The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative in Nigeria Ms Cristian Munduate was guest at the headquarters of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday. The UNICEF Country Representative was received by the Director General NEMA Mustapha Habib Ahmed. She and NEMA’s Director General with their management team members discussed how to strengthen the existing partnership between the two organizations and towards improving capacities for disaster management in Nigeria. The UNICEF Chief commended the DG of NEMA for the continuous improvement in timely response to disaster situations and the recent launch of the National Contingency Plan…
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By Miriam Humbe The Minister, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, (FMITI), Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite has charged the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers of Agencies under the Ministry to align the strategic mandates of their Agencies with the eight-points agenda priority areas of the present government. A statement signed by Edet E. Etuk, for Director, Press & Public Relations department of the Ministry said Dr. Uzoka-Anite gave the charge at the inauguration of the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers on Monday, in Abuja. The Minister pointed out that the priority areas of the present administration included; Food security,…
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, may have finally settled the leadership crisis of the Action Alliance, (AA). The Court on Monday, dismissed the suit brought against the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), and three other chieftains of the party. Suing on behalf of the party, Hon. Alfred Kuboro, Samuel Bamidele Obaro and Chief Chinedu Ukadike, who are plaintiffs in the matter dragged INEC, Bufuomo Alex, Ogunewe Lincoln Jack and Braimoh Olayinka Adenehon before the Court. The Court dismissed the matter after it was withdrawn by their Counsel, Oba Maduabuchi SAN. Recall that there has…
By Miriam Humbe Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed has said that poor internet connectivity and inadequate technology for early warning information dissemination have necessitated the need for increased financing of Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System Program. The NEMA boss said this on Sunday at the African Pavilion for Increased Financing Of African Multii-Hazard Early Warning AND Early Action in the ongoing 28th Conference of the Parties, (COP28) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Ahmed said the need for increased financing of early warning systems in Africa had become highly inevitable…
For leading Nigerian artist and superstar musician, Dapo Oyebanjo, widely known as D’banj, freedom has come at last; for Dbanj, it is now Uhuru. D’Banj was completely exonerated of all allegations of rape and N-power fraud by both the Nigeria Police Force and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). His defence in both matters bordering on rape and fraud was spearheaded by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN (the lead counsel in both matters), who led other lawyers. In exclusive documents obtained on Friday, the Police and the anti-graft agency issued clearance reports separately, confirming the crooner’s innocence…
By Nana Musa The Managing Director of BUA Cement, Alhaji Yusuf Binji gave four winners MG-5 saloon cars and one million naira each to eight winners in the raffle draw, urged them to keep the vehicle branded for one month. Four participants wins an MG-5 saloon car, with eight others winning N1million each in a ”#Win With The King Promo Raffle Draw” conducted by BUA Cement on Friday in Abuja. The Managing Director of BUA Cement, Alhaji Yusuf Binji, while presenting the cash and documents of the cars, urged them to ensure to keep them branded for one month. Binji,…
Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), Bello Hassan, has said that the desire to strengthen Nigeria’s banks through prudential thresholds and other regulatory instruments, calls for collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in the Nigerian financial system. The NDIC Managing Director/Chief Executive said this recently when he addressed the the 20th edition of the NDIC Workshop for Business Editors and members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN). The Managing Director said it was gratifying that for two decades, the collaboration between the Corporation and the media through this platform had not only been sustained, but…
….As Kano Emir, Sambajo Extols Dangote’s Virtues Director General of the Kano Chamber of Commerce Industries Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA), Tijani Aliyu Abdu Danzabuwa, has harped on the necessity to rally round Africa’s top philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, to expedite economic growth and development of the Continent. Mr. Danzabuwa, who was speaking at the Kano Trade Fair said with a staggering endowment fund for philanthropy and business portfolios across Africa, Mr. Dangote was central to the rapid industrialization of the Continent. He was also optimistic that the Dangote Refinery would be a major game changer, especially in earning for Nigeria Foreign…
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Amb.Gabriel Tanimu Aduda It was an eventful 36th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM) convened on November 30, 2023, where significant strides were made towards maintaining a stable and balanced oil market. This was contained in a statement signed by Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa (Mrs.), Deputy-Director, Press and Public Relations on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda.. Nigeria’s Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, became OPEC Governor of Nigeria, who assumed the role of Alternate Chairman for the OPEC Board of Governors for the year 2024. Am. Gabriel Aduda is the current…
By Nana Musa The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) said its numerous skills acquisition programmes developed over the years had significantly contributed to the reduction of unemployment, poverty and youth restiveness in the country. Its Director-General/Chief Executive, Dr Afiz Ogun, said this at the graduation ceremony of 165 participants of the fun in collaboration with the Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc skills empowerment programme in Abuja on Thursday. Ogun, who was represented by the Director of Technical, Vocational Skills Training and Development Department, Mr James Abimbola, said that the programmes were also facilitating the diversification of the Nigeria economy. He said that…
By Miriam Humbe Contempt proceedings to commit the Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr. Halilu Ahmad Shaba to jail have begun following the Agency’s disobedience to Court order made against it. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the President, FCT Gbagyi Youth Association, Nuhu Dodondawa Auta. It would be recall that a certain peasant farmer in the community of Piwoyi village, along Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, Abuja Mr. Yohanna Nyibiro Bawa through his lawyer Mr. James Egah Ndeye, issued a Writ of Summons against the National Space Research and Development Agency,…
The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) on Tuesday, held a sensitization workshop for its Directorate Staff on SERVICOM, aligning with the Federal Government’s Service Charter. Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed emphasized the significance of the workshop. Ahmed described the NEMA SERVICOM Service Charter as a crucial document outlining the organization’s commitment to delivering efficient emergency management services. The DG highlighted the workshop’s role in enhancing the Directorate cadre’s awareness and understanding of the Charter, ultimately strengthening their ability to provide dedicated and professional services during emergencies. The National Coordinator of SERVICOM, Nnenna Akajemeli further enlightened participants on the…