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Flood Disaster Hit Nigeria as Death Toll Climbs to 100

The death toll from the Niger State flood disaster has risen to one hundred (100). This was as the Deputy Governor of the State, Yakubu Garba, visited victims of the disaster in Mokwa community. The Deputy Governor revealed the casualty figure in an interview with newsmen during the visit on Friday. The affected areas were Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa in Mokwa town, Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. According to the Deputy Governor, the visit was based on the directive of Gov. Umaru Bago for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident. Garba said that over 100 bodies had been recovered, adding that search and rescue operation was still ongoing. “I have been briefed by officials from NEMA and NSEMA, who have been on ground since the incident occurred for search and rescue operations. “I was told that over 100 people lost their lives and some are yet to be buried as search and rescue operations are still ongoing,” he said. Addressing the victims at the Internally Displaced Camp,...

Otuaro Appreciates Tinubu As PAP Present Laptops To 663 Scholarship Beneficiaries

Otuaro Appreciates Tinubu As PAP Present Laptops To 663 Scholarship Beneficiaries The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has concluded the distribution of laptops to final year beneficiaries of its scholarship scheme aimed at enhancing their academic research in universities across Nigeria. The agency presented a total of 663 laptops to the beneficiaries in the 26 partnering and 72 non-partnering universities at the end of the exercise, which lasted between April and May 2025. The PAP also carried out physical verification and orientation programme for the newly deployed 3,171 beneficiaries in the resumption list for the 2024/2025 academic session. Various teams coordinated by the PAP's Head of Education, Dr Charles Ariye, visited the schools to distribute the laptops to the beneficiaries and perform the verification and orientation programme. Speaking on the laptops distribution, the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, reiterated that the decision was based on the realization o...