The Federal Ministry of Education says it will constitute a national committee on the harmonisation of schools and examination calendar following the disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Adamu said that there was a need for the harmonisation so that schools, learners, teachers and examination bodies would be on the same page. According to him, following the outbreak of COVID-19 by the end of 2019, the first step taken as a nation was to close down all the teaching and learning…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) Lagos, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s position as a regional leader in the oil and gas industry. Buhari said the establishment of NOGEC, situated at the Lagos Annex of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), would enhance safety, value and cost efficiency in Nigeria’s petroleum sector. He said: “NOGEC aligns with the administration’s commitment to fostering stability, growth and sustainability of the Nigerian oil and gas industry for economic development. “You will recall that at the inception of this administration, we set a clear road map for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria will strengthen its position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry. Speaking at the virtual inauguration of the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) headquarters, Lagos, Buhari said his administration would spare no effort in ensuring maximum benefit from the nation’s huge natural resources. Buhari pledged that the Federal Government would continue to leverage oil and gas for development and pursue economic diversification across all sectors. ”You would recall that at the beginning of this administration, we set a clear roadmap for the…
The Nigerian Army has begun the selection exercise for the Short Service Commission Course 47 and Executive Commission Course 1/2021 candidates at its Training Area Falgore in Kano State. Addressing the candidates on Thursday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the decision to conduct the exercise in Falgore Forest was to ensure that better candidates were selected for training. Buratai, who was represented by the Chief of Training and Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Nuhu Angbazo, urged the candidates to be serious with the exercise, saying that only those who meet the criteria would be selected. He assured them…
The National Economic Council (NEC), under the chairmanship of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has endorsed efforts to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally, according to governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state. Briefing State House correspondents, on Thursday, after the first virtual meeting of the council for 2021, anchored from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Okowa added that the country was also open to partnership and outsourcing arrangements with foreign producers of the vaccines. “Nigeria and May and Baker are already in partnership for quite some time now, in trying to ensure that we are able to produce vaccines locally. “And they are already…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, has warned partners that without additional financial resources for fuel, flight time and pilot hours, the 28 locust control aircraft currently flying over the East African region to spot locust swarms and carry out spraying, could cease operations in March. “The locust control system in East Africa is now fully equipped and capable of containing, suppressing and, we believe, stopping this unprecedented upsurge,” said Laurent Thomas, FAO Deputy Director-General on Wednesday during an online meeting. “Governments have built up their capacity in record time and have managed to significantly reduce…
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, says the new retirement age of 70 years for teachers and the new years of service of 40 years will take effect from January 1. Adamu made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He, however, said that there would not be a uniform take-off date for all the other policies approved by President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2020 World Teachers Day. He said that effective dates for other policies would be announced subsequently after the submission of the report of the National Coordinating Committee. Prior to the approval…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has distanced itself from a report credited to one of its member and governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello that the coronavirus vaccines which Nigeria is expecting delivery, are meant to kill. The NGF in a communiqué signed by its chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, at the end of its virtual meeting on Wednesday, said it categorically dissociated itself from the governor’s statement. “On the ill-fated pronouncement made by a member of the forum regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in a national daily, the forum totally and categorically dissociated itself from the statement.” “The NGF will…
U.S President Joe Biden, has issued executive orders undoing some of former President Donald Trump’s policies, on his first day in office. On Wednesday, he signed 17 executive orders and presidential actions, including that to free Nigeria, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan and others from travel restrictions and immigration, imposed by Trump. “There’s no time to waste,” Biden said before signing the executive orders in the White House. “These are all just starting points,” he added while describing the policy as discriminatory and an affront to the country’s values. In a related development, Biden has also sent a bill to Congress to…
U.S. President Joe Biden has written the United Nations, to retract former President Donald Trump’s earlier letter on the country’s intention to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, WHO. Trump had notified the UN that the government of the United States, intended to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), effective July 6, 2021. However, Biden’s letter dated January 20, 2021 and addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, signified U.S retraction and continued membership of the global health organisation. “This letter constitutes a retraction by the Government of the United States of the letter…