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…