To deepen the federal government’s policy of accessibility to public records and information, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice organized a one-day sensitization seminar on The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 for Deputy and Assistant General Managers of the Agency. The Director-General/CEO of the Agency, Prof. Mansur Matazu who was represented by the Director of Human Resources Management and Administration, Alhaji Saleh Tukur Yusuf, said implementation of the FOI Act would undoubtedly bring openness, accountability and good goverance which would in turn greatly minimize corruption in public service. He said: “One of…
Author: Humsi
Nigeria is now a model for other African nations looking to build and implement their Beneficial Ownership Register (BOR), barely two months after the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) made history by launching Africa’s first BOR. Kenya and Malawi are set to visit the CAC to study its processes with a view to developing their own BOR. The Registrar General/CEO of the CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, revealed this at a Training Workshop on the Use of Beneficial Ownership Information Disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday. Garba Abubakar saidd that the technical training for internal and external users and stakeholders was one of…
Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Garba Abubakar By Editor The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched its service charter in a presentation to the public. The Registrar General/CEO of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubukar, presented the Service Charter to the public on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the charter was intended to create awareness among CAC stakeholders about how to access its services, complaints procedures, and customer obligations. The Registrar General said that the Commission had continuously engaged its customers with a view to improving service delivery. He therefore enjoined stakeholders to familiarize themselves with…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf has urged all State Governments, Commissioners of Environment, Local Government Chairmen and Councilors, Environmental Health Officers, NGOs, CBOS, FBOs, Development partners, Organized private sectors, Traditional and Religious leaders etc. across the country to actively step up their Sanitation and hygiene campaigns as an effective means of controlling and preventing disease transmission. The Permanent Secretary said this in a keynote address on Thursday during the climax of activities to mark the 2023 National Environmental Sanitation Day in Abuja. Humsimedia gathered that poor sanitation was responsible for…
An FCT High Court No 51, Jikwoyi, Abuja, presided over by the Hon Justice Zubairu Mohammed today granted Trademore International Holding Nigeria Ltd, (developers of Trademore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja), an order for maintenance of status quo and an interim injunction. The order restrains all the federal government defendants and their employees, agents, officials, privies and all those purporting to be acting for them or deriving title from them, and any other persons howsoever and whomsoever called, from trespassing, or further trespassing on, demolishing or further demolishing Trademore Estate, known as Plot 1981, Sabon Lugbe, Abuja. Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, had…
By Miriam Humbe The Federal Government on Wednesday, launched the First Developed Nigeria Investment Policy 2023-2027 in Abuja. As part of its stakeholders’ engagements, the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, (FMITI) held a Stakeholders’ Sensitization Workshop on the First Developed Nigeria Investment Policy 2023-2027 with attendees from government and organised private sector. The event which took place at the premises of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) in Abuja was formally declared open by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Evelyn N. Ngige. Representative of the Permanent Secretary, who is the Director, Policy Planning and Statistics, Babagana Alkali delivered…
Aliko Dangote By Editor For the 12th year consecutively, President of the pan-African Conglomerate, the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has emerged the richest man in Africa. This is despite economic headwinds that affected the fortunes of half of the world’s reported billionaires. Dangote, whose business flagship, Dangote Cement Plc is the largest producer of cement in Africa, is the only Nigerian in the list of first 200 richest men in the world with an estimated net worth of $14.2 billion, up from last year’s $12.1 billion. In its latest ranking of world billionaires for 2023, Forbes reported that falling stocks,…
By Editor Kano State is set to witness a groundbreaking transformation in the digital landscape as Smile Communications, a renowned telecom provider, launches its SuperFast Internet Services in the region. This is following the success of its Voice services earlier this year. Smile is now poised to revolutionize the internet and data services sector with its comprehensive bouquet of products and services. The arrival of Smile in Kano comes at a time when the demand for reliable and high-speed internet services is on the rise, promising an exciting and unparalleled experience for the citizens of Kano State. With its launch…
By Miriam Humbe Companies that were unable to file their Companies Income Tax returns for the 2023 year of assessment (YOA) which fell due on the 30th of June 2023 have been given up to 31st August, 2023 to submit their returns to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS (Media & Communication) revealed this in a statement on Monday. The FIRS in a Public Notice signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and issued on Monday said that it had received numerous calls from companies requesting for the…
By Miriam Humbe Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari has said its Skills Training Centres (STC) located in Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Abuja and Plateau and the vocational wings attached to its Area Offices would be converted to hubs for innovation and entrepreneurship (e-Hubs). The Director General said this at the 3rd Annual Global Meeting of the Forum for Innovation in African Universities in Abuja on Friday. The event was themed: “Strengthening Africa’s higher education in a post Covid-19 world.” He said that with the conversion of the Skills Training Centres (STC) to hubs for innovation and…
FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Babatunde Irukera By Miriam Humbe The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that its investigation of the fatal vehicular accident involving a superbike at the Lokogoma area of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) was centred on consumer protection. FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera made the clarification in a statement signed on Friday. He said that the Commission’s investigation excluded any consideration or otherwise of the professional conduct of any licensed professional in the treatment or management value chain of the incident that was the subject of the investigation. The Commission…
By Miriam Humbe Stakeholders in the Cassava value chain in Nigeria have been told to take optimum advantage of the various initiatives being promoted under the auspices of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) and the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) by given the vantage position of the country in the production of Cassava within the Continent. This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by ‘Bola R. Fashina, Chief of Staff to Chairman/CE of the National Quality Council (NQC). Chairman of the National Quality Council (NQC), Osita Aboloma gave the admonition while inaugurating…