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NEMA Rallies Stakeholders On Fire Prevention

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for stronger collaboration, investment in fire prevention and improved emergency coordination to reduce fire disasters in Kaduna State. The call was made on Monday at a stakeholders’ engagement on fire disaster management organised by the agency in Kaduna. The Head of NEMA Operations Office, Kaduna, Mrs Halima Suleiman, said coordinated action had become imperative as fire outbreaks continued to claim lives, destroy property and livelihoods, and cause huge economic losses. Represented by Ikramat Umar, Head of NEMA’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit, Suleiman identified electrical faults, gas explosions, unsafe handling of petroleum products, careless use of naked flames, bush burning, poor storage of combustible materials and weak compliance with fire safety regulations as major causes of fire outbreaks. She added that rapid urbanisation, congested settlements, poor access roads and delays in reporting emergencies...
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NOCACO Committed To Satisfying Customers - MD

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The Northern Cable Processing and Manufacturing Company (NOCACO), is committed to satisfying its customers with quality  cable production.  Managing Director/CEO NOCACO, Dr. Tunde Orija  gave the assurance in his welcome address at the  2026 Customer Forum, held at the NAF Club, Kaduna on Saturday August 1, 2026. "Just like the cables we build, our connection is a foundation of growth, where ideas can be exchanged. "We see ourselves as enablers  of progress. This forum stands as commitment to satisfaction of our customers who are cornerstone of our progress. We always appreciate your feedback, we love your loyalty.  As we look forward to the future,  on our part, we remain steadfast in pledge to provide products that are uncompromising," he said. According  to him,  the forum held annually, is  opportunity to celebrate partnership with customers and share  products update. "I extend my heartfelt gratitude to you all for ...
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Bloodbath In Benue: APC Rep Cries To Tinubu As Killers Sack Communities, Over 50 Feared Dead

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A House of Representatives member, Hon. Onyeche Blessing Onuh, has sent a passionate Save-Our-Souls message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening killings in Otukpo and Ohimini Federal Constituency of Benue State. The visibly disturbed federal lawmaker, said innocent residents are being slaughtered while hundreds have fled their ancestral homes following repeated attacks by armed men. In a letter to the President dated July 28, 2026, Onuh disclosed that no fewer than 50 persons had been killed within one month in communities such as Otukpo-Nobi, Akpachi-Ugboju, Agadagba and Efeyi. She lamented that despite motions at the National Assembly, consultations with security agencies and public appeals, the attacks had continued without respite. "Our people are under siege," he declared, adding that farmers could no longer cultivate their lands while families now live in fear. The APC lawmaker pleaded with President Tinubu to immediately deploy additional troo...
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AATF Urges Nigerian Farmers To Adopt Hybrid Seeds For Greater Productivity, Food Security

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Nigerian farmers must shift from open-pollinated variety seeds to hybrid varieties such as Tela maize to cut production costs and strengthen the country’s food security, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has said. Sylvia Kyeyune, Vice Chairman of the AATF Board, gave the advice while leading a high-powered delegation on a visit to Kaduna State recently. She observed that Nigeria’s vast land resources have encouraged a mindset that tolerates low productivity, as farmers can plant large areas even with modest yields per acre. “You’re assuming that you have a lot of land and therefore productivity is not a very big deal,” Kyeyune said. “Someone can produce very little on a very large portion of land because they have the big land. But a country that has very small land must maximize the yield per acre... so in Nigeria because you have big land you somehow overlook productivity. That is why you end up using low yielding open pollinated varieties.” She explai...
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No Missing ₦1.3bn, Budget Office Insists As It Details Spending Safeguards

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The Budget Office of the Federation has clarified that no funds appropriated for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC) were ever spent, insisting that Nigeria's public finance control system prevented the appropriation from becoming public expenditure. In a statement issued on Friday, Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, said the controversy surrounding the council was based on a misunderstanding of the difference between budget appropriation and actual government spending. According to him, although the National Assembly appropriated ₦1.302 billion for PEAC/PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Act, the legal and administrative requirements needed to convert the allocation into expenditure were never fulfilled. Yakubu explained that public funds can only be spent after several statutory conditions have been met, including financial clearance, lawful recruitment, payroll enrolment, treasury...
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NEMA Completes Distribution Of 24,302 KSrelief Food Baskets To Vulnerable Households In Five States

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has successfully concluded the distribution of 24,302 food baskets donated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to vulnerable households in Yobe, Benue, Kebbi, Anambra and Taraba States. The humanitarian intervention, which was flagged off by the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, on Thursday, 18th June, 2026, in Damaturu, Yobe State, was completed through direct distribution to profiled vulnerable households across the beneficiary states. A statement signed by Manzo Ezekiel on behalf of the Press Unit, NEMA, Abuja, dated  July 23,  2026, said that  a total of 6,403 food baskets were distributed in Benue State, 6,000 in Yobe State, 4,399 in Kebbi State, 4,000 in Anambra State and 3,500 in Taraba State, bringing the total number of distributed food baskets to 24,302. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Mrs. Zubaida Umar described the donation as another demonstration of the str...
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Stop Campaign Of Calumny Against INEC, Arewa Youth Forum Tells Opposition

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*Passes vote of confidence on INEC Chairman, Prof Amupitan *Urges political stakeholders to support electoral reforms The Arewa Youth Forum, the umbrella body of youth organizations across the 19 Northern States and FCT, has expressed full support for the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, and called on the opposition, civil society, and all Nigerians with political interests to put partisanship aside and rally behind the commission as it prepares for the 2027 electoral cycle. In a statement signed by its National President,  Ahmed Mohammed Zagi made available on Tuesday July 21, 2026, AYF called on opposition to stop henceforth, campaign of calumny against INEC. According to the statement, since his swearing-in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Prof. Amupitan has demonstrated clear commitment to defending the Constitution and upholding the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral system.  "In his first months in office,...
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