The picture of Nigeria and its potentials of being a great nation were presented in this column last week. It is heartwarming and inspiring to be knowledgeable of Nigeria’s enormous natural and human resources but also disheartening to be aware that these resources comprise lying idle with some of them being plundered. As earlier buttressed, human is the most important resource, which galvanizes transformation of other resources to fast-track societal development. How qualitative is Nigeria’s human resource? The major qualitative indicator of human resources in any society is the level of its human capital. Human capital refers to the stockpile…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A leading UK firm, TEXEM UK, has completed a five-day training for Nigerian senators on optimising their legislative functions for nation-building. A press statement by TEXEM’s Director of Special Projects, Caroline Lucas on Wednesday in Abuja listed the beneficiaries as Senators Sadiq Umar, Bulus Amos and Yusuf Yusuf. Others are Akon Eyakenyi, Mpigi Barinada, Nora Daduut Odebiyi Tolulope and Suleiman Kwari. The statement affirmed that the senators of the ninth Nigerian Assembly had a very engaging and insightful time during the Legislative Development Programme organised by TEXEM from October 11 to 15 at Birmingham, UK. Topics deliberated upon by faculties…
Google has announced that Nigerians have surprisingly shown a growing interest in the holiday of Halloween, Father Christmas costumes and others in it search record. Google, in its October report, said that search queries in the week leading up to October 31, shows that search terms terms like, ‘When is Halloween?’, ‘Halloween meaning’ and ‘History of Halloween’ topped searches by Nigerians. Halloween, regarded as a Western tradition, is celebrated each year on October 31 in the United Kingdom (UK), Ireland, Scotland, United States of America and various other European countries. The word ‘Halloween’ comes from All Hallows’ eve and means…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar as he marked his 15th year as the leader of Muslim Ummah and Chairman, Sokoto State Council of Traditional Rulers. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja, the president described the Sultan as a “peace builder and a true embodiment of commitment to service, a leader who dedicated his life to the welfare of the people”. “Greetings to His Eminence, the Sultan on his 15th year on the throne of his fathers. On behalf of my family and I, the government and people of Nigeria,…
Eric Adams, the Democratic Party candidate, endorsed by the Nigerian community in New York has been elected the Mayor of New York City. Adams, who was supported by Nigerians with over $33,000, will be the second black Mayor of the City, defeated the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa. He polled 156,820 votes representing 74.6 per cent while Sliwa polled 42,403 votes representing 20.2 per cent, according to the Associated Press, which called the race after polls closed late on Tuesday. Adams, who is presently the Brooklyn borough president, will be the 110th mayor of the largest city in the U.S. when…
Nigeria’s Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM has disposed that 5,000 Nigerians living abroad are expected to participate in the 2021 Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS). The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission disclosed this at a news conference addressed by its Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja on Tuesday. The summit is scheduled to hold from November 16 to 17, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The theme of the two-day event is: ‘Diaspora Partnership and Linkages for Post-COVID Economic Growth’. According to Dabiri-Erewa, the summit is a private sector initiative backed and enabled by the federal government through NiDCOM. “Targeting Nigerians in Diaspora for…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar on Tuesday announced five prizes that will be awarded five outstanding individuals annually. He made the announcement at a public lecture, commemorating his 15th Year coronation anniversary held at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa area of the state. The Sultan named the prizes as Sheikh Usmanu Danfodiyo Prize for Leadership; Abdullah Danfodiyo Prize for Scholarship; Sultan Muhammadu Bello Prize for Governance; Nana Asmau Prize for Social Development and Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar Prize for Peace Building. According to him, the prizes were established for people who have excelled in areas chosen for the awards and to promote…
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has reassured that the Kashimbila 40 Megawatt Power Station in Taraba will be ready in December. Aliyu said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Power, for 2022 budget defence. He said that the Zungeru hydro power project in Niger state would also be completed by December, saying that the Mambilla hydroelectric power project was also nearing completion. “The Kashimbila power project will start operation after its inauguration in the second week of December. “The federal government has paid the N10 billion owed contractors so everything is being put in place for…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has emphasised the need to build a formidable cybersecurity team across all sectors of the economy to protect the nation’s digital transformation. Pantami stated this at a multi-stakeholders sensitisation workshop on the implementation of Nigeria’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS) 2021 for Telecom Sector on Tuesday, in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The minister said the country had evolved in digital transformation journey, adding that it had led to the rising in the percentage of contribution by the Information and…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari revealed this while delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday. The president said that attaining national and global climate change goals would require adequate and sustained technical and financial support to developing countries. He said greater effort should be channelled towards assisting developing nations to meet their ‘‘Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) commitments through the pledges made by the developed countries to provide at least $100 billion yearly.’’…