The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will hold “a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. In an invitation to the first meeting in 2022, issued by the Director General of the Forum, Asishana Okauru on Saturday, the governors are expected to attended physically, to discuss “matters arising”. A statement by the Head of Media and Public Affairs at the NGF, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo made available to newsmen, said the meeting will also deliberate on the Forum’s intervention programmes. “Members will receive updates from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s SFTAS team and another on CARES,…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a fake security agent, Babagana Ma’aji through a controlled delivery of 5.6kg cannabis from Lagos in Plateau. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect based in Damaturu, Yobe was nabbed following the interception of a commercial bus bringing the consignment from Lagos to Gombe in Mararaban Jos on January 8. He said that operatives of the command in Plateau, also arrested a suspected bandit, Abdullahi Ahmad, 28, at Hwolshe on January 11. Babafemi added that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed the military to respond robustly to cases of killings and kidnappings by bandits in Niger and to give effect to strategic objectives through the use of force. Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesperson, who revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the directive was handed over to the Defence Headquarters by the president. The president stated that military operations had become necessary to check the continued attacks on communities in Niger by bandits and remnants of Boko Haram terrorists fleeing theaters of war in the Northwestern and Northeastern parts of the country.…
The Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, has urged the President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina to run for office of Nigeria President in 2023 . The group,, a Civil Society Organisation, made the call in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Haruna Awode on Sunday in Abuja. The group described Adesina as a Nigerian with outstanding qualities needed at the critical moment to address the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria as a nation. The group said that as a former minister of Agriculture and incumbent two term – President of AfDB, given his antecedents, Adesina could…
So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to a newsmagazine’s damming expose on the governor. After hours of waiting, a commissioner (names withheld) sauntered in and met me where I sat immovably like Mount Kilimanjaro. “You can’t write that story,” he began in a steely voice sauced with veiled threats. “Go back to Ibadan. We will talk to your boss.” That was how the story never saw the light of the day.…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, unveil the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge Rice Pyramids in Abuja. The mega rice pyramids project is a collaboration of the CBN with Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). Information obtained from the apex bank’s official website stated that the pyramids, which it described as the largest in the world, were enabled by the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). It stated that the ABP, since inauguration in November, 2015, had increased the average yield of rice per hectare from 1.8 metric tonnes to five metric tonnes, while discouraging importation of the commodity. “The…
We have been talking about the Rule of Law for some weeks now. Today, I give Ronald Bailey, an American libertarian science writer, who has written or edited several books on economics, ecology, and biotechnology the chance to show to us how the rule of law makes people wealthier. Please read: A Mexican migrant to the U.S. is five times more productive than one who stays home. Why is that? The answer is not the obvious one: This country has more machinery or tools or natural resources. Instead, according to some remarkable but largely ignored research — by the World…
The Sokoto state chapter of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities on Saturday, elected its new officials. Those elected are Mu’azu Habibu, chairman; Sani Dan’iya, vice chairman 1; Haliru Dahiru, vice chairman 2; Mukhtar Doki, general secretary; Nasiru Bunu, assistant secretary and Hafsatu Muhammad, chair lady of the association. Others are Garba Na Makka, treasurer; Dahiru Ba’are, financial secretary; Mukhtar Gidan Igwai, auditor while Muhammad Binji was elected as public relations officer. The association also elected Ibrahim Isa as Zonal Coordinator for Sokoto East; Munirat Tukur for Sokoto Central and Kabiru Bello for Sokoto South. Speaking shortly after…
The chief executive officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd, NNPC, Mele Kyari says the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, has put “all money-making options on the table” for the company. He disclosed this while addressing staff of the company in a townhall meeting held at the NNPC Towers, over the weekend, in which staff outside the Corporate Headquarters participated virtually. According to Kyari, the new legislation has provide business opportunities that will enable the company to earn more revenue for the country. He highlighted the significance of the PIA to the NNPC and the Nigerian economy, saying that the…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles beat their Sudanese counterparts 3-1 in a Group D clash at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) at Garoua in Cameroon to advance to the knockout phase of the competition. An early goal from Samuel Chukwueze in the 3rd minute provided a positive start and Taiwo Awoniyi netted the Super Eagles’ second on the stroke of half-time. It took Moses Simon just 30 seconds of the second half to add a third, but Sudan pulled a goal back with a fortuitous penalty, converted by Walieldin Khedr with 20 minutes left. The result meant Nigeria stay top…