Tag: Niger state

Niger Set To Establish Cancer Centre …. As Gov Sani-Bello Joins Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

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As efforts are being intensified to combat cancer disease, Niger State Government is to establish a cancer centre at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Specialist Hospital, Minna. Governor Sani-Bello disclosed this during the awareness campaign of breast cancer early detection organized by the RAISE foundation and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Centre under the auspices of Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello. He said that cancer was a global disease and needed to be eradicated, as such Nigeria has joined other countries to tackle the disease. “That is why we are making…

FLOOD: Gov Sani-Bello Calls for FG Intervention . … As He Takes Aerial View Of Over 100 Affected Communities

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Niger Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has said that over 100 communities in Mokwa, Lavun, Edati, Katcha, Agaie and Lapai Local Government Areas of the state have been sacked and submerged by flood from the tributaries of Rivers Niger and Kaduna.   He revealed this in Muye, Lapai Local Government Area shortly after conducting an aerial view of affected communities. Governor Sani-Bello said the situation has gone beyond the capacity of the state and called for federal government intervention. “What I saw today is very devastating, on a rough estimate more…

Gov Sani-Bello Urges FG to Expedite Action on Federal Roads in Niger State …Directs Immediate Construction Of Collapsed Gulbi Boka Bridge

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has again appealed to the Federal Government to hasten up its intervention on the federal roads across the state in order to ease the people’s hardship.   The Governor made the call when he had on the spot assessment of the collapsed bridge at Gulbin Boka community in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. Governor Sani-Bello who emphasised the economic importance of the road to the state as well as the entire country, directed the state Ministry of Works and Infrastructural Development to…

Meet Salmat Abdulwaheed,Suleja Born Young ICT Trainer

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Young lady operating behind the scenes in coordinating the 2018 CITAD’s DIGITAL SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN NORTHERN NIGERIA (Abuja).   A techie and quintessential ICT trainer in her own right, Salmat, first born in a family of five, is an inspiration and role model to young women (and young men of course) in ICT and development, not only in Northern Nigeria, but the entire country.   A Masters degree holder in Mass Communications from Bayero University Kano (BUK), Salmat also holds a Diploma in Television Journalism from from…

WE WILL SUPPORT MOVE THAT DEEPENS DEMOCRACY, GOOD GOVERNANCE-GOV SANI-BELLO

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has said the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) will give full support to any move designed to deepen the nation’s democracy and strengthen good governance. He said the forum was committed to addressing critical issues of concerns to the citizens regarding the constitution. The Governor made the pledge when he played host to the Friends of Democracy, a non-governmental organisation championing amendment to some critical sections of the 1999 constitution in his office in Minna, the state capital. Governor Sani-Bello who said he was in…