The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Mary Ogbe, says the mining sector is critical to ensure holistic diversification of economy. To this end, Ogbe said she would run an open door policy to ensure effective and efficient ways of moving the ministry forward. She stated this in Abuja while speaking at the Valedictory Session organised by the Ministry for the former Permanent Secretary, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade, adding that all hands must be on deck as the nation looks up to the sector in solving its socio-economic problems. Earlier, the immediate past Permanent Secretary of the Ministry,…
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Following the recent arrest of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to urgently arrest and prosecute heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government under former President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Frank in a statement issued Sunday said other heads of critical government agencies known to have serially abused their offices and allegedly stole the commonwealth of the people must be brought to book. He listed the Chief Executive Officers to…
•Says N85bn being brandished false The immediate past minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says less than N3 billion was expended on Nigeria Air. The ex-Minister also said that the federal government has released less than N3 billion budgetary allocation to Nigerian Air since inception of the project. Sirika made the disclosure when he spoke on Arise TV monitored by our correspondent in Abuja. He said the N85 billion being brandished as purportedly spent on Nigeria Air was false and baseless. Sirika noted the bulk of the money has been spent on consultancies, salaries and administrative costs. He also said Nigerian…
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has raised the alarm over an alleged plan to arrest key northern aspirants for the House of Representatives speakership position, as well as the aspirants for the position of Senate Presidency. The northern group also alleged that former Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari and some of his strong support pillars were being threatened with arrest in order to intimidate him out of the contest for insisting on due process. The Spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman in a statement issued Sunday also…
The Convener of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdulahi, says National Assembly should be allowed to elect its presiding officers. TheHintsNews reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio (South-south) as the president of the 10th Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau as Deputy Senate President; while Hon. Tajudeen Abbas was endorsed as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Hon. Ben Kalu as Deputy Speaker. However, speaking during a media interaction on Saturday in Abuja, Abdulahi was of the opinion that the ruling party should allow the process of electing presiding officers in the…
The Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Professor Petteri Talaas has congratulated the Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Mansur Matazu on his recent election into the Executive Council of the WMO. Matazu who is also Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the WMO, was elected into the Executive Council for his dedication and commitment to the advancement of the science of Meteorology and to humanity. Taalas in his congratulatory message contained in a letter said he was pleased about his re-election. He said: “I wish to refer to the recent election held at the on going…
The Director General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the World Metrologic Organisation (WMO), Professor Mansur Matazu has been re-elected into the Executive Council of WMO. Matazu, who has been a Member of the Executive Council since his assumption of office, was recognised for his dedication and commitment to the advancement of the science of meteorology and to humanity. He was also unanimously elected to represent Regional Association (Africa) of WMO alongside Kenya, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Eswatini, South Africa, Egypt, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. Matazu’s election, which is for a period of four years, was held during…
A staff of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Samuel Adebo and his wife, Christiana Phillip, have been accused of allegedly duping six people of the sum of N202,500. Christiana, a thrift collector, had introduced the contribution to the people who in turn showed interest to be part of it. Mrs. Philip 30, who lives along airport road, Lugbe, Abuja initiated N3,500 weekly contribution on October 20, 2022 and was expected to end January 13th. While the N3,500 weekly contribution was ongoing, she introduced another N5,000 weekly contribution on December 31, 2022 and it was expected to end on March 1,…
The Department of State Security (DSS), says the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele is not in its custody. TheHintsNews reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday suspended Emefiele from office. The president said Emefiele’s suspension was due to the ongoing investigation of his office. But the secret police in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday denied arresting Emefiele. It tweeted, “Currently, Emefiele is not with the DSS.” But a rights group, IPC Justice, said DSS’s statement that Emefiele was not in its custody does not appear to be consistent with the…
Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just to subsidize fuel but also provide funds for development. 1. Diversion of N40 billion from Federation Account A company, Continental Transfert Technique had been hired by the Ministry of Interior to collect the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien…