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…
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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…