Month: November 2021

NEDC seeks 5% VAT, Ecological Fund, harps on PPP

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The North East Development Commission (NEDC) consultative meeting with North-East National Assembly caucus on the North-East Stabilization and Development Master plan (NESDMP) project has ended in Abuja. Rising from a meeting on Wednesday, the NEDC demanded for five percent from the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Ecological Fund to enable them develop the region. The meeting also recognised the need for a public private partnership (PPP) in funding the project.   Speaking during a stakeholders meeting the Managing Director/ CEO, Mohammed Alkali said there were still funds needed to…

Poor budgetary funding responsible for underdevelopment in FCT- Senator Kyari

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Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Wednesday, said unless the federal government increases the budgetary funding, satellite towns within FCT would not get the needed development. Residents of Abuja metropolis and other satellite towns in FCT environs, had been complaining of low space of development and lack of basic social amenities and infrastructures. Some were of the opinion that the present Minister of FCT, Mohammed Musa Bello, has not been doing enough to provide needed development that is befitting of a capital city of…

NYSC DG address Corps Members via Zoom …… tasks them on Nation Building

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The Director General, National Youth Service Corps(NYSC,Brig General Ibrahim Shuabu has urged prospective Corps members to take the opportunity offered by the scheme to join hands in building a virile society. The NYSC DG gave this charge while addressing 2021 Batch C Stream Two Corps Members via Zoom today 24th November, 2021 .Read the DG’s address in full: “On behalf of the NYSC family, I most heartily welcome you aboard the ship of nation building. “It is my earnest expectation that you will find the twelve-month voyage quite fulfilling and…

NCC has committed over N200 million to Research and Development – Danbatta

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that the Commission had committed over N200 million into the promotion of research and development (R&D) in order to drive innovation in the country’s telecommunications sector. Danbatta stated this during the prize presentation ceremony of the 2021 NCC National Essay Competition held on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at the Conference Room of the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja . At the event which marked the 3rd edition of the…

Huawei to tackle Africa’s energy poverty through digital power

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The fight to tackle Africa’s energy poverty is receiving support through the provision of digital enablers that will boost sufficiency.   Currently, energy poverty is a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa with statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating that over 580 million people in the region lacked access to electricity in 2019.   In Nigeria for example, an estimated 40,000MW of electricity supply is needed to provide steady and quality power supply to customers who are already connected to the grid. The country currently has a generation capacity of…

JIFORM begs Davido over plights of Orphanage Home In Benin

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An appeal has been made by the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) to David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, to consider an orphanage, Home for The Needy at Uhogua, Benin Edo State among priorities for the N250 million donation he doled out to support the needy on his birthday.   Ajibola Abayomi, the JIFORM President in a statement congratulated the “Fem” crooner on his 29th birthday and commended the Nigerian-American singer, songwriter, and record producer for giving back to the society. Davido took the nation by storm after raising N200 million from his…

NYSC DG warns prospective corps members against fake covid-19 documents

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Prospective Corps Members for the 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course have been warned against coming to camp with fake COVID-19 document for registration. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim gave this warning Tuesday 23rd,2021 during a live webinar jointly hosted by the National Youth Service Corps and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in preparation for the 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course. He said anyone caught with fake COVID-19 document in camp would be handed over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution. He added that adequate…

Police reaffirm power to Investigate, arrest , prosecute criminal Breach of Trust

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The Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday told the IIP-SARS that they have the power to investigate, arrest and prosecute any person allegedly involved in criminal breach of trust and cheating stated that they are empowered to do so by the Police Act. The police was responding to Engr. Nicholas Ogbedo Azuka’s petition over alleged abuse of office and arbitrary arrest in a case of criminal breach of trust reported against him by Mr. Uzoma Nwachukwu and Mrs. Victoria Nwachukwu (couple), who had informed the panel that Engr. Azuka defrauded them…

My arrest By the Police was Malicious; Army Officer tells panel

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A retired army officer, Mohammed Labaran, today November 23rd, 2021 disclosed before a fact finding Panel that his arrest by personell of the Nigerian Police was Malicious. Making this known before the Independent Investigative Panel on the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force on alleged human rights violations sitting in Abuja, Labaran refutted the assertion by the Police that his arrest was made in good faith. In the matter which bothered on alleged unlawful arrest and detention; Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, denial of right to…

COAS reiterates commitment to end insecurity ….. As Gov Sani Bello urges citizens to support Nigerian Military

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Faruk Yahaya has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army towards improving the security situation in the country. Lt. Gen.Yahaya made this known when he paid courtesy visit on Governor Abubakar Sani Bello at the Government House Minna, the state capital. He said,the Nigeria Army was already training some of its troops to beef up security and to improve its manpower. The COAS explained that he was in the State for a conference,and as part of his operational visit to military formations…