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A bill that is seeking to establish the National Industrial Technology Park similar to the Silicon Valley scaled second reading on Tuesday on the floor of the senate The Bill which was sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central) was read for the First Time on Tuesday 16th November, 2021 While presenting his lead debate senator Amosun indicated that the bill is targeted towards economic development, youth empowerment and capacity building. “The Bill seeks to establish industrial parks where Nigerian entrepreneurs can converge in a cluster, brainstorm, and showcase their ideas and creativity, thereby reducing unemployment, poverty, idleness, and lack of…

A bill seeking to establish the Health Education Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria has been passed by the Senate on TuesdayThe Board when in place would facilitate advanced Healthcare delivery in the country through research, innovation, training and development of the health sector. The passage of the bill on Tuesday during plenary, came after the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Tertiary and Secondary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), in his presentation, said upon establishment, the Board would determine the standards of knowledge and skills to be attained by persons seeking to become members of…

***Adeyemi says scarcity of diesel cause for non-completion of projects The Senate on Tuesday extended implementation of the 2021 Appropriation Act from 31st March to 31st May, 2022. The scarcity of diesel they said affected some of the capital projects captured in the 2021 budget as most of the earthmoving equipments could not be deployed to site. The extension got the upper legislative chamber’s approval following the consideration of a bill to Amend the 2021 Appropriation Act. The Senate before considering the bill suspended Rule 78(1) of the Senate Standing Orders 2022 (as amended), to enable the upper chamber to…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has inaugurated the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) for the successful hosting of the 21st National Sports Festival, scheduled to take place in November, 2022 in Asaba, the Delta State capital.Director Press and Public Relations Mohammed Manga in a statement indicated that the inaugurated the committee on Tuesday in his office in Abuja. The statement quoted the minister to have stated that the inauguration of the MOC was a fallout of the Extra -Ordinary National Council of Sports meeting held in Asaba, Delta State last year and the signing of the…

By Friday Idachaba Philanthropists and development agencies have been urged to rechannel and scale up their support for public schools and education of the children of the poor and less privileged in the society. Miss Victory Samuel, Founder and President of “Tory’s Care Foundation” made the call when she led members of the foundation to donate writing materials to pupils of Sabongari I and II Nursery and Primary Schools in Lokoja. Samuel who is also a 400-level History and International Studies student of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) said quality of human infrastructure would continue to dwindle as long as…

Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged the Muslim faithful to pray for the restoration of peace, unity and security of the nation during this year’s Ramadan fasting and prayer.Chief Press Secretary to the governorNathaniel Ikyur in a statement issued on Monday quoted his principal in a goodwill message to the Nigerian Muslim faithful to have noted that the challenges facing Nigeria needs prayers for its survival more than ever before. Besides the intractable security challenges raging the country, the governor said “peace and security is imperative as we enter 2023 electioneering period”. He also craved for religious harmony…

For comparing Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State with late MKO Abiola, Tudun Abiola, popular Arise TV Presenter, has taken a swipe at her sister, Hafsat Abiola-Costello asking her not to throw their father under the Bus for her new employer After Abiola-Costello was appointed Director-General of Bello’s presidential campaign she had started the image laundering for her principal when she rated Bello’s Hope23 campaign slogan to be of same weight with Hope’93 slogan of Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.As she made effort to explain why she accepted to head Bello’s campaign when she appeared…

****Summon Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Head of Service of the Federation Some serving Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Assistant Directors in the State House and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government have been alleged to have falsified their age, date of birth and other vital credentials such as West African Examination Council (WAEC) and Tertiary Institutions resultsIn line with that the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has invited theChairman, Federal Civil Service Commission and Head of Service for the Federation to appear before it.The invitations were sent by the Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions,…

***Commences Probe Thursday The House of Representatives panel on Public Accounts has summoned the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited Mele Kyari, and accounting officers of 18 subsidiaries of NNPC over allegations bothering on the nonrendition of audited accounts between 2014 and 2019. According to the audit queries issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation, over N663.89 billion was not remitted by NNPC into the Federation Account in 2019. The report further showed that while NNPC Upstream arm of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) claimed to transfer the sum of N1.27…

By Friday Idachaba The Board of Trustees of Participation Initiative for Behavioural Change in Development (PIBCID), a Kogi State based Non-Governmental Organisation, has appointed Mrs Rachael Remilekun Akande as acting Executive Director of the organisation. The Board, in a statement signed by its chairman, Dr Mohammed Usman and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja said the appointment takes immediate effect. The statement further said that Mrs Akande took over from Mrs Halima Oiza Sadiq who abruptly resigned her appointment and left the organisation. “We humbly request our partners, government agencies. Non governmental agencies, Various communities that we have…