ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Police Affairs Report) – Following the conclusion of tortuous legal and diplomatic processes between Nigeria and the Republic of Sudan, the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing in which scores of citizens died and hundreds wounded, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was on Tuesday July 15, 2014 extradited to the country from Sudan where he was taking refuge. Aminu Ogwuche who was handed over to the Interpol Unit of the Nigeria Police Force by the Sudanese authorities was flown into the country in a special flight from Khartoum and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at…
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Report from Federal Ministry of Works. The newly appointed Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye has sought for total cooperation from the staff of the Ministry. The Minister made this request during the handing-over ceremony held at the conference room of the Ministry yesterday, July 4, 2014. In his address, the outgoing Minister of State for Works, who has been redeployed the Ministry of Finance as Minister of State and doubles as Supervising Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda congratulated Prince Adedayo Adeyeye on his new appointment, saying that he believes Prince Adeyeye will uphold the…
Report from Federal Works Ministry. The out-going Minister of State for Works, Amb. Bashir Yuguda stated that for three years, the Federal Ministry of Works has completed and delivered to Nigerians over forty projects across the country. Amb. Bashir stated this while handing over to the newly appointed Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye. He also stated that before the advent of President Jonathan’s administration, Nigerian roads has been termed as death trap, but for the past three years that himself and the Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, take over the Ministry, Nigerian roads have become relatively…
ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Power Report) – The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo (Professor) while receiving the South African delegation led by Zwelini Mkhize (Dr), who is the former Premier of Kwazulu-Natal and Treasurer-General of the ANC has promised that the Nigerian Government would commit to the MoUs that were signed when the Nigerian President visited that country last year. Chinedu Nebo reminded the South Africans that issues like coal – to – power, gas – to – power, energy metering, exchange of technical staff, capacity building, power sector road shows, exhibition and conferences were all captured in the…
Kaduna (Federal Ministry of Power Report) – The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo (Professor) has commended the new initiative by the Power Collect Operation Command Centre owned by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on its platform which is insulated from human intervention and purely driven by Information Communication Technology (ICT). While noting that the initiative will provide a veritable platform to make the yet to be declared Transitional Electricity Market (TEM) work properly, he stated that he is impressed that the nightmare on his assumption of duty over non-availability of an endearing platform to track activities in the…
Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau Thursday held talks with the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) led by the president Comrade Chibuzor Asumogha over the lingering strike by the union which is now in the 11th month. Mallam Shekarau said that the meeting being his first official engagement on assumption of office was necessary to bring the issue of the lingering strike to the front burner. He described polytechnic education as the engine room of technological development, stressing that even one lecture lost by students for whatever reason is a setback that could hardly be…
ABUJA (Office of the Vice President Report) Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has commended the renowned Islamic Scholar Dahiru Usman Bauchi (Sheikh) as well as the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad and other Muslim faithful for the launch of the appeal fund for the construction of an International Islamic Centre in Abuja. The Vice President made the commendation lately in the International Conference Centre, Abuja at the launch of the N1.9 billion Appeal Fund for the construction of an International Islamic Centre named: Sheikh Tahir Usman Bauchi Institute for Islamic and Science Education. Namadi Sambo, who was the Special…
ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Education Report) The Federal Ministry of Education is organising a capacity building workshop for Mathematics and English Language teachers in the Federal Government Colleges across the country to improve their teaching skills and competencies. The Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwuo Nyesom Wike stated this at the opening ceremony of the workshop held on Monday, 7th July, 2014 at the Mathematical Centre, Sheda in Abuja. He intensified that the workshop was organized to fulfill the findings from the needs assessments carried out across the colleges in 2011 and 2012. Adding, the assessment identified poor performance of students…
Troops have cleared and taken over Balmo forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend.Prior to the operation, Balmo forest stretching from Bauchi through Jigawa States with links to the fringes of Sambisa forest was used by terrorists as bases and hideouts for launchingattacks. Terrorists and armed gangs operating in the forests were completely rooted out while some were captured during the operation.Among those captured were two foreigners who are suspected to be mercenaries.Also captured are several weapons and equipment including power generating sets, communication equipment, vehicles, motorcycles, foodstuff and kitchen utensils. In another development, over 44 terrorists…
ABUJA (National Conference Report) – Delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja have recently resolved to have the States Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) scrapped and its functions transferred to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The delegates during the deliberations observed that the Commission at that level has outlived its usefulness and has become a tool for governors to manipulate elections into local government councils. They also proposed the review of the Electoral Act to further strengthen INEC`s capacity to effectively monitor party conventions. The report from the Conference Secretariat revealed that a first degree or its equivalent was set…
Abuja (Women Affairs Ministry Report) – The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has on Saturday July 5, 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with development partners on gender issues to promote the welfare of women and enhance their ability to realise full potentials. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Habiba Lawal, who signed the MoU on behalf of the Ministry, noted that the purpose was to bring to focus the support from the Development Partners Group on Gender (PDGG) which is presumed encompassing and strategic. “The signing of the MoU is in accordance with the Paris Declaration…
ABUJA (Women Affairs Ministry Report) The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Government to the economic empowerment of women in the country. Speaking when she received the executive members of the Nigerian Quintessential Business Women and the Association of Non-Bank Micro-finance Institutions of Nigeria in her office, the Minister noted that the economic well-being of women is urgently required to guarantee their full participation in governance and decision making. According to her, the dream is to see that Nigerian women become economically and politically empowered and independent to enable them…
From: Saghir el Mohammed, Women Affairs, Abuja Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has said that despite lack of access to productive resources and coupled with other constraints facing the Nigerian women, they still contribute about 70 per cent to the economic growth of the country. Maina, who disclosed this when she received the Association of Nigerian Business Network (ANWBN) in her office on Thursday, lamented that “women in the urban area lack access to bank loans and other facilities which are needed for production while for those in the rural areas, it means land for…
At the extraordinary meeting of the National Council on Information today, the Director General of the National Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Emeka Mba has asserted that with digitization, there will be no more reference to broadcast stations as we have them but we will be talking technically of broadcast signals. This, he said, will allow broadcast institutions to concentrate more on content provisions and translation to local languages which the people can relate to, rather than concentrating on maintenance of hard assets hitherto used for broadcasting prior to switchover date. Mr. Mba painted lots of picture which eulogise digitization as opposed…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has asserted that Nigeria has a lot to gain with the digital switchover, stating that quality content and signals are expected from broadcasting organizations. Maku also said that Nigeria hopes to generate employment for her youths who will not only be involved in the new direction of broadcasting but also licensing fees which used to be herculean to collect will now be easily collected through a more efficient “Content Licensing Fee” which is being developed for content providers to first pay before they proceed to air their signals. The Minister said the fact that…
A delegate at the extraordinary National Council on Information meeting representing Radio, Television, Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU) has suggested the urgent establishment of Short Wave Radio Station staffed with people who can speak local languages of the insurgent-affected States of the North to combat spate of insurgents there. He disclosed that RATTAWU did a research which revealed that the peoples of the North-East especially where insurgency is rife, listen more to foreign radio stations like BBC, VOA Hausa Services than they ever do to local FRCN or State-Government run radio stations. The delegate, Dr. Yemisi Bamgbose held delegates spell bound…
As discussion moved on to a consideration of the second theme of the extraordinary meeting of the national Council on Information held 5th July, 2014, Mr. Labaran Maku has re-emphasized the need for the radicalization of their people for peace and de-radicalization of communities to insecurity. Mr. Labaran Maku who is the Information Minister gave the example of Dadinkowa of Plateau State whose people which cut across the two major religions bonded against any threat to their peace. He urged all the States Commissioners to go back and develop template for mobilizing the peoples of their States and Communities for…
The Head of the Secretariat of National Council on Information, Dr. Folasade Yemi -Esan has called the attention of the nation and especially the delegates to the Extraordinary Meeting of the National Council of Information (NCI) to give deserving attention to the issues arising from the digitization of Television Stations to ensure that the nation transits adequately without hitch. Dr. Folasade Yemi –Esan made the call in her welcome address to the delegates to the Extraordinary Meeting of the National Council of Information today, Saturday, 5th July, 2014. The meeting being held at the Rockview Hotel, Wuse II, Abuja had…
The Extraordinary Meeting of the National Council of Information with the themes ‘Digitization process’ and ‘Security in our Nation’ is about now beginning at Rockview Hotel, Wuse II, Abuja this Saturday, 5th July, 2014. As early as 8.00 a.m., delegates to the extraordinary meeting comprising of Commissioners of Information from States across the Nigerian federation or their representatives, Officials of Federal Ministry of Information led by the Minister of Information and the Permanent Secretary, the Directors-General of the Parastatals and agencies of Federal Ministry of Information, notably the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission, Mr. Emeka Mba have already been accredited…
ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Power Report) – The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo (Prof) has assured the visiting delegation of the International Atomic Energy Council led by its Deputy Director-General, Kwanu Aning that in no distant future, Nigeria in its quest for a robust energy mix will look into the direction of nuclear energy. Chinedu Nebo said that it is no longer acceptable for the nation to put all its eggs in one basket, insisting that Nigeria will need to correct and avoid in the future hiccups occasioned by lack of gas to power plants. “We need coal, biomass, small hydros,…