In its effort to address the housing needs of low-income earners in Nigeria the Federal Government has taken a significant step with the inauguration of the Board of Family Homes Funds Limited. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, who inaugurated the Board Members in his office in Abuja, indicated that the Fund’s mandate is to foster an inclusive environment, create jobs, and eradicate poverty. Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement the Minister to have said it also aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Ahmed…
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***Warns against the danger of violent protest A group under the aegies of Restore Hope for the Boy Child Initiative has lend its voice to the growing hardship and the proposed protest in the nation as it called This is coming against the background of the economic situation in the country that has continued to deteriorate, has left many individuals and families struggling to make ends meet. The Executive Director of the group, Dr. Babatunde Kayode in statement issued in Abuja said he is aware of the frustration and anger among the youth, particularly the Boy Child, who feel neglected…
Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) have lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for directing the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell Crude Oil to Dangote and Local Refineries with Naira Component. This was contained in a letter addressed to President Tinubu and signed by the National President of HOSTCOM, his Highness Dr. Benjamin Tamaranebi (JP) titled: Thank you Mr. President for granting our demand to support Dangote Refinery and other indigenous refineries in Nigeria to produce Fuel Locally and stop costly importation. The letter reads, “On Saturday 27th July, 2024, the National Executive Council and…
***As FCT youth leaders opts out of nationwide protests Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has promised to resolve perceived issues of injustice and marginalization of the indigenous people of the Nigerian Capital City, Abuja During the course of a town hall engagement for Bwari and Amac residents on Monday, the percieved injustice cropped up as one of the major contending issues. The Minister while addressing the people at the town hall engagement, which was also attended by the Area Council Chairmen and Heads of the various security agencies in the FCT, Abuja, said the…
The Senate has raised issues over N4.2b appropriated in the 2024 budget as personnel cost for unverifiable workers at Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. The issue about workers that cannot be verified at the moribund steel company, came to the fore during investigative hearing on alleged incidences of corruption and inefficiency in Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and National Iron Ore Mining Company from 2002 to date, by an Ad – hoc committee of the Senate. The Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Senator Natasha Akpoti – Uduaghan ( PDP Kogi Central) , took on the Sole Administrator of the Steel Company, Summaila…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has granted credit support to 500 women, Youths in Poultry Value Chain from across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state in his administration’s effort 5o revolutionize livestock and poultry production in the state. Speaking at the ceremony at the Glass House, Governor House, Lokoja on Tuesday, the governor said the effort was part of steps toward realizing the state’s 32 year development plan. He said that the effort was in line with Article 6 and 7 of the State’s Consolidation and Continuity Manifesto to drive his administration’s plan for crop…
***Says Violent Protest Will Reverse Gains Of The Past 13 Months By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has called on Nigerian youths to rally support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his determination to fix the economy and bring the nation back on tract rather than embark on protests. Ododo made the call at Credit Support Programme for 500 Women and Youth in Poultry Value Chain midwived by Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) on Tuesday in Lokoja. “We sincerely appreciate, Mr. President, always, for the special concern and recognition given to…
By Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR Till date, I have not still been able to finish reading this enigma’s epic, “The Man Died”, since I picked it up in 1979 (45 whole years ago). It is a 1972 non-fiction book exploring his experiences in prison during his 22 months imprisonment by federal authorities for hobnobbing with the Biafran successionist leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. I just pity literary Lilliputians like me. I am referring to Professor Akinwade Oluwole Soyinka, an unusual homo sapien. The likes of him – such as Gani Fawehinmi, Chinua Achebe, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Ayodele Awojobi, Bala Usman,…
The recent assent to the new minimum Wage Act by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proven that he is committed to the issues of the Nigerian workers, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Sen. Basheer Lado, has indicated Lado, who gave the indication in a statement he personally signed added that the signing of the bill further demonstrated that the president was a man of his words. He said: “The signing of the Minimum Wage bill into law by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both a promise kept and a demonstration of his people-centric governance…
By Naomi Sharang The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (NAN) has said that to mitigate climate change, there was the need to address methane emission. Executive Director of the cntre, Faith Nwadishi, made this known at a stakeholders and media roundtable on “Nigeria’s National Gas Plans for Non-Power Uses”. The roundtable was organised by CTA in partnership with Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). She said that Methane was responsible for about 25 per cent of the human-caused global warming experienced today. “It is over 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.…