The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the sum of N1.1 billion for the expansion of the apron of Maiduguri airport and insurance cover for 22 airports across the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. “The first memo was a contract for the expansion of the apron of Maiduguri airport. “This contract is worth N719,117,868.60. The expansion of the Maiduguri airport has become necessary because of the increased traffic at the airport that apron…
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By Tina George, Minna The Chairman of the Niger state Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Dr Isah Adamu is currently in trouble for allegedly charging primary six pupils to pay for the final examinations and testimonials. The House of Assembly, which revealed the development, also described the charge as illegal, saying that it was the jurisdiction of the Board to charge such levies. The lawmakers also threaten to prosecute the Chairman over the action. AsheNews gathered that although the Board had fixed N400 to be paid by each pupil, those in some public schools were made to pay higher. The…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has reacted to a report by the Amnesty International, AI, titled, “Nigerian Military Crimes”, saying it is obviously desperate to incriminate the Nigerian military. Major General John Enenche, its Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, (CDMO, said in a statement that “the attention of the Nigerian Military has been drawn to the recent report released by Amnesty International (AI) in its chapter 3 as “Nigerian Military Crimes”. “In the first place, the so-called research does not meet the universal academic or global best practice criteria, of having the justifiable percentage of sample in the population, claimed to…
The United Nations (UN’s ) Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) have provided 2.5 million dollars for the implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes in six states. The states are Ekiti, Ebonyi, Oyo, Kwara, Kogi and Plateau states for two years. “The grant is premise on the 2019 Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) NORM survey which revealed that the six states were at the lowest ebb of access to water and sanitation, with the highest number of people still practicing open defecation’’. According to the WASH NORM household survey, only 42 per cent of Nigerians use basic sanitation…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Wednesday presented a 2021 budget proposal of N169.8 billion to the State Assembly. Ugwuanyi said that the 2021 budget estimate was 13 per cent higher than the 2020 revised budget of N169.5 billion. The governor said that the 2021 budget estimate was made up of N101. 1 capital expenditure which represents 60 per cent of the estimated budget size. He said that the recurrent expenditure stood at N68.1 billion representing 40 per cent of the estimated budget size. The governor said that the budget estimate had a recurrent revenue of N110.08 billion and…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to order suspension and activation of new SIM cards. This he said was to allow an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, that this was in line with Federal Government’s desire to consolidate the achievement of September 2019 SIM card registration. Adinde explained that the objective of the audit was to verify and ensure compliance by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with the set quality standards and requirements as issued…
… Says president cannot expose strategies to the public The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami has said that the National Assembly, NASS, had crossed its boundary by summoning President Muhammadu Buhari to address it on security challenges. Malami, in a statement he signed personally on Wednesday also asserted that the “confidentiality of strategies employed by the President as the commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not open for public exposure in view of security implications in probable undermining of the war against terror.” According to him,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied that it demanded N96 million bribe, to be released in bail, from ex-bankers, who are standing trial for alleged Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, mutilated currency scam. The denial is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren made available to AsheNews on Tuesday. “The claims that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, investigators pressured former bankers, standing trial for allegedly defrauding the Central Bank of Nigeria in the mutilated currency scam, for a bribe of N96 million for their release on bail, is untrue. “Three former bankers, Ayodele…
The personal bodyguard of music star, David Adeleke a.k.a Davido Tuesday reportedly passed away. Sharing the sad news in his twitter @davido, the musician said “Please tell me I am dreaming…my Tj gone? What imma do without you uncle Tj ehn…11 years you did all for me. “Put me before you at all times, all the times I wouldn’t wanna wake up for a show or flight you’d carry me like a baby in the car. “No matter what I did right or wrong, you were there for me, to allow me spend money sometimes nah problem. “Everytime, ‘david don’t…
Gunmen Wednesday morning abducted the member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed from his residence in Jalingo. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP David Misal, confirmed the incident in Jalingo. He said that Bashir (APC) from Sardauna Local Government was picked up after sporadic gun shots was heard around his house located next to the Comprehensive Secondary School, Jalingo. Misal said the police and other sister security agencies were making frantic efforts to rescue the legislator, who is also the Minority Leader of the house and Chairman, Assembly Committee on Information, He…