2018: 50% humanitarian response funding met - Minister
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that 50 per cent of the $1billion pledged to address the needs of over 6.9 million people affected by Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria for 2018 has
Properties worth millions of naira were on Thursday night destroyed by fire at the residence of the immediate past Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Professor Michael Ibadin.
The fire was said to have started at about 7pm in the building located at the University of Benin Senior staff quarters.
Daily Trust gathered that efforts by men of the state fire service and university community could not yield
Anew Commissioner of Police for the Benue State Command, Okon Etim Ene, has assumed duty at the headquarters in Makurdi. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command, DSP. Moses Joel Yamu, said the new commissioner assumed office on Thursday and assured people of the state of his commitment to serve them. been realized.
The minister, who disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja, said that $500m of the fund which is warehoused by the UN system has been realized.
According to her, 70 per cent of the $1.05bn humanitarian response fund was realized in 2017 and humanitarian response crisis in the North-East has reached a level of stability compared to what it was in the last two years.
The minister also said that the lack of coordination experienced in 2016 between NGOs and government agencies in the region has improved significantly.
Ex-UBTH CMD loses property to fire
good results as the entire top floor of the duplex was engulf by fire, destroying documents, including certificates and other valuables.
Speaking with journalists, Ibadin said he just returned home at about 7pm, and there was blackout so he directed that the generator should be put on.
He said some minutes after the generator was switched on, he noticed fume coming out from one of the rooms, adding that he tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but to no avail.
Ibadin said his wife lost close to N2m cash in the fire that engulfed her bedroom and he had about N10, 000.
New police commissioner assumes duty
Ene, according to the PPRO, is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Ibadan and was enlisted as cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) on March 15, 1988 as a pioneer set of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.
He was at one time Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in Benue Command. He is a fellow of the National Defence College (fdc) Abuja.