The presidency Wednesday revealed that it has commenced the training of 500 inmates in each correctional facility nationwide. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education, Abiola Arogundade, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, said was part of plan by the current administration to drive down the 133 million people that are said to be living in poverty in Nigeria. She said beyond confinement, the training offers inmates personal and professional growth opportunities, including vocational training, saying this approach prepares inmates for post-incarceration life, investing in their future and societal well-being. Arogundade…
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Some dare-devil bandits have reportedly invaded Buda Hausa community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting 61 people. A member of the State House of Assembly representing Kajuru constituency, Hon. Usman Danlami Stingo, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview yesterday evening. Stingo said the bandits invaded the community in the early hours of yesterday, unleashing terror on the community, adding that those abducted included 32 females and 29 males. He said: “The bandits attacked the community around 12 midnight to 1:00am on Tuesday when residents of the community were sleeping. I raised a motion on the issue…
The House of Representatives has directed the Joint Military Security Task Force stationed in Benue State to initiate full and coordinated security operations, with aerial surveillance and other necessary combat mission plans to flush out the bandits around Mbaikyor and other banditry camps in Benue State. It said this is to allow the farmers to return to their farm lands to continue to ensure adequate food production within a secured environment. The decision of the House followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance on the need to address the banditry attack on mbaikyor community of Gwer East…
Firmer Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form a merger party that would oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. Atiku in a statement issued Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe described the media report as a blatant political mischief allegedly peddled by President Bola Tinubu and his lackeys. The PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 elections said there should be no doubt, while restating his unwavering dedication to the PDP and the fight for a better Nigeria Atiku said: “In a blatant display of political mischief, Bola Tinubu and…
The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo has challenged the “so-called” aviation experts to public debate. The minister in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday explained that aircraft leasing, particularly, dry leasing was one factor that would help boost the business of local operators in the airline industry. Keyamo was of the opinion that no airline company in the world or even any government for that matter could afford to purchase its fleet of aircrafts 100 per cent. He explained that one other factor, amongst others, was the establishment of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities within the country, saying…
The federal government through the Ministry of Transportation, has secured the sum of $1.3 billion for Completion of Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, while announcing the major milestone in the financing of the project Tuesday in Abuja, noted that the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) would provide 85 per cent of the money while the federal government provides 15 per cent. The minister in a statement made issued by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, to the Minister, Jamilu Ja’afaru said the move signified a monumental step forward in the completion of the critical…
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to direct banks to work on their systems in mitigating failed transactions and immediately reverse failed transactions without the customer’s prompting. The decisiom of the House followed the adoption of a motion on moved at the plenary on Tuesday by Hon. Emmanuel Ukpong–Udo. Moving the motion, Ukpong–Udo said according to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, over 135, 500,000 Nigerians use banks. He said the CBN released a press release on June 8, 2020, revising timelines for reversals and resolution of refund complaints as follows: failed “On-Us” ATM…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday urged the House of Representatives to consider and expeditiously approve the 2024 statutory budget proposal of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). He said the budget proposal takes into consideration, the 2024/2026 economic recovery and growth plan as well as key assumptions in the 2024 budget The President in a letter addressed to the Speaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, read at the plenary, revealed that the FCTA was prioritising improvement in health care services, job creation, youth empowerment and increased productivity in agriculture in order to lift many citizens as much as possible out of poverty. …
Troops of the Nigerian Army have uncovered and neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory operated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Onicha Ulona in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. Director Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement issued on Tuesday said the intelligence led operation revealed that the dissidents were using the factory to carry out criminal activities to terrorise neighbouring communities and innocent citizens. He added that upon swooping on the illegal factory, the troops were met with stiff resistance, but…
A Seventh Prosecution Witness in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Monday, March 11, 2024 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, how Emefiele awarded contracts to family and associates. The witness told the court that the embattled former CBN governor allegedly signed and approved award and payments of contracts to April 1616 Investment Limited and Architekon Nigeria Limited, companies that allegedly belong to Sa’adatu Ramalan Yero, his wife, Margaret Emefiele and his in-law respectively. The witness, Agboro Michael, an investigator with the ICPC, led…