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Boko Haram: NNPC sets to end over 9 month’s blackout in Maiduguri
Boko Haram: NNPC sets to end over 9 month’s blackout in Maiduguri
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is set to officially commence the construction of a 50 megawatt gas turbine power plant that is expected to generate electricity to the city of Maiduguri and environs after Boko Haram insurgency denied the people electricity supply since January 2021.
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has joined the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum to perform the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP).
The ceremony which officially marks the commencement of the construction of a 50-megawatt gas turbine power plant is expected to generate electricity to the city of Maiduguri, Borno State, and environs.
The MEPP is a Federal Government intervention strategy in tackling the perpetual power outage in Maiduguri, caused mostly as a result of incessant vandalism of critical power infrastructure by the ongoing terrorists’ activities in the northeast region.
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The plant which is to be powered by gas was earlier approved by the federal government as an intervention strategy in tackling the perpetual power outage in Maiduguri, the state capital.
Recalled in April this year, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, had during an official visit to the Borno state government house, announced a plan by Abuja to establish an emergency power plant as a long time solution to the incessant attacks and destruction on power lines by the Boko Haram insurgents.
The NNPC had on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 engaged with China Machinery Engineering Company, CMEC, and General Electric, GE, to provide 50 Megawatts of electricity to Maiduguri, Borno State.
Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, had been without electricity since January following Boko Haram attacks on supply lines along the Maiduguri, Damaturu road.
The group managing director NNPC, Mele Kyari had in April 2021 led a management team of the corporation to Borno where he told the government that everything was set for the gas turbine that would be completed in four months.
Boko Haram: NNPC sets to end over 9 month’s blackout in Maiduguri
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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