By Aluta News Dec 2, 2023 The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has distributed Zakat (alms) worth more than N65 million to 9,838 less privileged people in the area. The Emirate’s spokesman, Malam Gambo Garba, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday. GarbaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 2, 2023 The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru says the Federal will collaborate with Religious groups and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to fight insurgency and other criminalities in the country. Badaru said this when he received, separately, delegations from the Messengers of Peace Foundation (MOP) andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 2, 2023 The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the arrest of a suspected Indian hemp farmer in Sokoto State. “It is the first such case in the history of the state”, the Commandant of NDLEA in the state, Mr Adamu Iro, told newsmenContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 2, 2023 Niger State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TATA Group of Companies on emergency intervention in Agriculture. The agreement was signed in Abuja and geared toward engaging the youth of the state in agriculture mechanisation service provision. This is contained inContinue Reading
Agency tasks FG on speedy trial of GBV offenders By Aluta News Caritas-Nigeria, an agency of the Catholic Church, has tasked Federal Government to expedite actions in the prosecution and punishment of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) offenders. The Gender Lead of the organisation, Mr Charles Aneni, made the call in anContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, nullified the directive of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State to review the state Attorney-General (A-G)’s legal advice on the alleged murder case earlier preferred against Rep Alhassan Doguwa (APC-Kano). Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has urged the Federal Government to halt export of maize and soybeans to ensure availability of the commodities and reduction in cost of poultry production. Ichie Ezeobiora, National President of PAN, made the appeal at the 2nd editionContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out at his U.S. and EU counterparts on Friday, calling them “cowards” for leaving early from the annual meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Both U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EUContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has said that the service would open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Adepoju said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on FridayContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has urged State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards to explore possible ways of reducing the 2024 Hajj fare to enable prospective pilgrims to enroll. The commission’s Deputy-Director, Information and Publications, Mousa Ubandawaki, in a statement on Thursday, saidContinue Reading
