In a renewed effort to ensure the phasing out of Hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2040 in line with the Montreal Protocol Agreement on Substances that deplete the ozone layer to which Nigeria is a party to, the Federal Ministry of Environment has recently in Ogun State commissioned a hydrocarbon plant to produce high grade hydrocarbon refrigerants to be used in the refrigeration services sector. While speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril averred that the commissioning of the plant will greatly mitigate the negative consequences on the ecological system and human health occasioned by…
Author: Alaba Rotimi
Photo News: Cross-section of the participants at the 2015 All Nigeria Judge’s Conference in Abuja on Monday, November 23.
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole has expressed his condolences to the family of the late former Governor of Kogi State and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubarkar Audu, who died on Sunday November 22, 2015. Isaac Adewole described the news of the death of Abubarkar Audu whom he referred to as politician per – excellence as a great loss, especially at the time when the State was gearing up for impactful governance for which the APC is known for. “This is surely a great loss to his family, political associates, Kogi State and the entire…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed (Alhaji) has assured that the Muhammadu Buhari Administration will not stifle free speech by seeking to regulate the Social Media or abridge the rights of Nigerian citizens. The Minister, who gave the assurance in Lagos on Monday during a meeting with a cross – section of Social Media Influencers said that it is important for them to self -regulate, in order to maintain their credibility. ”Let me assure you that the Federal Government does not intend to stifle free speech or abridge the rights of Nigerians to air their views freely. We…
“Nigeria must create jobs and the enabling environment to engage our youths if we are to guarantee Peace and Security in the country.” In a keynote address delivered by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah represented by the Minister of State, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, the Minister stressed that the present Administration promised to use the Change Agenda of Government to create a conducive and corruption free environment for local and international business to thrive in Nigeria. Dr. Enelamah assured that the Agencies under him – Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEADAN), Bank of…
The Federal Government has re-affirmed it commitment towards eradication of measles in Nigeria by year 2020. The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this statement in Abuja, on 20/11/2015, during the flag–off of National Measles follow –up campaign. The Hon. Minister pointed out that measles is rated among the top five causes of morbidity and mortality among children under-five in Nigeria, adding that in the year 2000, over 523,000 deaths was reported due to measles and the World Health Assembly declared that there was need for global efforts to be intensified to reduce these mortality figures in response…
Saturday, 21st, 2015 was the date Kogi State, North central Nigeria went to the polls to elect their Governor. However, when the poll results were being announced the nation’s electoral regulator: the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discovered reasons to nullify results from 91 polling units in 19 Local Government Areas out of the 21 Local Government Areas in the State. With the nullification of the results from the 91 polling units in 19 Local Government Areas out of the 21 Local Government Areas in the State, INEC declared that the Guber race was inconclusive. Many Nigerians and Kogi State…
ABUJA: The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige (Senator) has disclosed that repositioning the Ministry of Labour and Employment to meet the challenges of unemployment and maintenance of industrial harmony in the labour sector are part of the critical agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). The Minister gave this indication in Abuja on Thursday November 19, 2015 when the departments in the Ministry took turns to brief him and the Minister of State, James Ocholi on their activities with a view to providing efficient labour administration in Nigeria. Chris Ngige affirmed government’s readiness to work with the organized labour unions…
Address by the Honourablee Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at His First Meeting With Heads of Parastatals Under Culture and Tourism in Abuja On Thursday, Nov. 19th 2015 PROTOCOL Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to this gathering, which marks the first time we are meeting since I assumed duties in this Ministry. I have just held a similar meeting with your colleagues under the old Ministry of Information at the Radio House. 2 Without mincing words, the Parastatals under the old Culture and Tourism Ministry, which are now under the new Ministry of Information…
The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has pledged Federal Government’s readiness to partner with any serious minded company for the development of Nigeria aviation sector. The Minister said the Buhari administration was poised to rapid development and so the aviation sector which is one very important sector was ready to embrace the change that the Government is pursuing. Senator Sirika pledged this during a courtesy visit to his office by the Managing Director, CGC Nigeria Limited, whose interest is investing in the provision of infrastructures both in Federal and State level and other developmental projects. The Managing Director,…