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Gombe Govt Set to Construct 1000 Affordable Housing Units
Gombe Govt Set to Construct 1000 Affordable Housing Units
The Gombe State Government has approved the acquisition of the sum of Five Billion naira loan for the construction of one thousand housing units in the State.
Commissioner for information and Culture, Julius Lepez made the disclosure recently.
The loan, he said, is to be secured from the Family Housing Fund, famous for giving credit facilities to States across the country to address their housing deficit.
Lepez said that Council equally deliberated on land administration and master plan of Gombe metropolis where it noted that the planned integration of customary land title owners into Government layouts was to enable the administration of Governor Muhammadu Yahaya provide social amenities to the people without recourse to the needless payment of compensation each time Government wants to construct road networks or carry out other developmental projects.
Julius Lepes told journalists recently that the Council also received an assessment report on the Billiri crisis detailing the number of property destroyed and value attached to it.
He added that findings by the assessment committee on the crisis indicated that 41 houses were affected which are valued at Ninety four million six hundred thousand six hundred and sixty six naira.
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The Commissioner said that 401 business premises were affected out of which 335 shops are owned by individuals while 66 belong to the Billiri Local Government Area, all valued at Three hundred and Eighty three million, One hundred and Forty eight thousand One hundred and thirty five naira. (N385,148,135)
The commissioner added that 33 worship centres were either burnt down or vandalised, valued at Thirty three million One hundred and Twenty nine thousand Six hundred and sixty seven naira (33,129,667)
Other properties affected, as enumerated by Julius Ishaya Lapes, include motor vehicles, motorcycles orchards and animals which were either destroyed, missing or stolen valued at Thirty one million Four hundred and Eighty thousand.(31,480,000)
The Commissioner of information and culture revealed that the totality of property destroyed as valued by the assessment committee stood at five hundred and Forty two million, three hundred and fifty eight thousand Four hundred and sixty eight naira(N542,358,468).
He said in lieu of the assessment, Council has approved the payment of compensation to individuals who lost loved ones and properties, saying a committee has been set up to draw out modalities for the assistance.
Gombe Govt Set to Construct 1000 Affordable Housing Units
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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