The Niger state government has banned illegal operators of motor parks within the Minna metropolis with effect from June 9. Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger announced this while addressing newsmen in Minna on Wednesday. The state government on March 4, banned operators of illegal motor parks within the Minna metropolis. Bello, represented by his Deputy, Ahmed Ketso, said the move became necessary to further close some security gaps in the transportation sector. He called on the general public to patronise only recognised motor parks. These, he said are the Abdulsalam, Central, Kpakungu Limawa, NSTA, Mobile, Peace Travel Nice Travel and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RYCEF.PK, RR.L, RYCEY.PK) said on Wednesday that it had appointed Anita Frew as a non-executive director and chair designate of the company. Frew would join the Board from July 1, and would succeed Ian Davis as chairperson on Oct. 1, whose tenure would end Sept. 30, after nearly nine years in office as chairperson. On joining the Board, Frew would be appointed into the Nominations & Governance Committee. Frew is currently chair of Croda plc, the science, technology and chemicals group and a non-executive director of BHP Group. She was the deputy chairperson and senior independent director…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the first made in Nigeria cell phone, known as ITF Mobile. The Minister of Industry, trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, presented the phone to the president, before the commencement of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. According to Adebayo, the phone is one of the 12 cell phones produced, using locally sourced components, by the Electrical/Electronics Technology Department of the Industrial Training Fund’s (ITF) Model Skills Training Centre. “Twelve indigenous mobile cell phones produced by the Model Skills Training Centre of the Industrial Training Fund; an agency under Ministry of Industry Trade and…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed on Wednesday sacked the secretary to the state government, SSG, his chief of staff, commissioners and other political appointees. This is contained in statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado made available to newsmen. The dissolution however did not affect Special Advisers on Security, Social Investment, Special Adviser National and State Assembly Liaison and Media and Publicity. Mohammed ordered the commissioners to hand over to permanent secretaries in their various ministries while the SSG and the chief of staff will handover to the most…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Bauchi station has announced the boycott of all activities of the state Police command over a case of physical assault on one of its staff. The general manager, Sulaiman Ahmed who briefed newsmen on Tuesday, said the incidence occurred on Sunday, June 5th 2021 at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. “The young reporter arrived the stadium to cover the match between Wikki Tourist Football Club of Bauchi and visiting Akwa United in the ongoing Nigeria professional football league, with his camera, microphone and a jotter. “On arrival at the stadium,…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, has tasked members of the public and government at all levels on ecosystem restoration to save the environment. The Director General of the Agency, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, made the call on Tuesday in Kano, at a forum organised by the agency in commemoration of the World Environment Day. Represented by Mr Mudassir Raheem, the Zonal Director North-west zone of the agency, Jauro said that the agency had lined up activities to mark the day. According to him, the theme of the 2021 World Environment Day, “Ecosystem restoration” is apt, coming on the…
The Jigawa Chapter of National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association (NACOPPMAN), on Tuesday inaugurated the 2021 coconut planting season in the state. The Coordinator of the association, Sakina Muhammad, stated this during the exercise with the theme ‘One family, three coconut trees’, in Dutse. Muhammad said that the gesture was aimed at having coconut sufficiency in Nigeria by 2027. “The parent body of this association is the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. “Coconut is a tropical plant that can grow anywhere under any condition and Jigawa happened to be among the states in the north where the…
Four children climate activists of the Royal Palm International College in Ilorin have inaugurated “Return the Green Club”, an initiative to bring awareness on the need to save the environment from depleting. The Return the Green Club is part of the activities to mark the 2021 World Environment Day, themed: “Restoration of the ecosystem”. The children are Aderinsola Adegboye, 10 years old; Adenrele Adegboye, 11; Mariam Abdulrazaq, 12; and Chibuzor Oseigbu, 16. Adegboye, Founder of “Return the Green” initiative, observed that government from nations have agreed to limit global warming by reducing carbon emission in areas like energy and transportation.…
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says her country has facilitated 28 million dollars scholarships for Nigerian students to study in U.S institutions in the past one year. Leonard said this on Thursday at the commemoration of the Student Visa Day organised by the U.S Mission in Abuja. She said that the scholarship process was facilitated by the Education U.S.A programme of the embassy which was keen on enabling Nigerian students pursue their academics and a future in the U.S. “We are proud to prioritize Nigeria’s scholars in our consular process, as we recognise the value their success holds for the…
Spain opened its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world on Monday, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise an all-important tourism sector that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The opening kicks off what many are hoping will be a busy summer tourism season in Europe as vaccine rates pick-up across the continent. On Monday morning, with the mercury already high, tourists from Germany, Ireland and Belgium could be seen passing through the arrival gates at Malaga airport. At least 20 international flights landed in the morning at the most important tourist gateway in the southern…