Nigerian Daily Reporters

 ATBU TH/LASSA 27th/4/2023             8:00am The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi has commended Medicine Sans Frontiers MSF for providing the neccessary humanitarian assistance to patients with cases of Lassa fever in the state. Chief Medical Director of the Hospital Prof. Yusuf Jibrin made the commendation during a meeting with some stakeholders organised by the state primary health care development Agency to celebrate the control of the outbreak and marking the beginning of the de escalation of response activities and official ending of MSF intervention in Bauchi. Prof. Yusuf Jibrin said the intervention rendered by the project has no doubt contributed immensely towards saving lives of the victims through provision of additional manpower, training and engaging additional staff in the treatment centre, meals and other logistics in conducting all the laboratory investigations without hitches. In a remark th...

By Muhammad Abubakar Suleiman The Northern Nigeria is a region in the country that has highest population as well as abundant natural resources but yet people are living in abject poverty, jutting unemployment level and poor infrastructures. Youth in every ramification are the strength upon which developments are gotten, they constituted over 70% who are the force in labour market and brainboxes that could bring positive standardization of lives but sadly they are far forgotten. The Voice of Northern Youth (VONY) is established to champion and forward challenges bedeviling entire geo-political zones of North primarily for lasting solutions to prevail. Nigerian population as at August 2022 were estimated to be more than 217 million and the youth constituted 70% of the population, the unfortunate part of it was that the youths are getting less in annual budgets and majority of graduates from higher institutions of learning are youths; they keep roaming around without tangible works. Idle...

By Isah Abuh Yusuf I contested for the National Assembly seat to represent the good of people of Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives two times, 2015 and 2023. My idea to go into the race of the legislative seat was premised on the motivation and inspiration I got from my keen observation of happenings in the National Assembly in which I discovered how many young people like me are making serious impacts in the nation building and the wellbeing of their communities. One of the lawmakers that so much impressed and inspired me, whenever I watch the proceedings of the National Assembly or read stories about lawmakers' community interventions, is Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, member representing Biyu/Bayo/Shani/Kwaya-kusar Constituency in the House of Representatives. One can't watch Hon. Betara during the House of Reps proceedings and listen to comments from his Constituency without admiring and loving him.  Since 2007 when he was first elected, Hon. Betara has...