The federal government says it has enrolled 711 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform. The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, made this known in Lagos on Monday, at a training for IPPIS Role Players in the South-West. Idris, who was represented by Mr Salawu Zubairu, Director, Consolidated Account, office of the AGF, said the number enrolled was out of a thousand MDAs in the country. The AGF said that his office would not relent on its mandate, until all government employees were migrated into the IPPIS platform. He said the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi says President Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate 20 projects successfully executed by the State Government to uplift the quality of life of the people. Umahi disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of a closed door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. He revealed that the projects ready for inauguration by the president in November include roads, medical centres, malls and bridges. The governor commended Buhari for the execution of mega projects in the South Eastern part of the country, saying such projects, when completed,…
By Abujah Racheal As efforts continue to improve on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine campaign across Nigeria, the U.S Centre for Disease Control (USCDC) has identified traditional leaders in northern Nigeria as key players in curbing the pandemic. The Country Director of US-CDC, Dr. Mary Boyd, said this at the third Quarter review meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care (PHC), on Monday, in Abuja. Boyd, who was represented by the director of immunisation, for USCDC Nigeria, Dr. Omotayo Bolu, said Northern leaders had in the past showed that they wielded some influence in keeping their communities…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee, for development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria. The committee, to be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, would also work in collaboration with State Governments and the FCT administration. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the approval of the committee is sequel to a Health Sector Diagnostic Review Report, developed by a consultant, Vesta Healthcare Partners and the Federal Ministry of Health. He said…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for sustainable dialogue to achieve sustainable peace in Plateau, following recent attacks in the state. The President made the call in an interactive session with stakeholders in the state on Monday at Government House, Jos. The Nigerian Inter-religious Council (NIREC) and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum also attended the meeting aimed at seeking lasting solutions to the insecurity in the state. Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the president said that to attain the process of peace,” the strategy must be inclusive, diverse and transparent and sustained”.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Rotary Club for its various interventions in the health sector, particularly putting in 268 million dollars in the fight against Polio. The president gave the commendation when he received Rotary International President, Mr Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, Abuja on Monday. According to the Nigerian leader, the federal government will continue drawing from the expertise, partnership and consistency learnt from the eradication of Polio in the country to strengthen the health sector. “Nigeria has benefitted from your kind support, most particularly in the fight against Polio, with a total sum of…
By Charles Schmidt Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social media after a day on the ski slopes when reports describing a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China caught his eye. It was early January 2020, and Petrovsky, an immunologist, was at his vacation getaway in Keystone, Colorado, which is where he goes most years with his family to flee the searingly hot summers at home in South Australia. He was soon struck by an odd discrepancy in how the pneumonia cases were portrayed. Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization were saying there was nothing to worry about,…
By Bashir Mani The Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has charged the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 corps members to take advantage of the various scheme platforms to build themselves and the nation. A statement by the spokesperson of the Corps, Adenike Adeyemi on Monday said the DG stated this in a virtual address to all the corps members and camp officials nationwide on Monday. Ibrahim urged the corps members to acquire any of the skills from the numerous skills taught in the camps and during the service year. “As some of you might…
Mother Amina Ajayi, Brand Ambassador, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore socio-cultural association, has unveiled a robust plan to train Fulani pastoralists on modern ranching, modelled after the US. Ajayi made the disclosure in her acceptance speech following her investiture as Miyetti Allah’s Brand Ambassador at the association’s National headquarters in Uke, Karu local government, Nasarawa state. She explained that the first set of trainers and teachers for the Miyetti Allah train-the-trainers’ Cattle Ranch Academy would be traveling to California, USA, in early 2022. “However, before the end of 2021, my office, under the supervision of the Miyetti Allah National President, will…
Mr Maxwell Opara, one of the lawyers defending the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fundamental right enforcement suit against the Director -General of the Department of State Services (DSS). Opara, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021, alleged that he was on Aug. 30, subjected to various degrading treatments when he visited Kanu in a DSS facility. The counsel, who also listed the DSS, as the 2nd respondent in the suit is praying the court to award him N50 million as compensation for the infringement on his fundamental right to dignity. Opara is…