Bauchi State Mandates Public Officials To Declare Their Assets

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent Public officers in Bauchi state have been mandated to declare their assets in line with the provision of Code of Conduct Bureau so as to guard against the wrath of the law. Governor Bala Mohammed gave the directive Tuesday while declaring open a two day workshop on “Strict compliance with assets declaration and Code of Conduct for public officers and career civil servants” in the state held at Command...

Adamawa State Government To Patronize Local Contractors

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent Adamawa State Government has restated its commitment to support and patronize indigenous contractors for the socio-economic growth and development of the state. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri made this known when the state leadership of the Indigenous Consultants and Contractors Forum paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Yola Wednesday. “The present administration will continue to promote the use of local content in the state and accords the...

Collapsed Electricity Grid Now Restored — TCN boss

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the collapsed electricity grid system across the country. The Acting Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Abdulaziz said the system which collapsed on Sunday evening was restored within 40 minutes of the incident. He explained that the company immediately went into action and stabilised the system in Abuja, before other parts of the country....

Medical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, Prof. Saad Ahmed, has advised medical practitioners who had benefited from government’s investment in the health sector to reconsider their decisions to leave Nigeria for practice in other countries. Ahmed gave the advice at the Annual General Meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FMC Jabi Chapter, in Abuja. He said that the rate at which the country was losing its professional healthcare...

Nigeria’s Gas Programme to Create 2m Jobs Annually – Minister

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) of the Federal Government will create two million jobs annually in the country. Sylva disclosed this at the inauguration of the programme by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the introduction of gas for the powering of automobiles and other engines was a step in the right direction, adding it remained a cheaper and cleaner...

Taraba State Government Trains Over 8000 Youths In Skills Acquisition

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State says his administration has trained over eight thousand (8000) youths in various skills in the last five years. The Governor who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Takum said the training is part of efforts to ensure that youths are empowered to be self-reliant and contribute positively to society. “Youth empowerment is a solution to many problems facing youths in the Country and the government will engage...

Central Bank Releases New Guidelines for Receipt of Foreign Remittances

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the  international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) shall now such inflows in foreign currency (US Dollar) through the designated bank of their choice. In a statement signed by O.S. Nnaji, director of trade & exchange of CBN, the apex said recipients of such remittances may have the option of receiving these funds in foreign currency cash or into their domiciliary account. “These changes...

DELTA STATE: Gov. Okowa Assents to 2021 Budget of N383bn

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday in Asaba assented to the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N383 billion. The bill tagged “Budget of Economic Recovery” is made up of N210 billion capital expenditure and N173 billion recurrent expenditure The Delta House of Assembly increased the budget figure of N378.48 proposed by the governor to N383 billion. Signing the budget, Okowa assured the people that the state would strive to recover from the economic challenges...

Kano Set To Retrieve Encroached Stock Routes

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Kano state government has expressed deep concern over the encroachment and blockage of cattle stock routes across the state. This has often led to crisis involving herdsmen and farmers, leading to severe social, economic and food security challenges. Accordingly, the government has expressed resolve to address the issue dispassionately, with a view of finding a sustainable solution. The chairman, Kano State Stock Routes Demarcation Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulaiman Dan’Isle made...

Hike in Onion Prices Unexplainable — FCT Residents

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lamented the recent hike in the price of onions in the market, saying that most homes are doing with little or no onions in their meals The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said that the prices of onions had gone beyond the reach of the average Nigerian. Adullahi Ahmed, an onion seller in the popular Karu market,...

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