Author: Tahir Ahmed

Senator Sani Bello provides free medical treatment to 5000 People in Niger By NEXTER Over 5,000 people Niger North senatorial district, have benefited from free medical outreach programme organised by the Senator representing the zone, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello. The beneficiaries were drawn from all the eight local government areas that made the up the senatorial zone. They includes Kontagora, Mariga, Mashegu, Magama, Wushishi, Rijau, Borgu and Agwara respectively. The initiative featured eye surgeries, opthalmological services, general outpatient services, medical classes and treatment. The outreach was carried out through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and coordinated by Rahajok…

Bago settles N1b AEDC debt, earmarks N989m for 600 transformers overhaul By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has paid over N1 billion debt to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) towards ensuring steady and uninterrupted power supply to residents of the state. Bago disclosed this in Minna while flagging off the “Bago Electrifying Niger Agenda” in which 600 transformers of different capacities are scheduled for overhauling. He said, ” we have also established a partnership that would ensure that the people of Niger state enjoy consistent power supply”. He explained that so far, 60 transformers of different…

Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback Reuters Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad. Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Edison Research projected, following a campaign of dark rhetoric that deepened the polarization in the country. The former president’s victory in the swing state of Wisconsin pushed him over the threshold. As…

We’re determined to eradicate poverty, unemployment through entrepreneurship training – N-HYPPADEC By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The Managing Director of the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission ( N-HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa has expressed the determination of the commission to empower youths through the creation job opportunities and skills acquisition programmes. He said the initiative was part of efforts to eradicate the widespread unemployment and pervasive poverty ravaging the power producing areas of the country. The Managing Director stated this at the weekend during the presentation of starter packs to 1500 graduands from Niger state who are beneficiaries of…

Arewa: the darkness before the nightfall. By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir Talban Bauchi. If only technological advancements could afford us the luxury of an easy pass to the solution of the power problem plaguing the north, then the heat from the current quantum of rage in arewa could hypothetically be converted to generate enough electricity to power the region! But the rage and the poor outrage is all there is to it, and we roll over, take it in our tireless stride to degradation, and life goes on. Nothing is practically done to solve the problems, and no one takes actual…

Activities of artisanal miners encouraging banditry in Niger – Bago By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Niger state Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has blamed artisanal miners for the rising banditry activities in the state. The governor stated this while receiving in audience Senate Committee on Solid Minerals investigating recent mining sites collapse in the state. According to him, the development has resulted in loss of many lives and property across in the affected areas. “The activities of artisanal miners are of great concern to us as government. This is because it has encouraged banditry activities in parts of our state,” he said.…

Center Trains 141 Nasarawa Civil Servants On Procurement, Environmental Standards By NEXTER In order to enhance transparency in public service, the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi’s Center for Innovation in Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CIPESS) has organised a 5-day training programme for 141 civil servants in Nasarawa State. The 5-day workshop which was organised in collaboration with the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and Nasarawa State Government, was aimed at enhancing the capacity of the civil servants on sustainable procurement, environmental and social standards enhancement. The breakdown of the trainees shwoed that 53 were procurement, supervision and audit; 53 in-…

PRP to FG: Probe subsidy fraud, recover foreign exchange round-tripping By NEXTER The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has repeated the demand it once made to former President Muhammad Buhari to incumbent President Bola Tinubu to probe the fraud in the petroleum subsidies. The Party in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Falalu Bello released on Tuesday, also asked the Federal Government to “recover foreign exchange round-tripping, investigate and retrieve funds from users of $1 million and above engaged in currency manipulation. The PRP also demanded that the FG should address what it described as “structural corruption” and tackle systemic…

Bandits takeover, establish 8 camps in Niger military training depot By Aideloje Ojo, Minna Bandits have taken over the military training camp located in Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora local government area of Niger state. The camp which is situated at the Nagwamase military cantonment, served as training site for members of the country’s armed forces over some decades. However, the member representing Kontagora II constituency, Abdullahi Isah told his colleagues during the plenary at the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, that the camp now served as operational base for the bandits. He said the bandits sacked 23 communities inhabiting…

Niger CJ expresses worries over manpower shortage in judiciary By Aideloje Ojo, Minna The Chief Judge of Niger state, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has raised an alarm over acute shortage of manpower in the state’s judiciary, describing the situation as worrisome. The CJ said the situation could lead to the collapse of the three arm of nothing was urgently done to revise anomaly. The Chief Judge stated this on Monday at the special court session to mark the 2024/2025 legal year of the Niger State Judiciary. She explained that in the last 17 years, only a total number of 103…