By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 The Benue Government says it has saved N1.2billion from the state monthly wage bill following a payroll audit. The state’s Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning Mr Michael Oglegba said this when he spoke with newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday. Oglegba said the figuresContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 China wants to work with Arab states to help de-escalate the conflict between Israel and Hamas, President Xi Jinping told Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly in Beijing. His country is ready to coordinate with Egypt and other Arab countries to find a joint, justContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 Russia is delivering 27 tonnes of aid to the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defence Ministry in Moscow. An Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft took off with the cargo from Ramenskoye airport near Moscow, the ministry said on Thursday. It said the delivery, which includesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 Dr DanAzumi Ibrahim, outgoing Director-General (D-G), National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), said it saved Nigeria over N140billon through technology transfer agreements between 2012 and 2022. He stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja (NAN)Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 Alhaji Musa Bosso, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in Niger, says the state government would mobilise 250,000 farmers to engage in mechanized agriculture during the upcoming dry season. Bosso made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 An Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced Abdul-Alim Adam,26, and Salim Rabiu, 23 to three months imprisonment each for stealing 11 chicken worth N 44,000 . The judge, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the offence and beggedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun tracking 124 executive and constituency projects worth N37 billion in Yobe. Yilzem Hyacienth, ICPC Team Lead, Yobe Tracking Team, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Gashua,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, has promised university scholarship for 37 labourers involved in the construction of resettlement houses for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in Nguro Soye village, Bama Local Government Area (LGA). Zulum made the promise during an inspection visit to the constructionContinue Reading
BNSG promises to settle retired civil servants’ entitlements within 4 months By Bridget Ikyado Gov Hyacinth Alia of Benue has promised to settle the entitlements of retiring civil servants within four months after departure. Alia made the promise on Wednesday in Makurdi during a meeting with heads of Ministries, DepartmentsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2023 The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says plans are underway to improve the quality of health services in the federal capital, Abuja. Wike gave the assurance when the Executive members of the FCT Chapter of the Association of ResidentContinue Reading
