Category: Governance

Kano Suspends Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise

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The Kano State government has suspended the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, which is expected to hold on Saturday, due to a religious function that will take place on that date. This government made this known via a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ali Makoda, in Kano on Friday. The statement said that the religious function, known as Maukibi, was an annual religious rite of the Kadiriyya sect. “The Maukibi usually starts very early in the day and that ought to be considered; thus leading to the…

WE’LL ENSURE NIGERIA BECOMES A FOOD EXPORTING COUNTRY AGAIN, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja declared that his administration will not rest in continually reviewing and strengthening ongoing reforms in the agricultural sector until Nigeria regains its pride of place as a food exporting country. President Buhari stated this when he received the All Progressives Congress (APC) family from Kebbi State in the Presidential Villa, the President said that the country’s huge rice import bill had dropped significantly by more than 90 per cent, adding that it wasn’t good enough by his expectation. “Beyond self-sufficiency, we must strive…

Fuel Scarcity: Saraki directs committee to suspend recess

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Senate President Bukola Saraki has directed the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to cut short its recess and immediately convene a meeting with stakeholders in the industries. This he said was in a bid to end the ongoing fuel crisis and the untold hardship it was presently unleashing on Nigerians. This was contained in a press statement from Saraki’s Media Office. Consequently, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Sen. Kabiru Marafa, said the committee has invited the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Group…

Ministry faults Memo on petrol crisis

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The Ministry of petroleum Resources says that message making the rounds on social media of a purported memo by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu to the President on the fuel crises was false The Ministry disclosed this in statement signed by it Director of press Mr Idang Alibi, on Thursday in Abuja. “Our attention has been drawn to a message making the rounds on social media of a purported memo by the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu to the…

US Govt Offers to Sell Super Aircraft to Nigeria

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The America government has communicated her readiness to sell a super war aircraft to Nigeria government,the United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, expressed this today while presenting the Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) in respect of the A29 Super Tucano Aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The LOA indicated the official US Government offer to sell US defence articles and services to the Nigerian Government. Speaking while presenting the LOA to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, at NAF Headquarters in…

NCS Rakes N1tr, Loses 6 Gallant Officers in 2017

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The Nigeria Customs Service said with dogged implementation of the Presidential mandate to Restructure, Reform and Raise revenue (3Rs),it has recorded the highest revenue collection ever, of N1,012,259,006,779.74 with five more working days to the end of 2017. This was said to spectacular performance in revenue collection showed that N241,685,276,289.74 over the N770,573,730,490 target for the year and well above the N898,673,857,431.07 collected in 2016. According to Joseph Attah, National Public Relations Officer Nigeria Customs Service, Despite the economic recession experienced earlier in the year with low volume of imports,…

STATE HOUSE ESTABLISHES HELP DESK

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The State House Ministerial Servicom Unit Thursday in Abuja established a Help Desk to assist staff, visitors and contractors on enquiries and information related to payments, correspondence, medical services and other public-service related issues. Emporium Reporters gathered that the Help Desk will be manned by well-trained Staff who will effectively handle enquires from members of the public and staff members. In the interim, the Help Desk will handle enquiries from six service areas of the State House including Payments, File Tracking, Correspondence, Medical Services, ICT related services, Maintenance and Stores.…

FG Declares December 25, 26, January 1, Public Holidays

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The Federal Government has declared Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26, 2017; and Monday, January 1, 2018 as public holidays for the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulralman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of government through a statement issued on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Abubakar Magaji. Dambazau enjoined Christians and all Nigerians to use the period to pray for continued growth and development of the country. He also called on Nigerians to strengthen their resolve to…

GOV SANI-BELLO URGES NNPC TO FAST TRACK OIL EXPLORATION IN BIDA BASIN …Seeks partnership on Truck Parks

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Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has appealed to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to fast track the exploration of hydro carbon in Bida Basin. Governor Sani-Bello made the appeal when he and some members of his cabinet paid a courtesy visit to the office of the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru at the NNPC Towers in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the state government had established a Ministry of Mineral Resources and department of Oil and Gas to ensure the state was among oil producing…

A Fitting End To The NGO Regulatory Bill By Peter Claver Oparah

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At the House of Representatives public hearing of the obnoxious NGO regulatory bill last week, it was reported that everybody who spoke at the hearing condemned the bill and called for the National Assembly to block its passage. It was a desirable anticlimax for a bill that seeks to put non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under the armpit of the government. It was a dramatic outcome for a bill that had, before now, been condemned by Nigerians for its obnoxious intents suspected to be aimed at crippling civil society organizations in delivering…