President Muhammadu Buhari has called for greater cooperation among neighbouring countries with Nigeria to better combat escalating volatilities and multiplicity of threats across West Africa and the Sahel. Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman in a statement, said he was speaking on Thursday in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic, at the launch of the French version of his biography, Muhammadu Buhari: “The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”. The Nigerian leader had earlier inaugurated a 3.8 kilometers and 160m wide Boulevard named after him by the Government of Niger Republic. Buhari said: “My remarks will not be complete if I did not…
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People’s Redemption Party (PRP) governorship candidate in Kaduna, Hayatu Lawal-Makarfi says he will ensure full local government autonomy in the state, if elected in 2023. Lawal-Makarfi, who stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Kaduna, also promised autonomy for the state judiciary to effective and efficient delivery of justice in the state. “We want to rekindle the hopes of Kaduna people. We have a three-point agenda, namely: social justice, economic and human capital development. “We have deliberately left out insecurity, corruption and other ills, all of which are fallouts of the failure of past governments,” he said. The…
The Federal Government says, multinational companies now use about 40 per cent of sorghum grits as adjuncts (unmalted cereals and sugar) for the production of their products. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, made this known at the presentation of the report of the Sorghum Technical Committee (STC), on Thursday in Abuja. ”Sorghum has assumed great industrial relevance such that many multi- national companies such as the breweries now use sorghum grits as adjuncts (up to 40 per cent ),“ he said. Abubakar said the committee was saddled with the responsibility to streamline the existing sorghum…
Kano State Government has embarked on public private partnership to renovate schools across the state. The Managing Director, Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA) Arch. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulwahab announced this on Wednesday during an inspection of some of the schools undergoing renovation. Suleiman said the initiative was to ensure that teaching and learning are conducted in a conducive atmosphere. He explained that under the program, 21 public schools have been selected as pilot scheme within the metropolis as a measure to address insecurity facing most of the schools due to activities of miscreants and source of income for…
“That the revised code shall protect investigative journalism by making the public interest exception to instances where undercover methods may be used to obtain information” The Nigerian media industry has adopted the new co-regulation and code of ethics to address ethical and professional concerns in the industry. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the media roundtable convened within the context of the imperative of a strategic response to the challenge of institutionalizing self-regulatory mechanisms by the media for the media. The decision was reached at the end of a media roundtable organised on Monday, November…
“We will insist that cashless would be nationwide. We will restrict the volume of cash that people can withdraw over the counter” Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, says with the introduction of the redesigned Naira notes, no individual or organisation will be allowed to withdraw huge cash without being interrogated from relevant anti-corruption agencies. Emefiele stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier on Wednesday inaugurated the new Naira banknotes of N200, N500 and N1,000, expressing delight that the redesigned currencies were locally produced…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Dr Nath Yaduma as his Special Assistant, Liaison. Abubakar, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the appointment takes immediate effect. Yaduma, who hails from Adamawa State, until his recent appointment, has been a long standing aide of Atiku. He has also served in various capacities, including Special Adviser on Special Duties in the Obasanjo administration. He is a graduate of the Institute of Insurance, Kent, London, and City College, New York.
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N736.782 billion to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of October. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, Director (Information/Press), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on Wednesday. The N736.782 billion is inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and augmentation from non-oil revenue. The Federal Government received N293.955 billion, the states received N239.512 billion, and the LGCs got N177.086 billion. Meanwhile, the oil producing states received N26.228 billion as derivation (13 per cent of mineral revenue). The…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the new Naira banknotes, expressing delight that the redesigned currencies were locally produced by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc. Speaking at the inauguration of the new banknotes which preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, Buhari explained in detail the basis for his approval to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign the ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1000 banknotes. According to the president, the new Naira banknotes have been fortified with security features that make them difficult to counterfeit. He added that the new banknotes would help CBN to…
The Senate has endorsed the N48 billion oil pipeline surveillance contracts by the Federal Government to Mr Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, a former Niger Delta militant leader. Sen. Albert Akpan, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he spoke with newsmen shortly after presenting the report of Senate ad hoc committee on oil lifting, theft and the impact on petroleum production and oil revenues. Bassey said there was nothing wrong engaging non-state actors, to secure oil pipelines in as much as the contract was yielding desired results. He said oil theft has reduced…