Nigeria border with Niger Republic while being trafficked to Sudan. The Deputy Governor in a remark said the children are from Magama local government area of the state adding that they are aged between five and 13 years. ” It is a disturbing circumstance. It is a crime against humanity that destroys the fabric of the society “. He said that the crime is against section 34(1) of the constitution adding that “…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Deputy Governor of Niger State Comrade Yakubu Garba has on Wednesday received 21 children of the state indigene who were intercepted along Nigeria border with Niger Republic while being trafficked to Sudan. The Deputy Governor in a remark said the children are from Magama local government area of the state adding that they are aged between five and 13 years. ” It is a disturbing circumstance. It is a crime against humanity that destroys the fabric of the society “. He said that the crime is against section 34(1) of the constitution adding that “…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Dean Students Affairs of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Dr. Bashir Ganiyu has dismissed as misleading and false, the information in social media purporting students accommodation racketeering in the allocation of hostel bed spaces for the 2024/2025 academic year. The Dean stated this in an interview with Blueprint on Wednesday, explaining that the allocation of hostel accommodation has been very clean this year and in the past three years. According to him, ” the claim that there is the existence of accommodation racketeering in FUT Minna this year is untrue and loaded with unverified…

*Process, package 1,000,000 chickens everyday by 2030 By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Niger Foods Ltd has set the target of raking in one million dollars, equivalent to N1.6trn Naira from the livestock in the next four years. The company has in addition, is also targeting the processing and packaging of 1000,000 chickens everyday by 2030. The Executive Chairman of the company, Sammy Adigun stated this Tuesday in a presentation submitted to the Presidential Committee on Livestock and Fishery Co- Chaired by Professor Attahiru Jega during a stakeholders meeting Minna. He said that by the end of this year 2025, the…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Wife of the President, Sen.Oluremi Tinubu has donated N100 Million to the victims of Dikko tanker explosion. The Wife of the President, who was accompanied by the Wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shetima made the donation at the Government House Minna during a private visit to commiserate with the State over the recent tanker explosion in Diko and other disasters that occurred in the State. She said, ” the donation is to complement what the State government is doing to bring succour to the victims of the disaster. I commiserated with the…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has elected Comrade Eshiafune Paul Oghayan (aka ShopRite) as the new National President of Association in Minna. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Comrade Oghayan promised to deliver on the mandate given to them by members of the association. He commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his immeasurable support to Nigeria students especially on their welfare. Nigeria students I urge you all to believe in the “RENEWED HOPE AGENDA” of President Tinubu for his commitment to students welfare and wellbeing as demonstrated by his students loan scheme policy and…

on By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Niger State government has donated the sum of N174 million to victims of the dynamite explosion that occurred in Sabon Pegi, Mashegu local government area of the State. Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced the cash donation on Wednesday when he visited the scene of the explosion to commiserate with the victims and the community members. He was accompanied by the Minister of Information and National Orientation Agency, Mohammed Idris, the Senator representing Niger North Senatorial District,Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, Speaker Niger State House of Assembly, AbdulMalik Sarkin Daji, Federal and State Lawmakers from…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Niger State government has donated the sum of N174 million to victims of the dynamite explosion that occurred in Sabon Pegi, Mashegu local government area of the State. Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced the cash donation on Wednesday when he visited the scene of the explosion to commiserate with the victims and the community members. He was accompanied by the Minister of Information and National Orientation Agency, Mohammed Idris, the Senator representing Niger North Senatorial District,Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, Speaker Niger State House of Assembly, AbdulMalik Sarkin Daji, Federal and State Lawmakers from the…

By AidelojeOjo Minna At least four people are feard dead in an explosion at Sabon Pegi in Mashegun local government area of Niger state. The explosion was first believed to had occurred in the early hour of Sunday in a mining site but the police have confirmed that the incident actually occurred in a residential house. Locals from the community confirmed that four bodies have been recovered from the scene of the blast explaining that the numbers of casualties could be higher. It was learnt that the explosion have sent pandemonium to the entire Sabon Pegi and its neighboring villages,…

By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Niger state government has disclaimed to a fraudulent online portal currently circulating on various social media platforms, claiming to be a registration platform for a Niger State Youth Empowerment and Farmers’ Grant. The government in a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Usman on Tuesday explained that the state government has not launched any such registration portal for Youth Empowerment or Farmers’ Grant. He explained that the purported registration portal is the handiwork of unscrupulous elements seeking to defraud unsuspecting citizens. He said, “I strongly advised members of the public…