IT IS TIME FOR US TO Build OUR GREAT NATION TOGETHER I welcome the verdict of the Justice John I. Okoro-led Panel of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The court has done justice to all issues put up for consideration in the petitions on the merits of the law, without fear or favour. There is no doubt, with the profound judgment of today, that our electoral jurisprudence and constitutional democracy are further consolidated and embedded…
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By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commended the judiciary on its better understanding of the deposit insurance practice towards promoting stability of the nation’s financial system. NDIC’s Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mr. Bello Hassan gave the commendation in his welcome address at the 2023 Sensitization Seminar, organized by the Corporation in partnership with the National Judicial Institute (NJI) for Judges of the Federal High Courts held in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. This was revealed in a statement signed on Thursday by the NDIC’s Director, Communication & Public Affairs, Bashir A Nuhu. The seminar was themed: “Strengthening Depositors Confidence…
The National Quality Council (NQC) has reiterated the key role of National Governments and Quality Infrastructure Institutions in the development of the Cassava Value Chain across the African Continent. Chairman and Chief Executive of the Council, Osita Aboloma highlighted the importance of national policies in a keynote presentation at the opening of the 3-day African Cassava Conference hosted by Nigeria in Abuja last week. In the presentation titled “The Role of National Governments and National Quality Infrastructure Institutions in the Development of the Cassava Value Chain” the NQC Chairman posited that National Governments in Africa are strategic to achieving the…
By Nana Musa-Umar First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Tuesday launched another fully automated branch of its Digital Xperience Centre (DXC) in Abuja. The Chief Executive Officer of First Bank Group, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, while launching DXC at Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, described it as the most optimised one-stop digital banking platform from the stable of the bank. Adeduntan, speaking on some of the unique features of DXC said it was fully digitised to offer the service consumers were enjoying from the traditional branches. “It is digitised in every sense of the word with no tellers or human staff; it…
Plans are underway for the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council, to hold an interdenominational prayers on Friday, October 27, 2023 to seek for God’s intervention in the affairs of the union. Secretary of Council, Comrade Ochiaka Ugwu revealed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. Comrade Ugwu said the prayer session had become imperative to solicit the help and face of God concerning the state of the Union. The Secretary of Council said that the prayers were meant to frustrate all evil plans against members and their families. The statement said: “The recent turn of events at the…
Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed Attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to a publication by Leadership Sunday newspaper 15th October 2023 captioned “NEMA Issued Flood Alert Without Complete Data” which to the best knowledge of the Agency do not represent the true situation. The Emergency Coordination Forum (EFC) was held 7th October, 2023 at the instance of Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Habib Ahmed was to intimate critical stakeholders on the present situation of flooding following the sudden release of water from Lagdo dam in the Republic of Cameroun.…
Bello Hassan The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has told Nigerians to avoid installing mobile applications (Apps) requesting for their full details as they risk being duped by Ponzi scheme fraudsters and hackers. NDIC’s Managing Director/Chief Executive (MD/CE), Bello Hassan gave the warning over the weekend when he addressed participants at the Finance and Business Online Publishers Association (FiBOP) 2023 Annual Conference in Lagos. The NDIC boss was represented by Hawuwa Gambo, and accompanied by two male officials from the Corporation. Hassan said: “When you download an app and are prompted to allow it to access your contacts,…
(Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), RT. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo and Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen.Heineken Lokpobiri and other dignitaries at the 3rd Biennial International Conference on Hydrocarbon Science and Technology (ICHST 2023) organised by PTI on Monday in Abuja.) Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has told stakeholders and experts in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry to come up with home-grown solutions to the myriad of problems bedeviling the country’s oil and gas sector. Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa (Mrs.) Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry revealed in a statement on Monday that the…
Late Mallam Sanusi Ado The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was thrown into mourning following the death of a Deputy Director Mallam Sanusi Ado. He died Sunday night in Kaduna after a brief illness. Manzo Ezekiel, NEMA’s Head of Press Unit revealed this in a statement signed on Monday. The late Sanusi Ado was a Deputy Director in the Department of Special Duties. He has also served in various other departments and capacities as Deputy Director Relief and Rehabilitation, Deputy Director Human Resources Management and Head of NEMA Kano Territorial Office. The news of Mallam Sanusi’s death jolted many staff…
Zoe Ekunno Chio Zoe a fantasy writer and Mike Ekunno a writer of psychic short stories will feature at the iconic Guest Writer Session of the Abuja Writers Forum, on the 28th of October by 4:00pm at the International Institute of Journalism, Jahi, Abuja and will include live music among other side attractions. Chio Zoe, author of the “Memory of Stone” series earned a BSc Architecture at the University of Nigerian, Enugu Campus. She started writing at a very young age, and by the end of secondary school, had written about ten completed works of fiction which were read widely…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has fixed November 24-26, 2023 as date for the Association’s Triennial National Delegates Conference with the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja as venue. A statement signed on Friday by the National Secretary of NAWOJ, Helen Udofa said this was one of the decisions taken during the Association’s online NEC Meeting, presided by the President of NAWOJ, Comrade Ladi Bala, which held on Thursday, October 19, 2023. With this decision, NAWOJ NEC, which is the highest decision making body of the Association, has shifted the date of the…
Customs Comptroller-General, Ademola Adeniyi By Miriam Humbe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, approved the confirmation of the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. This was contained in a statement signed on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Senator George Akume, by the Director of Information, Willie Bassey. The SGF said that the appointment takes effect from 19th October, 2023 and his tenure is in accordance with the extant provisions of the Public Service Rules (PSR). Senator Akume said: “The President tasks him to bring his wealth of experience…