GOMBE (Counter-Terrorism Report) – In the aftermath of the failed suicide bombing attempt on a military facility by a female terrorist who blew herself up in Gombe recently, troops have arrested three suspected female terrorists who have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of the terrorists group. According to the report from Onyema Nwachukwu (Col) on-behalf of the Director of Defence Information of the Counter – Terrorism Campaign on Friday July 4, 2014, the suspects – Hafsat Usman Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar were intercepted while travelling to Madagali from where they were to transit to the forest…
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“Over one million candidates now gain admission into the universities yearly as against four hundred thousand three years ago, due to the access created by the Goodluck Jonathan administration,” the Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike disclosed recently in Abuja, while presenting the scorecard of the Federal Ministry of Education. He said that access to education is one of the strategic goals being implemented by the present administration under the Transformation Agenda to achieve the human capital development objective.The Minister also indicated that the increase of over 100% in university admission resulted from the establishment of fourteen new universities by…
Abuja (Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Report) – The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has called for collaboration from every Nigerian, especially the youths to complement Government’s efforts at tackling insurgency and restoring peace in affected parts of Nigeria. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki made the call while receiving a forum of Youth Peace Ambassadors for the African First Ladies Peace Mission in his office on Thursday July 3, 2014; adding that peace is inevitable in every sphere of the Nigerian society. He stated further that the issue of peace is very important; indicating that without peace there…
Report from Federal Ministry of Power. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, at a Stakeholders’ Forum to fine-tune the implementation of a Presidential initiative tagged “National Power Sector Apprenticeship Scheme” has envisioned that the target of NAPSAS is to train artisans, lines men, joiners, fitters and machinists that would enable them acquire skills needed in the new power sector. While speaking to stakeholders comprising of plant owners, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and other key actors, Prof, Nebo said the qualitative skills to run a modern sector is currently lacking, just as he acknowledged the urgent need to find…
MAIDUGURI (State House Report) – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with dismay and consternation reports of the attacks by Boko Haram on churches in villages near Chibok, Borno State. The President also observed the renewed targeting by Boko Haram of adherents of a particular religion and urged all lovers of peace and unity to wholly condemn the resurgence of the efforts by agents of global terrorism to disunite and destabilize Nigeria and callously instigating violence among religious groups in the country. In statement delivered by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati lately, President…
Abuja (Federal Ministry of Power News) – The Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil has tasked the visiting National Orientation Agency Director-General, Mike Omeri to put at the disposal of the Ministry, his co-ordinating prowess, expertise and purposeful leadership, in order to help address the issue of vandalisation of the power infrastructure in the country.In his talk on Wednesday July 2, 2014 in his office in Abuja, while receiving the National Orientation Agency (NOA) delegation, Mohammed Wakil said that there is no other agency that is better endowed to tackle the monster of vandalism than NOA. Adding, NOA would…
ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Education Report) – The Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has called on stakeholders, particularly State Governments to demonstrate more commitment to the implementation of the Entrepreneurship Education Project for senior secondary schools. The Minister made the call at the 2nd Consultative Meeting of Stakeholders on the Implementation of the Entrepreneurship Education Project for Senior Secondary Schools held in his office on Monday June 30, 2014 in Abuja. Wike, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, MacJohn Nwaobiala (Dr) said that the call became imperative considering the importance of entrepreneurship education and training in tackling…
Abuja (Federal Ministry of Aviation Report) – The Supervising Minister of Aviation, Samuel Ortom has said that the Nigerian Government is set to partner with Chinese Investors to float a national carrier.The Minister said this on Tuesday July 1, 2014 when some Chinese investors visited him in his office in Abuja. He added that the partnership would have both the public and private sectors as stakeholders in the project.Samuel Ortom promised that the government would create conducive environment for investors in the aviation industry, insisting that Government is willing to work with genuine investors to float the national carrier which…
ABUJA (Office of the Vice President Report) – The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the realization of the Transformation Agenda, saying it is already yielding impressive results.President Goodluck Jonathan represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo stated this at the 16th Meeting of the Honourary International Investors Council (HIIC) in Abuja. Adding, Nigeria is now one of the strongest economic performers in Africa and for the second year, the United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development has declared Nigeria as the number one recipient of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Africa.He also noted that the World Economic Forum on…
ABUJA (Special Duties & Inter-Governmental Affairs Ministry News) – The Nigerian Government has assured Nigerians of its commitment to securing their lives and properties apart from doing everything possible to develop Nigerian youths towards the implementation of the Transformation Agenda of the present administration. The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki made the remark while receiving on behalf of President Gooodluck Jonathan, the National Organizing Committee (NOC) of the first Nigeria Local Government Sports Festival in his office on Tuesday July 2, 2014. He condemned the attitude of politicians who use the security situation in the country…
Abuja (Federal Ministry of Education Report) – The Committees set up by the Nigerian Government to assess the infrastructural and related needs of the public Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across the country with a view to obtaining the recommendations to guide Government in the repositioning of the institutions have submitted their reports. While presenting the reports on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Abuja, the Director of the Tertiary Education Department, Hindatu Abdullahi, who chaired the Committee of Colleges of Education said that the committees adopted diverse methodologies, including data collection templates to…
ABUJA (The Presidency Report) – The Nigerian Senate has on Tuesday July 1, 2014 noted with anxiety the recent activities of the Joint Technical Team, a sub-body of the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission mandated to carry out field work on the tracing, ascertaining and reinforcement of the boundary points between the two countries.According to the report from the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, the team has gone to the village of Danare and Biajua in Boki Local Government in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State aided by Nigerian soldiers to arbitrarily enforce…
ABUJA (Women Affairs Ministry Report) – In the quest to ensure that victims of sexual violence in the country obtain justice, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has urged the Legislature to make penalties stipulated in the proposed Sexual Offences Bill 2014 more punitive, stressing that some of the recommended penalties are too light and may not deter would-be perpetrators. The Minister who gave the charge on Monday June 30, 2014 in Abuja during her presentation at the Public Hearing on Sexual Offences Bill 2014 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill 2014 called for the harmonization…
Abuja (Office of the Vice President Report) – Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has stated that Nigeria is venturing into the development of nuclear science in the country for rapid socio-economic development. He said this on July 1, 2014 at the State House, Abuja when he received the visiting Deputy Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kweku Aning on a courtesy call.The Vice President noted that the importance of the nuclear energy could not be overemphasized as Nigeria is developing her nuclear science. Adding, with a vast population, there is need to develop the country’s nuclear science for…
Report from the Office of the Surveyor General. The Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF) has offered to support the cause for expanding the economic base of Nigeria through the release of specific maps that will assist in the inventory of in-depth assets of the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGOF), Prof. Peter Chigozie Nwilo made this known when the Chief Economic Adviser to Mr. President, Dr. Nwanze Okedigbe visited him in his office in Abuja recently. While presenting his work and showing one of the maps produced, the SGOF said, ”This is…
Abuja (National Conference Report) – The ongoing National Conference holding at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja continued it’s sitting on Monday June 30, 2014 with the Conference Chairman, Idris Kutigi (Justice) informing delegates that the time of Plenary sitting has been adjusted to begin from 9am – 3.30pm as against the usual 10am to 6pm adopted from the inception of the Conference, noting that the change is due to the Ramadan fasting. According to the report from the Conference Secretariat, the proceedings continued with a motion from Ish’ aq Moddibo Kawo over a Daily Trust Newspaper Publication alleging that…
Maiduguri (Federal Ministry of Defence Report) – “A terrorists’ intelligence cell headed by a businessman noted to have participated actively in the abduction of the School Girls in Chibok has been busted by troops,” the Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade (Major General) disclosed this recently in a report.According to him, the man named – Babuji Ya’ari, who is a member of the Youth Vigilante Group popularly known as Civilian JTF which he uses as cover while remaining an active terrorist, also spearheaded the murder of the Emir of Gwoza. His main role in the group, he explained is to…
ABUJA (Office of the Vice President News) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo has lauded the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) for creating the avenue for brainstorming on the stratagem that would be beneficial to Nigerian citizens in line with the Transformation Agenda.He was speaking at the BPSR’s inaugural seminar series tagged: “New Directions for Public Service Reform” held at the uuditorium of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affair in Abuja on Thursday June 26, 2014. The Vice President who was represented by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Bukar Goni Aji said that the reforms…
This Centre notes with sadness and pain the callous and inhumane bombing of EMAB Plaza, Wuse II, Abuja in which about 20 innocent people lost their lives. This horrific approach by insurgents in killing women and innocent children and citizens trying to earn a living to say the least, is despicable and most unacceptable. The activities of the insurgents that is now targeted at some major cities in the country is a further wakeup call on all of us to be more vigilant and cautious of our environment and to resolve more than ever before to stand and unite as…
This Centre is aware of false alarm and rumours in form of text messages being circulated in the social media with a view to create panic and anxiety among the populace to the effect that some schools are being targeted for attack. While we urge parents and school managements to be calm, cautious and more vigilant, we wish to state that security agencies are working round the clock and have taken measures to ensure that schools are safe and academic activities unhindered. We therefore appeal and advise members of the public to desist from spreading false alarm messages with a…