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By Halimah Olamide President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday said his government will create a new ministry to over issues of livestock. To be called the Ministry of Livestock Development, the President made the announcement while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms at the Presidential Villa. Recall that President Tinubu on 15th September, 2023, approved the establishment of the Presidential Committee dedicated to the reform of the livestock industry and the provision of long-term solutions to recurring clashes between herders and farmers in the country. The National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts in Nigeria had…
By Halimah Olamide Will Charge Him for Attempted Suicide If Found to be Stable The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday announced that it has sent a man, Shuaibu Yussuf who attempted suicide in Abuja on Monday for mental test. The Federal Capital Territory police command whose men were also at the Katampe Hill Aso Radio mast where Yussuf had climbed on Monday, said if the man is found to be mentally stable, he would be charged to court for attempted suicide and inciting the public and disturbance of public peace. Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT Command, confirmed this…
By Halimah Olamide The Federal Government was on Tuesday asked to suspend the Samoa Agreement until the resolution of all the controversies around the clauses and its implementation. This was after a motion of urgent national importance raised 88 members of the lower chamber as debates raged over the agreement. Just on Tuesday, the Nigeria Bar Association said there is nothing in the agreement that contains Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer clauses in the agreement. The NBA, through its President, said the association was involved in the signing of the agreement and therefore could not have allowed the Federal…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday said the Samoa Agreement which Nigeria entered into could not have been in anyway linked to the controversial same sex marriage. NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, said the the association was involved in signing the Samoa Agreement and in no part of the agreement was anything linked to Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Transgender Queer (LGBTQ). In a statement made available to the NPO Reports Tuesday morning, NBA president said his attention was drawn to publications in newspapers and social media platforms, to reactions by some Nigerians to the signing of the SAMOA Agreement…
Agency Report Football fans in Borno have continued to celebrate El-Kanemi Warriors FC’s emergence as winner’s of Nigerian Federation Cup and promotion to play in Premier Football League (NPFL) this season. The winning of the federation cup has qualified the team to represent Nigeria in the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) competition. A cross section of the fans, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),said the victories should serve as a wake up call for more support to fully revive the lost glory of football and other sports in the state. They observed that Gov. Babagana Zulum’s…
By Halimah Olamide Weeks after the alarm over an attempt to bomb the popular Presidential Hotel, PortHarcourt, Rivers state, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has queried alleged police silence on the matter. Fubara said if such an act had any traces to any of his loyalists, the police would have been quick to chare the person for terrorism. He expressed surprise at the prolonged silence while speaking at the swearing in or Mr. Emmanuel Frank-Fubara as the new Commissioner for Finance at the Government House in Port Harcourt. Fubara noted that the explosive device was detonated by some protesters demanding for elongation…
Agency Report The Abia Government has said that it recorded about N15.5 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and June 2024. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Mike Akpara, disclosed this at Monday’s news briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia. Akpara said that the state had recorded a significant increase in its IGR and expressed delight that the figures had continued to improve every month. “Before now, we were running at year to date around 59 per cent or 58 per cent but as at today we were doing 62 per…
By Kamil Opeyemi “A 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities, suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities (through land and sea borders). These commodities include maize, husked brown rice, wheat and cowpeas. Apparently worried by the worsening food crisis in the country, the Federal Government on Monday suspended imports duty on selected food items. Government said the move is to bring prices down and arrest the worsening food inflation. Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari, said the suspension is for a window of 150-day. The government had earlier ruled out the importation of…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited has said that thunderstorm and flood have caused the growing scarcity of petroleum products in some parts of the country. The company said the weather elements have combined to create logistics challenges making it hard for distribution to happen. According to Mr. Fem Soneye, Chief Communication Officer of NNPC, “the fuel queues seen in the FCT and some parts of the country, were as a result of disruption of ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, between Mother Vessels and Daughter Vessels resulting from recent…
By Halimah Olamide The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Body of Banks’ CEOs has appointed the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa, (UBA) Plc, Mr. Oliver Alawuba as its Chairman. The CIBN announced this appointment on its website on Monday, July 8, 2024. In his role as Chairman, Alawuba will be at the forefront of fostering collaboration and driving strategic initiatives among the top executives of banks in Nigeria. Describing the appointment as “prestigious,” UBA said in a statement made available to the NPO Report it “underscores Alawuba’s extensive experience and visionary leadership in the…