“Media owners and political leaders are not to be bent on taking frontline political interests as a country is about a people and its economy with the political economy essential for virile growth, the Information Minister told the media at the World Press Conference held at the National Press Centre, Radio House on Tuesday December 31, 2013. Labaran Maku explained that ideas for growing the Nigerian economy have been coordinated by the economic management team; saying in 2013, the IMF projected economic growth for Nigeria at 7% which is rated highest for the country. According to him, stable exchange rate…
Author: Alaba Rotimi
Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku has said that stamping out insurgency remains the topmost priority of the Federal Government as it succeeded in containing terrorism in the North East to the States of Borno and Yobe in the last one year. While giving the scorecard of the Federal Government in 2013 in a phone-in programme on Radio Nigeria, Mr. Maku said, the massive deployment of men and material through the establishment of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri had stemmed the tide of attacks by insurgents in the North East. Mr. Maku who is also the Supervising…
The wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Amina Sambo has conducted off a seven days free eye screening and cataracts surgery at the Gombe State Specialist Hospital from 18th of December, 2013. Amina Sambo, who is the founder of the I-CARE Women and Youth Initiatives said in her address during the exercise that with the programme which commenced at the camp from Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd of December 2013, the I-CARE Women and Youth Initiative has complemented government efforts to enhance productivity and self reliance in the country through the offering of free eye care services to the people. The…
December 23, 2013 Comments Off VICE PRESIDENT MUHAMMED NAMADI SAMBO BEING WEL-COMED BY THE KOGI STATE GOVERNOR ALH. IDRIS WADA TO THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF RIIKIYA WADA & LATEEF OSENI IN ABUJA L – R WIFE BENUE STATE GOVERNOR MRS DOSHIMA YEMISI SUSWAN; WIFE OF KOGI STATE GOVERNOR HAJIYA HALIMA WADA; KOGI STATE GOVERNOR ALH. IDRIS WADA AND VICE PRESIDENT MUHAMMED NAMADI SAMBO; DURING THE WEDDING RECEPTION OF RIKIYA WADA & LATTEEF OSENI IN ABUJA WIFE OF KOGI STATE GOVERNOR HAJIYA HALIMA WADA; KOGI STATE GOVERNOR CAPT. IDRIS WADA;THE GROOM MR. LATTEEF OSENI; THE BRIDE RIKIYA WADA AND VICE PRESIDENT…
The special photo selection featuring President Goodluck Jonathan at the Fedral Republic of Nigeria State House in Abuja on December 23, 2013. Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Press Release
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December 23, 2013 VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO WITH THE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR. ASHRAF SALAMA DURING A COURTESY CALL ON THE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA JAPANESE FIRST SECRETARY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENENT COOPERATION IN NIGERIA, MR. KAZUHITO KIBANA ; JAPANES EMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR. RYUICHI SHOJI AND THE VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO DURING A COURTESY CALL AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA EGYPTIAN DIPLOMATIC ATTACHE, MOHAMMED SAMIR SALEM; EGYPTIAN FIRST SECRETARY IN NIGERIA, MR. MOHAMMED KAMAL; EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR. ASHRAF SALAMA ; THE VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO AND OTHERS DURING A COURTESY CALL ON THE…
December 23, 2013 AFENIFERE DELEGATION LED BY CHIEF RENSEN FASHORANTI AND GOV OLUSEGUN MIMIKO ARRIVING PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA FOR A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN IN ABUJA PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) WELCOMING LEADER OF AFENIFERE, CHIEF RENSEN FASHORANTI TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (M) GOV OLUSEGUN MIMIKO OF ONDO WITH MEMBERS OF AFENIFERE DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLAABUJA Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Press Release
The Ministry of Power is set to provide sector wide common service that would close existing technical gaps through the establishment of a professional agency- Electricity Management Services (EMS). As the last of the successor companies created from the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act, 2005, the new Agency also has the mandate of ensuring quality and standardization of electrical materials and equipment used in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry(NESI). Other responsibilities of the Agency include Engineering and Chemical laboratories, Storage system, Transformer repair workshop, information processor, testing and certification of all electrical materials and equipment, power systems and networks…
The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has promised his Ministry’s willingness to partner with the Albino Foundation (TAF) through supporting the efforts of the Foundation. Alhaji Turaki made this promise when the Foundation paid him a courtesy call in his office on Tuesday. He also expressed the willingness to inform Mr. President about the meeting, with a view to look at other areas of expanding the crusade to eradicating the discrimination against persons with Albinism in Nigeria. The Minister stated further that President Jonathan was concerned about the fate of every single Nigerian; so…