| Edo Government shutdown Nigeria Observer for one month Posted: 01 Jul 2022 02:05 PM PDT  | | Image: Premium Times Nigeria |
The Government of Edo State on Thursday announces the shutdown of Nigeria Observer, a newspaper outfit owned by the state.
The Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie issued the statement saying that the shutdown of the media outfit will be for a month to reform it. The period will be spent on re-organizing and eventual re-launching of the company.
The statement goes thus: The Edo State Government, in line with the reforms of the state-owned media organizations, has directed the closure of the Nigerian Observer newspaper for a period of one month, for re-organization and re-launch of the media outfit.
All existing staff of the Nigerian Observer are, hereby, redeployed to the Ministry of Communication and Orientation, with immediate effect, where they will receive further directives on their new responsibilities.
Members of the reading public and lovers of the Nigerian Observer brand are assured that their darling newspaper titles will return to the stands shortly better and improved.
#Edo #statenewspaper
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| Motorists stranded as flood cuts off Bauchi-Bara-Gombe highway Posted: 01 Jul 2022 01:37 PM PDT  | | Image: Opinion Nigeria |
Motorists plying the Bauchi-Gombe federal highway in the Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State are currently stranded. There was a heavy downpour from Thursday evening through Friday morning in Bauchi State that got the Bauchi-Gombe federal highway flooded. The flood cut off the large culvert joining the two roads, rendering motorists stranded. According, to the Sector Commander of the FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, the incident was noticed at about 6 am on Friday. He explained that the road cut-off took place about 10km from Bara along Gombe road. He added that no life was lost in the event. He assured our sources that they are doing everything in their power to recover the road. He said that fixing the road would take about a week. Motorists driving to Gombe from Bauchi or vice versa via that axis are advised to utilize alternative routes to access their destinations. He said, "There is a failure along the Bauchi-Bara-Gombe road, about 10km away from Bara towards Gombe. What happened is that that place also gave us a problem last year. Our source reports that Bauchi State Government officials are currently at the Government House meeting on the way forward regarding the incident. The press shall be briefed once the meeting ends.
Source #Bauchi State #Gombe State #Sstranded motorists
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