ABUJA (NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted the state governments and communities along River Benue of possible flood following information from Cameroonian authorities to release excess water from Lagdo Dam. The Director – General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi in his statement over the issue said that the Cameroonian authorities in Garuoa have indicated that between now and November 2015, there would be routine release of water from the Lagdo Dam due to excessive amount of water presently contained in the dam. Sani Sidi also noted that the authorities have warned all those living around…
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ABUJA (State House Press Report ) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (Dr) as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina on Tuesday August 4, 2015 indicated that Emmanuel Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa) is to take over from Joseph Thlama Dawha (Dr). He explained that Kachikwu, who is a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta…
ABUJA (State House Press Report) – President Muhammadu Buhari has lately in Abuja decried the current situation in the country in which teachers are not paid their salaries for many…
ABUJA (Conduct Tribunal Report) The Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the defence in the case involving the former Counsellor of Ijemu Local Government Area in Kogi State, Musa Mubeen on refusal to declare his assets within the stipulated time to the 27th of October 2015. Speaking during the session which held on Tuesday 28th of July 2015, the Defence Counsel, Taiye Atotileto (Barrister) in his address to the court explained that he was appearing on behalf of his principal, who was engaged in another tribunal case outside Abuja. He also informed that the Counsel has applied…
ABUJA (State House Press Report) Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will do all within its power to ensure that no Nigerian child is ever infected with polio in the future. He said this while speaking at an event organised in the Presidential Villa to mark one year without report of any case of polio virus in Nigeria. President Buhari pledged that the federal government will mobilize and deploy all necessary resources to efficiently complete the task of eradicating polio from the country. “Nigeria has successfully completed one year without any case reported of the wild polio…
WASHINGTON (State House Press Report) – The World Bank has unveiled a $2.1 Billion package earmarked for the rebuilding of the badly devastated North-Eastern part of Nigeria which for the past six years has been ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency. The Representatives of the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) in a meeting in Washington lately with President Muhammadu Buhari said that apart from rebuilding the region in terms of infrastructure, priority would be given to the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who now number over one million.…
ABUJA (OAGF Press Report) – The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has tasked civil societies in Nigeria to partner with the administration of Present Muhammadu Buhari in its resolve to fight corruption at all levels of governance by reporting individuals and organizations engaging in corrupt practices. Ahmed Idris made this call while receiving members of the Civil Society of Nigeria, an umbrella body representing over 25 civil societies in Nigeria, who were at the Treasury House to congratulate him on his appointment as the Accountant General of the Federation. He noted that as civil societies and not security…
The breakfast meeting hosted today by American Vice President, Joe Biden, afforded him opportunity to compare notes with his guest, President Muhammadu Buhari on the terror war.America had been beleaguered by terrorists, who launched massive attacks that killed thousands in September 2001, while Nigeria battles the Boko Haram sect causing carnage in the North-eastern part of the country. At the meeting, which held at the Naval Observatory, official residence of the American Vice President, Biden shared with his guest what the U.S had learnt from the terror war, counseling that victory cannot come from military option alone. Military option must…
Fellow Compatriots, I greet and felicitate with you all, especially our citizens of the Islamic faith on this auspicious occasion of the 2015 Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. I congratulate all those who have successfully completed the Ramadan fast in keeping with the injunction of our Creator. Although we have come to the end of this year’s month of Ramadan, I believe that a greater acceptance by Nigerians of its key lessons of self-denial and sacrifice will serve our dear country well as we strive to overcome our present challenges, undo the damage done by years of bad governance and accelerate the pace…
Report from the Presidency. President Muhammadu Buhari gave an assurance Tuesday, in Abuja that his administration will honour all international trade agreements that will directly improve the living conditions of Nigerians. While speaking at an audience with the outgoing Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Mustafa Pulat, President Buhari said that under his leadership, the Federal Government will give special attention to the implementation of such agreements, especially in the provision of infrastructure, good education and job opportunities. Commending the Ambassador’s efforts to expand areas of bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Turkey, President Buhari applauded the growth of trade between…
ABUJA (Code of Conduct Tribunal Report) The Code of Conduct Tribunal has on Tuesday July 7, 2015 struck out a five – count charge against the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja, Jeremiah Timbut Useni (Rtd. General) concerning non-declaration of assets. According to the report published on Thursday July 9, 2015 by the Publicity Department of the Tribunal which was chaired by Danladi Yakub Umar (Justice) and Agwadza William Atedze (Justice), the tribunal during its sitting in Abuja struck out the five-count charge on the grounds of lack of diligent prosecution. Adding, at the resumption of hearing…
The Director of Weights and Measures in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Oluyinka Joseph Sikuade has said that the full implementation of the Weights and Measures Act on the measuring instruments utilized in the oil and gas sector of the economy will start on February 1, 2014. He stated this recently in a technical meeting between the Ministry and officials of NNL, who are consultants to the Ministry on Weights and Measures as well as the operators of the Oil Producing Trade Section (OPTS) of the Ministry in Abuja. Oluyinka Joseph Sikuade noted that this year has…
2014 Armed forces Remembrance day Celebration Wreath laying Ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday 15th January 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan. Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Press Release
German Ambassador’s Visit to HMITI on Tuesday January 14, 2014 Country Director, Deutsche Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Dr. Thomas Kirsch, Head of Component, (GIZ), Alezander Werth, Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, German Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel during a courtesy call to the Ministry Headquarters, AbujaCountry Director, Deutsche Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Dr. Thomas Kirsch, Head of Component, (GIZ), Alezander Werth, Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, German Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel during a courtesy call to the Ministry Headquarters, AbujaCountry Director, Deutsche Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Dr.…
Launch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, Abuja Launch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch of Operation Light-Up Rural Nigeria Project at Shape and Durumi Communities in FCT, AbujaLaunch…
The Nigerian Government and the Republic of Germany are set to partner on trade facilitation and micro, small and medium scale enterprises development as part of efforts to strengthen the existing economic ties between the two countries. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga confirmed this after a meeting with the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzkel and the Country Director of German Cooperation (GIZ), Thomas Kirsch in Abuja recently. Olusegun Aganga said that the Ministry would work with the German Government towards enhancing industrial skills development and improving access to finance for MSMEs across the country. This,…
In response to a 14-Day Ultimatum letter by the National Union of Electricity Employees, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity convened a meeting of the the National Union of Electricity Employees and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies and the Bureau for Public Enterprises. In attendance at the meeting were the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, Minister of Power, Permanent Secretaries, Amb. Dr. G. Igali OON (Power), Dr. O. C. Illoh, (L&P), Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. J. N. Otunla, Dr. Timiebi Agary, representative of Pension Management Commission (PENCOM), amongst…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji has called on Federal Permanent Secretaries to renew their commitment to the realization of effective and efficient service delivery in the Civil Service. The Head of Service said this when he addressed the Permanent Secretaries at the end of a 2 – day retreat held in Lagos. He said further that the Federal Government has set out robust initiatives in the Transformation Agenda aimed at rapid socio-economic development of the country and this has placed a lot of implementation responsibilities on Civil Servants, especially the Permanent Secretaries…
Over 165 persons apprehended in the course of military operations on terror in three states in the North-East are to be released from custody in compliance with presidential directives,” the Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukayode has revealed on Friday January 10, 2013. The suspects, he said are those who were recommended for release by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which was set up by the Defence Headquarters in 2013; comprising one hundred and fifty seven of them from the facilities in Borno State, nine of them from Yobe State and one suspect from Adamawa State. According to the report…
The Vice President of Nigeria, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has in the caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held recently in Kaduna State said that the North-West, particularly Kaduna State has benefited from the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan. While commending PDP stakeholders for upholding the enviable position which the party has occupied in the State as well as Kaduna environs, he tinted some of the benefits of the transformation agenda in Kaduna State. He noted the expediency in being informed about the progress so far attained in Kaduna state, the North-West and the North as a whole in terms…