The immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says the chartered Ethiopian Airlines used to unveil the country’s national carrier, was a decision directly informed by major shareholders and marketers of the Nigeria Air project, not influenced by the federal government. Sirika made the disclosure when responding to questions during an interview session on Arise TV on Sunday According to him, “The unveiling in Abuja, this was done by the government, and then the purpose of going to Farnborough was not just in vain, but to take advantage of it and to discuss with OEMs and discuss with would be…
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The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed relevant agencies of government to activate the state’s flood prevention plans with immediate effect. He specifically instructed the Ministry of Environment, Works and other associated agencies to speed up work on all ongoing chanelisation projects and launch the implementation of flood prevention agenda of the state government. Adeleke gave the directives after receiving reports of the inspections of the recent Osogbo flash floods which affected several areas of the state capital. The governor in a statement issued Sunday by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, commiserated with victims of the flash…
The European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN), says Nigeria’s democracy is not perfect, but still growing with pockets of stormy and smooth sails. The EU in a statement issued Sunday, however, pledged to continue to work assiduously towards strengthening Nigeria’s democracy and deepening the gains. It congratulated the people and government of Nigeria for the strides the country has made along democratic paths since its return to democracy rule in 1999. It said: “While pledging to continue to work assiduously towards strengthening Nigeria’s democracy and deepening the gains that come with it, the EU-SDGN said the National…
The National Senior Citizen Centre (NSCC) has trained desk officers from over 40 ministries, departments and agencies in order to mainstream older persons into government policies, plans and programs. The Centre, however, decried the non-inclusion of older persons in strategic plans of most government’s establishments across the country which it said hinders age-centred service delivery. The Director General of the Centre, Dr. Emem Omokaro gave the hint at a Two-day training workshop for desk officers on the implementation of strategic roadmap on ageing and project activities in Abuja. Omokaro noted that older persons have peculiar challenges –the bedrock of which…
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,…
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…