The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has been thrown into mourning following the death on Sunday morning of His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) AbdulRahman Ado Ibrahim, Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, at the age of 95. Until his death, Dr. Ado Ibrahim was a key member of the Kogi State Traditional Council. A statement signed by the ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. T. A. Muhammad-Baba said that the traditional ruler’s was a life well-lived and full of dedication to the people, culture and tradition was built on and remained anchored on bold, brave principles and commitment to the truth. His remains were to…
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The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal Abbas has sought the support of the National Assembly to come up with roadmap that would assist the sector achieve its mandate. The Minister pleaded for the support during the working visit by the Senate Committee on Environment led by the Chairman, Senator Yunus Biodun Akintunde and other Members of the Committee to the Ministry in Mabushi, Abuja. Ibrahim Haruna, the Ministry’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit revealed this in a statement signed on Friday. Lawal solicited for the support and cooperation of the Members of the Committee in the area of funding.…
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…
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…