Author: Abubakar Yusuf

112 Crude Oil Theft: Group asks NNPCL to terminate contract linked to Olu of Warri ….. says Pipelines Infrastructures Limited fails to deliver

Abubakar Yusuf

A pan Nigeria group, National Awareness Forum (NAF) has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to speedily terminate the oil pipelines surveillance contracts awarded to the Pipelines Infrastructures Nigeria Limited (PINL).     The PINL believed to be operated by the Itsekiri monarch, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse 111, was awarded the contract for the surveillance of the oil pipelines in some parts of the Niger Delta and South-East zones .   The PINL was mandated by the NPPCL to watch over oil pipelines and installations in…

FHA working towards implementation of its mandate across Nigeria.- Senator Ashafa

Abubakar Yusuf

The Managing Director and Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, Senator Gbenga Ashafa has reiterated that the agency is working tirelessly to implement its mandate across the country.   This was revealed on Tuesday, 19th December, 2023,when the Senate Committee on Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the House committee on Housing and Habitat paid a joint oversight visit to the Authority.   Led by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Senator Aminu Tambuwal and his House counterpart, Hon Balele, the joint committees in pursuant to Section 88…

Centre partners Kogi Community to Train, Empower Women, donate cash.

Abubakar Yusuf

The National Productivity Centre NPC, Abuja in collaboration with Omedo community, in Anyigba Kogi state as they trained and empowered women through donation of Grinding machines, Sowing machines and cash donations for small scale businesses.   The event which took place on Saturday in Anyigba supported unspecified numbers of women in the community who were trained on small and medium businesses among other empowerment programs.   According to the National Productivity Centre NPC, the need to engage women in empowerment and small scale businesses was to meet the current global…

NILDS holds 3rd Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture Series, December 18

Abubakar Yusuf

The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies NILDS is organising for the three consecutive times , a one day Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series.   The institute convened this laudable program were intellects compete on pressing national issues to galvanize both legislative and democratic impacts in Nigeria.   The event scheduled to take place at the International Conference Center, ICC Abuja will hold on Monday December 18 , 2023 .   The Senate President, Senator Obong Godswill Obot Akpabio CON will be the special guest of honor at the occasion.…

Committee of CMDs commends SDGs over intervention in Hospitals

Abubakar Yusuf

The Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals CCMDFTH has commended the leadership of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs under Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire on the intervention in primary, secondary and tertiary health services in Nigeria.   The commendation came on the heels of the inspection of one of the centre provided by the SDGs, during the last administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in Gwagwalada.   According to Professor Bissala Ekele during the meeting of the committee of CMDs in the university of Abuja on Friday, he highlighted…

Dan-Azumi,Chief of Staff to Speaker Abbas gives Pass Mark to Democracy.

Abubakar Yusuf

The lead presenter and research fellow on the book “Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria ” , who also doubles as the Chief of Staff to the Nigeria’s House of Representatives Speaker, Professor Jake Dan’Azumi has passed a vote of confidence on the democratic practices two decades after it’s return to civilian rule in 1999 in Nigeria.   The renowned academic, technocrat and administrator dropped this view in a 20 minutes review of the research work he embarked and presented to the public on Tuesday in conjunction with The…

Akpabio eulogises Kukah, says his calling is rare.

Abubakar Yusuf

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has described the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Convener National Peace Committee, Mathew Hassan Kukah as one of the finest Nigerian who has demonstrated an untiring traits to the all round development of the country.   Senator Godswill Akpabio who dropped this hint during the Public Presentation of the “Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria” on Tuesday at Exclusive Serene Hotel, Abuja.   Akpabio who is the 10th Senate President in his speech “Redefining our Democratic Journey” was represented by Senator Victor…

Speaker Abbas lauds Bishop Kukah, EU on robust political ideology for Nigeria …. says House of Representatives demonstrated same in appointments

Abubakar Yusuf

The Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas has praised the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener, National Peace Committee NPC , Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah and the European Union for championing the Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria, by creating an acceptable political ideology for the country.   Abbas bare his mind during the “Public Presentation of the Needs Assessment of Political Parties” held on Tuesday at Exclusive Serene Hotel, Abuja.   The speaker maintained that the House of Representatives had demonstrated not in words but actions…

Bishop Kukah advocates new Political Ideology for Nigeria

Abubakar Yusuf

The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener, National Peace Committee and global public speaker, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah said the perennial and similar political ideologies has been the problems of the country’s democracy in the current dispensation.   Kukah who bare his mind during the “Public Presentation of the Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria” held on Tuesday at Exclusive Serene Hotel, Abuja by The Kukah Centre and European union agreed that the influx and existence of uniform approach to political development, activities and disposition had been the bane…

We are close in on Serial Land Grabbers, illegal Developers- FHA

Abubakar Yusuf

The Federal Housing Authority FHA has alerted the public over the decision to recover its lands from land grabbers and illegal occupants, stated that the ongoing demolition exercise was far from ethnic or any other coloration as been peddled. A public notice issued by the Management via advertorial “Removal of Houses on Festac Phase 11: Our Position”. and released to newsmen on Monday by the the Head , Public Affairs, Kenneth Chigelu said the decision was in line with the earlier caveat, illegal sales and unapproved development without approval that…