By Engr Clement Nze The Lagdo Dam is located on the Benue River In the Niger Basin. The Cameroonian authorities commenced release of water from Lagdo Dam by 10.10am on 14th of August 2023. This was communicated to the Director General of Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) on 23rd August, 2023 by the Cameroonian Hydrologist in-charge of the Dam. The release of water from the Dam commenced at the rate of 200 cubic metres per second (200m?/s) which is about 18 million cubic metres of water per day (18Mm/day). According to the official, this exercise will continue for the next…
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The new Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN) paid a brief visit to the headquarters of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Wednesday. Keyamo was received by the Director General of the Agency, Prof Mansur Bako Matazu, who conducted him on a tour of some key facilities of the Agency. As part of the tour, the Minister visited the Central Forecast Office (CFO), where he was briefed on how data is generated, transmitted, and translated to forecasts and other products. The Minister also visited the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Unit as well as the state-of-the -arts…
Mr. Usman Mohammed delivering the Director General’s welcome address with other dignitaries seated on the table The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim has called on Nigerian manufacturers and importers to see the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Programme (SONCAP) as a veritable tool for regulating importation of quality goods into Nigeria. Mallam Salim stated this in his welcome address at a One – Day Sensitization Programme on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Programme (SONCAP), organized by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria in collaboration with COTECNA, one of the Internationally accredited firms involved…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has acquired the recertification of the International Standard Organization ISO 9001:2015 and the International Standard Organization ISO 29990:2010 for the provision of aeronautical meteorological services and capacity building at it’s Regional Training Centre (RTC) in Lagos and MBMIST in Katsina respectively. A statement from NiMet on Wednesday said that this followed a detailed and rigorous quality management audit as disclosed by the Director General /CEO of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu in his office. Prof. Matazu explained: “We took the challenge as far back as 2013 and we have been maintaining this 3 year certificate…
* Seek Collaboration To Achieve Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), and Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), have reached out to the Ministry’s staff to garner their support in realizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. A statement signed by the Ministry’s Deputy Director Information, Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa Mrs. on Wednesday said during a Town Hall meeting held in Abuja on August 29, 2023, the two Ministers emphasized the need to reshape the narrative within the oil and gas sector. Minister Ekperikpe Ekpo underscored the Ministry’s significance…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to reform the Nigeria economy. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu reinstated the commitment when he received the Country’s Director of World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri, at a courtesy visit on Tuesday evening in Abuja. Bagudu said that President Bola Tinubu was fully committed to the economic reforms. The minister who commended the world bank for its social intervention programmes in Nigeria said that the collaboration would help stimulate competence and capacity building initiatives. He recalled that a team from the World Bank sometimes ago had a meeting with the ministry…
By Miriam Humbe Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed on Wednesday tasked stakeholders to prepare for and mitigate possible flood disaster this year by the immediate evacuation of Nigerians from various communities to safer destinations. The Director General said this at the emergency coordination meeting of stakeholders on the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. He urged stakeholders for nationwide sensitization especially in states and communities which may likely be affected by the impending flood. The Director General also emphasized the de-escalation of the Early Warning messages to States; TV and radio…
Managing Director/CE, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Bello Hassan in a discussion with the Hon. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, at the end of the NDIC’s briefing of the Minister yesterday in Abuja.
CP Samuel Titus Musa The Commissioner of Police for Kebbi State, Samuel Titus Musa on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, warned all criminally minded persons in the State to either repent or carry their bags and relocate or face the law. CP Samuel Titus Musa gave the warning at the Police Command headquarters in Birnin Kebbi during a press briefing. The Police boss reeled out some of the achievements of his Command in the past few weeks which includes busting vandalism, animal theft, arrest of suspects for various crimes and crime prevention He urged all law abiding citizens to always be…
*10 Females On Defensive Driving The Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School during the weekend, graduated 50 Special Truck Drivers. Ten of the drivers were women and trained on Defensive Driving for three months, a statement signed by the spokesman of the Dangote Group, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, said. Speaking at the Graduation Ceremony, Divisional Director of the Dangote Cement Plc, Transport section, Obajana Plant, Kogi State, Mr. Ajay Singh said the Articulated Driving School was aimed at taming the tide of auto crash in Nigeria. He said the company has a zero tolerance for auto crash, which informed the setting up…
Yunusa Hudu Ari *Says Intended Disciplinary Action Not In Good Faith By Miriam Humbe The Alliance For Justice In Nigeria has urged the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Barrister Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau to sheathe his sword of summarily sentencing Barrister Yunusa Hudu Ari, through the instrumentality of the NBA organs and allow due process of the law to take its deserving course. Barrister Yunusa Hudu Ari is the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa State in the 2023 General Elections who declared governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Binani as winner of the election in…
By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has allayed Nigeria’s fears over the planned release of the excess water from Lagdo dam, which is located on the River Benue in the Republic of Cameroon. NEMA’s Head of Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel told Humsimedia on Sunday that the Agency is working with critical stakeholders at the Federal, States and Local Governments to ensure that the release will not cause much negative impacts on the low-lying communities along the states that would be affected. It was gathered that the states on the downstream of River Benue are Adamawa, Taraba, Benue,…