The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has comfirmed Mr. Ojo Olatunde as the substantive Clerk to the National Assembly, a statement from the NASC has indicated. The statement, issued by the Executive Chairman of NASC, Mr Ahmad Amshi, also named Mr Chinedu Akabueze as the substantive Clerk to the House of Representatives. The NASC Commission had on July 17 and 20 appointed Ojo and other top management staff to their different positions on acting capacity. Amshi, in the statement, said the confirmation of the officers was approved at NASC’s 506th meeting held on Sept 30. He said their appointments also…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, has suggested the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in tackling security challenges nationwide. Addressing newsmen in Bauchi on Friday when officials of the party visited Governor Bala Mohammed, Tambuwal said the use of modern ICT gadgets would enhance detection of criminals and their locations. According to him, proper utilisatiom of high technology facilities will enable the taking of proactive steps to check the activities of criminals. He observed that Nigeria was under-policed, hence the need to recruit more security agents to boost…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr Funmi Adewara, a UK-based Nigerian Medical Doctor on winning World Bank SDGs And Her Global Award 2020. The president, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday said this feat has hoisted Nigeria’s flag proudly in the international arena once again. The award came in the same season that the President in his National Day broadcast just applauded Nigerian professionals at home and abroad, whom he said ranked among the very best in the world. Adewara is one of the seven winners of the award globally, among 2,400…
The Federal Government says the N75 billion Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) has been approved as part of efforts to harness the potential of Nigerian youth. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, made this known at an event in Abuja on Friday, to celebrate youth as Nigeria marks its 60th Independence Anniversary. The event, with the theme, “My Nigerian Dream”, was organised by the Ministry of Youth Sports Development in collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organisation, “I Choose Life Foundation”. Dare said it was President Muhammadu Buhari’s belief in the talent, skills and innovative ideas of the…
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retired), on Friday said he was petrified when he emerged Nigeria’s Head of State at age 31. The retired army general became the third Nigerian president and the youngest ever, on Aug. 1, 1966, before his 32nd birthday on Oct.19, 1966. At a virtual reality history competition organised by the ANISZA Foundation and Gallery, Gowon said: “I felt petrified when I took over as Head of State.” The event which had the theme: ‘Sustaining Peace Together’’ was organised to commemorate the second anniversary of the foundation. The virtual event was moderated by…
Sokoto state Police Command, on Friday arraigned the son of a Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal and three others for alleged criminal conspiracy, rape and defamation of character before the Chief Magistrate’s Court. The suspects, including Aminu Hayatu Tafida, Umar Abubakar, Mas’ud Abubakar Gidado and Aliyu Shehu Kangiwa, were also charged with act of gross indecency, abetment, sale of obscene book and printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory. Addressing the court, the Prosecution Officer, ASP Samuel Sule, one Hajiya Safiya of number 15, Badon Barade area complained at the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, against Aminu Hayatu Tafida (AKA Baffa)…
The Presidency says Nigeria has become the 144th country to ratify the Doha Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Instrument of Ratification on Friday in Abuja. ”President Muhammadu Buhari, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, signed the Instrument of Ratification at Abuja, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020,” he said. The excerpts from the Instrument with the president’s signature and seal of…
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, has condemned the Police brutality on a Photojournalist with Punch Newspaper, Olukayode Jaiyeola while covering a peaceful protest to mark Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary at the Maryland Area of Lagos on Thursday. A report by The Punch Newspaper states that, “The incident happened around 12:00 noon when a policeman, Innocent Adadu, hit Jaiyeola’s head with a baton, which immediately made him collapse, with blood gushing out of his injured skull.” We condemn the unwarranted brutalization of the journalist in the course of his legitimate duty of covering a peaceful protest by a group…
By Tina George, Minna Niger state government is mulling the idea of closing down the Minna-Bida aroad to prevent further deterioration as well as enable contractors to continue with their work. Disclosing this when he toured some Federal and state owned roads, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello said that the Minna-Bida needed urgent attention as the bridge between Sabon Daga and Kataeregi, had collapsed due to the heavy traffic flow of articulated vehicles on the road. The Governor stated that the decision to shut down the road was coming from the inability of the Federal government to meet their part of…
By Niyi Ojuolape, Ghana When world leaders and leading global health organizations gathered for the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, it heralded a defining moment in the global commitment to women’s fundamental rights to decide for themselves whether and when to have children. On that occasion, more than 20 governments made commitments to address the policy, financing, delivery, and socio-cultural barriers to women accessing contraceptive information, services, and supplies. This effort culminated in the launch of what is known today as Family Planning 2020 (FP2020). It was a commitment that set an ambitious new goal to empower 120 million additional women…