Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Adamawa The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria has constructed a health clinic worth N4.5 million in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. The acting Bishop of Yola Diocese, Reverend Ishaku Bala, who disclosed this at the opening of a three-day conference of the diocese on Friday in Gombi said that the clinic was built to address [...]
Bauchi The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Bauchi State has called on wives of the local government chairmen in the state to educate rural women on government policies and gender mainstreaming issues. Director of the agency, Hajiya Jummai Liman-Bello made the call in an interview last Friday in Bauchi. She said that the measure would [...]
When one of America’s most legendary civil rights advocates, Malcom X at the peak of his robust advocacy for good governance once said, ‘we owe our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have deferred,” he was merely highlighting the import of alternative views and solutions to human problems and challenges. [...]
Abuja The police has arraigned Kabiru Salisu, 26, of Kurudu and Ebijimi Adeola, 35, of Karu at the Karu Upper Area Court for alleged disturbance of public peace. Police prosecutor, Francis Udifai told the court that on May 4, at about 9 a.m., the accused persons engaged in physical combat at Abattoir market in Karu, [...]
Adamawa The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has graduated 289 students at its fifth convocation ceremony held last Saturday in Yola. Speaking at the convocation, the President of the university, Prof. Margee Ensign, said that the university since its inception nine years ago had centred on community-based services and development. She said the university was [...]
Abuja The Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), says the Nigerian Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition (NTIFE), will focus on funding for the development of tourism in the country. The maiden exhibition of the body which will hold from May 21 to May 22 in Abuja, is expected to feature seminar and exhibition of [...]
Adamawa The Adamawa State Government said it received 11,000 improved palm tree seedlings from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Desk Officer, Palm Oil Production Project in the state, Mr Ilyasu Mu’azu, said in Yola that the development was part of the National Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Muazu said that under the programme, [...]
Bauchi The Chairman of Committee on Internally Displaced Persons in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Abdullahi Musa-Garkuwa says the state is currently harbouring about 48, 475 internally displaced persons. Musa-Garkuwa said last Sunday in Magama Gumau that 47,000 of them were victims from the Jos and Kaduna crises, noting that the victims were [...]
Adamawa The Adamawa State Government has announced the release of over 3,000 of its workers for in-service training in various institutions of learning in the country. The Head of Service of the state, Mr Musa Kaibo, said this at the opening of a five-day workshop on “Plan And Budget Management At the State Level.” The [...]
Adamawa The National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB), has decried the low enrolment of students from the North East region into technical schools in the country. The NABTEB North East Zonal Coordinator, Mr Gabriel Yalamu, said this in an interview with newsmen in Yola last Monday. Yalamu, who described the situation as “worrisome”, said [...]
