The African Union Development Agency and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD), in collaboration with Delta Government, have trained and empowered no fewer than 3,380 farmers in Delta. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, who flagged off the One-Day training programme, organised by AUDA-NEPAD and the Delta Government on Wednesday in Asaba, said that benefitting farmers would be trained in six commodities; fisheries, rice, cassava, poultry, piggery and vegetables. The theme of the programme was, “Innovative Strengthening of Smallholder Farmers Capabilities Towards Productive Land Restoration Amid COVID-19 and Flood in Nigeria. Okowa, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on New media, Laureta Onochie as Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Buhari in a letter addressed to President of Senate Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Wednesday urged the upper chamber to confirm the appointment of Laurreta Onochie alongside 14 other nominees as Substantive Chairman and members of board of the NDDC Buhari in the letter said: “Dear Distinguished Senate President, confirmation of appointments of Chairman and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission. “In accordance with the provisions of Section 2(2)A of the NDDC Act, Cap N86, Laws…
“The Federal Government received N293.955 billion, the states received N239.512 billion, and the LGCs got N177.086 billion” 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.…
By Justina Auta “government is concerned about the rising tide of brain drain and suggestions on ways to mitigate the exodus of health workforce, especially young anesthetists are welcome” The Federal Government, on Wednesday, expressed concern over brain drain and sought for ways to discourage the trend of migration of medical workforce from Nigeria to other countries. The Minister of State for Health, Mr Joseph Ekumankama raised the concern during the 30th Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting of the Nigerian Society of Anesthetists (NSA) in Abuja. Ekumankama, who was represented by Dr David Atuwo, his Director and Senior Technical…
“We have to raise more taxes from the rich for social balance. We need to tax the rich. We have extremely wealthy people existing side-by-side with extremely poor people. I describe it as ‘elite conspiracy’ not to distribute a fair share of the nation’s resources” Nigeria’s Budget Office has said that rich Nigerians should pay more taxes in order to improve revenue generation. The Director-General, Ben Akabueze who suggested this at the launch of the World Bank’s report titled, ‘Nigeria public finance review: fiscal adjustment for better and sustained results’ in Abuja on Monday, further said that wealthy citizens should…
The Sokoto Division of the Appeal Court in Wednesday, dismissed appeals nos. CA/S/160/2022, CA/S/159/2022 and CA/S/157/2022 filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Muhammadu Admau Aliero and Dr. Yahaya Abdullahi. The appeals were filed by Aliero against Haruna Dandio Saidu and Abdullahi against Sani Bawa Abdullahi who contested against them in the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi state. Details later…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought Senate’s confirmation to appoint his Special Adviser on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as the substantive Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President also named 15 others as members of the Board. Buhari’s letter to the Senate was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan at plenary on Wednesday. Details later…
The Court of Appeal in Sokoto on Wednesday affirmed the ruling of the High Court in Zamfara nullifying the candidature of Dr Dauda Lawal as the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections. A PDP governorship aspirant, Ibrahim Shehu, dissatisfied with the conduct of the party’s primary election in the state, had challenged Lawal’s emergence as candidate at the Federal High Court Gusau. He had argued that the primary election was marred by irregularities and non compliance with electoral act and PDP guidelines. The court rule in Shehu’s favour while ordering the PDP to conduct…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the redesigned naira notes of N200, N500 and N1000 at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. The unveiling of the naira notes preceded the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with a number of cabinet members in attendance. N500 note The unveiling of the new redesigned notes hitherto slated for December 15 was brought forward to Wednesday by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). N1000 nnote The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, who announced the shifting of the date on Tuesday at a media briefing to mark the…
“That the revised code shall distinguish between paid content and editorial content to preserve editorial integrity; and a new clause would be inserted to obligate journalists to promote the right of the people to know, freedom of the press and responsibility” 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 on Monday, convened by the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) in conjunction with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigeria Union of…