Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa
5 Nov
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has distributed start-up packs to the 5,000 young persons trained under its Youth Transformation programme to address youth unemployment in all the member-states.
4 Sep
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), in partnership with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has launched a training initiative focused on business name registration.
3 Sep
The Managing Director of National-Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas Commission (N-HYPPADEC), Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in flood control and related vices as more communities risk
8 Aug
Federal government has commended the youths of Kwara State for not partaking in the ongoing protests against the nation's socioeconomic situation in the country. The National chairman of National-Hydroelectric Power Producing Agency Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC,) Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, who disclosed this yesterday at the launching of N-HYPPADEC area office Pategi in Kwara State added that…
7 Aug
The Federal Government, recognising the fact that New Bussa, as a resettled town, has unique challenges despite the presence of several federal parastatals and military outfits in the area yet lacking basic amenities, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, commissioned a much-needed water project in New Bussa, Borgu local government area of Niger State, as a…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has commenced hearing of a suit filed by Global Gas and Refining Limited, seeking an order restraining Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) from selling its onshore asset to Renaissance, a consortium made up of ND Western, Aradel Energy,…
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The Federal Government, yesterday, launched a specialised training programme in rock tiling and interlocking design to empower Nigerian youths with innovative skills and create job opportunities. The initiative, which was spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Education, was unveiled in Taraba State at the 2nd Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Camp in Jalingo,…
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Police in Kenya arrested Wednesday a man found carrying the mutilated corpse of his wife in a backpack, the latest case of gender-based violence to appal the country. It comes only weeks after hundreds of women were tear gassed as they rallied in the capital Nairobi to demonstrate against femicide and demand action from the…
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Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) says it will be graduating 120 First Class students and 136 with doctoral degrees at its 32nd convocation. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Kehinde, disclosed this at a news conference to herald the 32nd convocation of the university scheduled for Saturday. Kehinde said that 3,567 students would be graduating,…
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Brothers Across Nigeria International (BAN INT’L), a nonprofit organisation, has provided food items and cash worth N45 million to 145 families of its late members worldwide. Through its welfare arm, the BAN Int'l Outreach Commission (BANOC), the organisation spent over N45 million in December 2024 to support these families, ensuring they could enjoy the festive…
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Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, has expressed his determination to support the cultivation of every piece of arable land in the state as part of his administration’s vision for agriculture and wealth creation. He lamented that the state possesses vast land that is rich and suitable for agriculture but remains grossly underutilised. Governor…
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The Lagos State government has announced that anyone caught sharing or forwarding child pornography and obscene publications about children on social media risks a 14-year jail term, as provided in the state’s domestic and sexual violence law. The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this during…
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More than 40,000 card-carrying members from various opposition parties have defected and joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State. The defectors were received at the Government House by Governor Dikko Radda on Tuesday evening. Leading the group of defectors were former Deputy Speakers of the State House of Assembly, Yakubu Idris and…
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A doctor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) in Anambra has been kidnapped by gunmen at his residence in Anambra. The Guardian reports that the victim has been identified as Dr Collinus Onuigbo. He was abducted on Tuesday, a few days after Governor Chukwuma Soludo launched Operation Udo ga-achị, a joint security force…
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Many traders were injured at the Ediaken Market, popularly called Uselu Market, on the Benin-Lagos Road axis as political thugs engaged in sporadic shooting on Tuesday in an attempt to overthrow the leadership of the market union, leaving many scampering for safety. The incident, which occurred Tuesday evening, entered its second day as women trooped…