Boko Haram kills 25, injures 32 in Sabon Gari bomb attack

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About 25 innocent people have been confirmed dead and another 32 critically injured in an attack at the Government Lodge in Sabon Gari area of Zaria, on Tuesday, reports ITRealms.

ITRealms also gathered that the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed shock at the mindless attack by Boko Haram terrorists and sympathized with victims of the blast.

“I am sad that a terrorist bomb attack just killed 20 people in Sabon Gari Zaria,” according to Governor’s Twitter account.

“We call on our citizens to be vigilant and avoid crowded places like markets, mosques, churches and motor parks in the next few weeks,” he said.

The Governor had earlier put the number of the dead at 20 but the casualty figure has risen.

According to Channels TV, report monitored by ITRealms, the Red Cross officials and security agencies have evacuated the dead bodies while the 32 injured persons were taking to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria and other hospitals within the city.

While the Sabon Gari blast was in the news, ITRealms learnt, a female suicide bomber reportedly blew herself up in a Mosque in Kano, even though no casualty was recorded according to information.

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Etisalat boost ABU Zaria with MSc in Telecoms Engineering

L-R: Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha;

Kaduna State Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero,

and Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Steven Evans at the launch

of the Etisalat Telecommunications Engineering Programme (ETEP), Nigeria’s

first MSc course in telecommunications engineering at the Ahmadu Bello

University, Zaria on Thursday, May 16

Telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria has given a boost to the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, by bankrolling the launch of the first Masters course in Telecommunications Engineering in the university.

The course to be known as Etisalat Telecommunications Engineering Programme (ETEP), according to the Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Steven Evans, who confirmed this to ITRealms is a corporate social responsibility initiative of Etisalat Nigeria in partnership with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Etisalat Academy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Plymouth University in the UK and Huawei.

He explained that the programme was established at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of ABU, one of five approved universities in Nigeria accredited to offer telecommunications engineering, but previously only at undergraduate level, with input from the National Office for Technology Acquisition & Promotion (NOTAP) as part of its oversight functions.

Also, Evans said the programme would annually empower 15 to 20 engineering graduates with capacity and expertise in excellently running Nigeria’s telecommunications sector. These post graduates, he said, would serve as possible manpower for Etisalat, Huawei and other such companies in the telecommunications industry.

L-R: Country Manager, Huawei, Mr. Jimmy Pang; Chief Executive Officer,

Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Steven Evans, and the Chief Technology Officer,

Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Gilles Kuntz at the ETEP launch

Chairman of Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Hakeem Belo-Osagie, said the MSc. course is aimed at contributing to local manpower with regards to telecommunications technology skills. “Telecommunications Engineers are involved in the planning, design, commissioning and monitoring of complex telecommunications networks, wireless systems, broadcasting systems and future broadband networks. We are delighted to champion this first of its kind project in order to promote the telecommunications industry which has been dubbed as the backbone of the new economy and plays a central role in facilitating reliable and fast information exchange,” he said.

ITRealms gathers that in attendance at the launch include the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, who represented the Vice President, Namadi Sambo; Vice Chancellor of ABU, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, top academic staff of the university, representatives from the Zazzau Emirate Councils, Directors and Board Members of Etisalat Nigeria, to name a few.

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