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Buni engages 2, 670 graduates, others for Yobe service delivery

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Buni engages 2, 670 graduates, others for Yobe service delivery

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has engaged 2, 670 University, Diploma and National Certificate of Education (NCE) graduates for effective service delivery in the State.

The employed graduates are to deliver various services in the education, health, environment and agricultural sectors of the economy.

The Director General, of press and media affairs, Mamman Mohammed, disclosed on Thursday, in a statement in Damaturu that the Governor approved the immediate employment of Degree, Diploma and NCE graduates.

According to Buni, the engagement of the graduates to be done by the Ministry of Wealth Creation, Employment and Employment Generation (MWEG) are to be implemented by Alhaji Abdullahi Bego.

“The engagement exercise was to fill the existing gaps of providing effective and efficient service delivery to the people in various communities,” he said.

In a breakdown of the massive employment, he disclosed: “Out of the 2, 670 candidates, 890 each are for University degrees, Higher National Diploma (HND) and NCE holders in the state.”

Buni, in the statement also explained that the graduate and diploma holders are selected from the 178 political wards in the 17 Local Councils.

He, therefore, charged them to justify their engagemenninenhe various sectors with a high sense of commitment and dedication to service delivery to the people.

According to him, the State government has provided equal job opportunities for the unemployed with a sense of belonging and ownership of governance.

He noted that with the massive engagements of youths niin ne various key sectors, economic growth and development could be fast-trackedaisehe the living conditions of people.

“Our administration will continue to provide opportunities in the various sectors to the teeming youths across the state,” he assured.

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Armed robbery foiled by Bauchi Police, three suspects arrested in Bauchi

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By: Zagazola Makama

Three persons were arrested following a foiled armed robbery along the Bauchi–Gombe Federal Highway in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Jan. 26.

Sources said the incident occurred at about 12:16 a.m. when armed robbers blocked the road near Kalajanga Hamlet via Bara Village.

Officers on routine patrol responded promptly, engaging the hoodlums and forcing them to abandon their operation and flee into the surrounding bush.

The trail of the robbers led authorities to the house of one Nasiru Ibrahim of Saddiya Hamlet, where two of his children, Isya Nasiru, 20, and Umar Nasiru, 18, were also arrested in connection with the case.

Recovered items included two sticks, a touch light, three bags, a local bullet-proof shirt, face masks, two pairs of shoes, an Oppo android phone, and several local charms.

Sources say Investigations are ongoing.

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Four killed, 15 injured in lone motor accident on Ibadan–Oyo Expressway

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Four killed, 15 injured in lone motor accident on Ibadan–Oyo Expressway

By: Zagazola Makama

Four people were killed and fifteen others injured in a lone motor accident involving a Glynlyon truck along the Ibadan–Oyo Expressway on Jan. 26.

Sources said the truck, with registration number LSD 221 YM, was coming from Kebbi State to Ogun State, carrying rocky stones as well as 23 passengers seated on the stones at the back of the vehicle.

The driver, identified as Muhammed Jibril of Adamawa State, reportedly lost control of the vehicle after hitting a pothole in the Fiditi area, causing the truck to overturn.

The heavy stones reportedly fell on the passengers, killing four instantly, while fifteen others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The injured were rushed to General Hospital Oyo for treatment, and the bodies of the deceased were evacuated to the hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

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Six people abducted by armed bandits in Maru, Zamfara State

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Six people abducted by armed bandits in Maru, Zamfara State

By: Zagazola Makama

Suspected armed bandits on Jan. 25 abducted six people at gunpoint in Tauji village, Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara State, while the victims were observing Isha’i prayers.

Sources said one of the victims has been identified as Yahuza Mikailu, 40, while the identities of the remaining five are yet to be confirmed.

The abductors reportedly took the victims to an unknown location.

Efforts are ongoing by security operatives to track the bandits, rescue the victims, and apprehend the perpetrators.

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