Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday called on the youth to make conscious efforts at “wrestling” power from the elders in order to assume the mantle of the country’s leadership in 2023. Bello made the call on Tuesday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, at a conference, themed: “Youths Own The Power”, organised by a group known as Afenifere for Collective Transformation (ACT). Bello, who spoke through the Secretary to the Kogi state government, Mrs Folasade Ayoade, urged the youth to be more organised for a united front ahead of 2023 polls. According to him, youths have generally demonstrated nonchalant attitude toward…
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The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, has cautioned members of staff against divulging classified and unauthorised information. Umar handed down this warning on Tuesday in Abuja during the Administration of Oath of Secrecy to some members of staff of the State House. No fewer than 42 members of staff took the oath which was administered by Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT High Court. The permanent secretary warned that such unauthorised disclosure was a breach of the law and would attract consequences. “I want to begin my remarks by saying that this exercise for me is the beginning…
By Justina Auta Nigerian government has inaugurated the National Blood Transfusion Service’s (NBTS) Apheresis blood component separation system and automated blood screening equipment. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said at the inauguration on Tuesday in Abuja, that it would improve access to safe, quality and affordable blood and blood products in the country. Ehanire said that with the high technology equipment, the manufacturing of plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs) would satisfy the blood product needs of the country in the near future. The minister urged investors to collaborate with NBTSs to invest in it. “We anticipate that with the introduction of…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Tuesday in Abuja issued a two-week demolition notice to the residents of Mpape community in continuation of its ongoing city-wide clean-up exercise. Mr Ikharo Attah, an official of the FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, explained that the two weeks’ notice was in line with the policy of FCT Administration to carry all relevant stakeholders along in sensitising all affected communities and ensuring maximum compliance. Attah said that moving the bulldozers to Mpape for the clean- up was in response to the cry of the residents who had complained that activities of traders and…
By Justina Auta The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it rescued over 17,000 victims of human trafficking and jailed over 550 traffickers. Its Director-General, Sen. Basheer Muhammed, disclosed this on Tuesday during a joint briefing in Abuja ahead of the 2021 World Day Against Human Trafficking scheduled for July 30. The briefing was in collaboration with the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) and the International and Ibero American Foundation (FIIAPP). Muhammed said the agency would continue to rescue, counsel, rehabilitate and empower victims of human trafficking and ensure that offenders were prosecuted with a…
The founder, BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu on Tuesday in Abuja, pledged the donation of 100 million dollars annually to boost research in the country’s tertiary institutions. Rabiu, represented by Dr Aliyu Hong, the Director of Government Relations of the company, disclosed this at the 2021 Roundtable for the Development of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE). The event, which has the theme: “Improved Institutional Donations and Endowment’’, was aimed at advancing the technology and sustainable development of education in the institution. He said that university education required a facelift, hence, the need for adequate funding to pride the institutions…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday retained the Monetary Policy Ratio at 11.5 per cent for the sixth consecutive time. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, presenting a communique from the MPC meeting, said the committee, through unanimous vote by nine members present, also decided to hold all other parameters constant. The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) was, therefore, retained at 27.5 per cent, Liquidity Ratio at 30 per cent and the Asymmetric Corridor at plus 100 and minus 700 basis points around the MPR. Emefiele said the recent developments in both global and…
The Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has given reasons why he appointed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairmanship aspirant, Saliu Mustapha, as the new Turaki of Ilorin. The Chairman of the Kwara Traditional Council said Mustapha got his honorary title owing to his huge investments and uncommon acts of philanthropy in the Ilorin emirate over the last decade. The Emir stated this on Tuesday when Mustapha led a high powered delegation of prominent Ilorin sons and daughters to the Palace on a Thank You visit after the conferment of the coveted title. “He (Mustapha) is someone that everybody knows…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained Nigeria’s 2.5 per cent economic growth forecast for 2021. The institution said this in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) for July titled “Fault Lines Widen in the Global Recovery” released on Tuesday in Washington DC. According to it, the slow rollout of vaccines was the main factor weighing on the recovery for Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) which Nigeria is part of. It also retained its 6.0 per cent growth forecast for the global economy for 2021 and 4.9 per cent in 2022, adding that though the global forecast was unchanged from the…
Bauchi State Government says it has expended N550 million on the construction of the Government House annex project. Mr Mukhtar Gidado, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Gov. Bala Mohammed, gave the clarifications in an interview on Tuesday. Mukhtar said the amount was spent on construction of the completed section of the project comprising temporary office of the governor, offices of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief of Staff, Government House and media centre among others. “The completed section of the building was inaugurated by Gov. Aminu Tambuwal on Monday. “The total contract sum of the Government…