Forced by the prevailing insecurity and other organised crimes in Nigeria, the Interfaith Initiatives for Peace has convened a meeting to discuss some pressing issues affecting the country. Through an invitation letter dated June 9, 2021, the meeting scheduled to hold on Thursday, at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, will be attended by Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan. The meeting will discuss national unity, security, peace, integration, economic revitalization, and development. “I am pleased to invite you on behalf of Interfaith Initiatives for…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said illicit Financial Flow (IFF) in Nigeria was perpetuated by past corrupt leaders and their foreign accomplices and multinational companies. Executive Director CISLAC, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani and EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this at a conference on Illicit Financial Flow (Corruption in Arbitration) on Wednesday in Abuja. Bawa, represented by Mr Abiodun Adebanjo, Head, Research Unit, Department of Policy Research and Statistics, EFCC, said that IFF remained Nigeria’s most pervasive and daunting challenge. “The situation we have seen in Nigeria is that corrupt government officials…
The National Examinations Council, NECO, says it will not extend the registration period for the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for school based candidates. A statement by the spokesperson of the council, Mr Azeez Sani on Wednesday, said “the registration exercise, which started on 31st March, will close on Friday, 25th June, 2021 and will not be subjected to extension, while the examination will commence unfailingly on Monday, 5th July 2021. “This is to enable efficient and effective planning for the examination logistics required for the smooth conduct of the 2021 SSCE internal. “State ministries of education, commandants, principals,…
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Jos chapter, says that its members will henceforth boycott all postgraduate (PG) activities in the institution. Chairman of ASUU in the university, Prof. Lazarus Maigoro, stated this in a notice of withdrawal issued on Wednesday in Jos. He said that the decision was premised on the refusal of the university management to implement the sharing formula that would take care of payment of the lecturers taking courses at postgraduate level, as approved by the university’s council in 2016. Maigoro said that the union had, in August 2015, written to ASUU President and…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the federal government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. Mohammed made this known to State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which took place at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, he got the message from Twitter seeking dialogue with the government over the suspension order on June 9. He maintained that the social media giant was suspended because it provided an avenue for…
The Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr Bala Wunti says Nigeria has earned over €1 million from sale of carbon credits through its partnership with TotalEnergies. Wunti disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS). Carbon credit is a permit that allows holding companies to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. “It is through our partnership with Total that we are able to market our credit position and monitise it and we have earned over one million…
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…
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…