Two die, 12 injured in Katsina road accident

By: Zagazola Makama

Two persons have been confirmed dead and 12 others injured in a road accident in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Sources said the accident occurred on Sept. 17 at about 8:45 p.m. in Jikamshi village when a Mitsubishi Canter, with registration number TSF-243-XF, loaded with sugarcane, lost control and rammed into a public gathering.

“The driver of the vehicle, who is currently at large, lost control and collided with a public gathering, leading to multiple casualties,” the sources said.

The sources said police operatives from Musawa Division immediately moved to the scene, secured the area, and evacuated the victims to the General Hospital, Musawa.

According to the sources, two of the victims, Mustapha Umar, 38, and Mani Salisu, 34, were confirmed dead by a medical doctor, while 12 others were admitted for treatment.

It added that some victims who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged, while efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing driver.

Two die, 12 injured in Katsina road accident

Skill Acquisition: NDE organises orientation for 50 youths in Gombe

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Thursday sensitised no fewer than 50 youths who have been selected for training on solar energy and environmental beautification.

The orientation was to equip them with the necessary information for a successful three month training in the state.

The solar energy and environmental beautification training schemes of the Special Public Works Department of NDE is being carried out under the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI).

The Director-General of the NDE, Mr Silas Agara, while speaking during the ceremony in Gombe urged youths in the state and country to embrace government’s skill acquisition programmes to tackle unemployment and become self-reliant.

Agara restated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu under its Renewed Hope Agenda, to ensuring economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction for youths and citizens across the state and country.

He said skills acquisition remained a potent tool to empowering youths and tackling unemployment hence the investment by the Federal Government in that regard to tackle unemployment and ensure better living standards for youths.

Represented by the State Coordinator Mawa Lamu, the DG urged participants to make the best use of this opportunity to better their lives, your communities and the nation at large.

According to him, youths should leverage the skills acquisition programmes of the government to get knowledge in skill and get a skill for job.

He also urged those undergoing trainings learn the necessary skills in line with the essence of the initiative to ensure they become better after the training.

“These transient jobs training have been carefully designed for 18 participants under the solar Energy Set and 32 participants under the Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS).

“At the end of the training, unemployed persons will equip yourself with a skill that guarantee employability, create wealth and enhance self-reliance.

“The NDE stimulates the interest in you youths (school leavers, graduates of tertiary institutions to identify business opportunities in alternative energy sector such as solar Energy.

“And also beautify our environment and our homes through learning soft and hard landscaping POP, and horticulture skill.

“I want to congratulate you that out of 20,000 that applied under Gombe State, you are among those selected to participate in this second Renewed Hope Employment Initiative.

“I charge you to use this opportunity to get knowledge in skill and get a skill for job,” he said.

Agara commended Tinubu for RHEI and for supporting the programme towards empowering youths with the right skills to become self-sufficient.

He also commended Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State for also creating an environment conducive for youths to learn skills in the state.

Mr Budidi Ibrahim, a master trainer on solar installation lauded Tinubu’s initiative, stressing that with such initiative being sustained, more youths would be empowered to become job-givers.

On his part, Michael Elisha, a participant, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries appreciated the effort of the Federal Government towards reducing unemployment and creating wealth.

He pledged to use the skill that would be acquired to contribute to the development of Nigeria.

Skill Acquisition: NDE organises orientation for 50 youths in Gombe

Another Bandits group release three women in Katsina in peace deal promises

By: Zagazola Makama

Another group of repentant bandits has released three women in Katsina State as part of the ongoing peace process in the state.

The women, whose names were not immediately disclosed, were said to have been held by a notorious bandit leader, Kacalla Zailani, who controls the Maigora axis.

Community sources told Zagazola on Wednesday that Zailani freed the captives voluntarily without collecting ransom.

“He handed over the women to the mediators as a gesture of goodwill to consolidate the peace deal,” one of the sources said.

Another Bandits group release three women in Katsina in peace deal promises