Thisday Newspaper News Today Monday 12th July 2021
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36 Investors Jostle for Five NIPPs Slated for Sale
By Ndubuisi Francis No fewer than 36 investors have submitted Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for five power plants built under the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) slated for privatisation by the federal government through the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). BPE Director General, Mr. Alex Okoh told journalists in Abuja yesterday that the privatisation of
NSCDC Cautions Applicants against Employment Scam
By Michael Olugbode The Controller-General (CG)of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has set up a committee of enquiry to investigate individuals or group of persons behind the ‘fake’ 2019/2021 replacement and recruitment supplementary list currently in circulation on social media. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Director of
Kogi Gov Inaugurates High-powered Economic Advisory Council
By Daniel Agada The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, yesterday inaugurated the state’s Economic Advisory Council. The high-worth council was inaugurated virtually. While inaugurating the Council, the governor challenged members to “guide the state into prosperity,” tapping into the abundant human and mineral resources available to her. He said the members were carefully selected
Amnesty, Criminality and Rule of Law
BY ONIKEPO BRAITHWAITE Last week, the three incidents which caught most of Nigeria’s attention, were the arrest of fugitive from justice, Nnamdi Kanu, and his repatriation to Nigeria to come and continue his trial (and possibly face additional charges); the raid/excessive attack on Yoruba secessionist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho’s residence in Ibadan, and the
APGA: Electronic Transmission of Results Will Check Rigging
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has said that the party is in support of the inclusion of electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill. National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Oye, said that electronic collation of results will eliminate election to a great extent. Oye who
1999 Constitution, a Disincentive to Economic Diversification, Says Moghalu
Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, by placing ownership of natural resources exclusively in the hands of the central government, creates a disincentive for economic diversi?cation, says Professor Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) This is because it hampers a regional approach to economic diversi?cation and economic management in what is a
How NNPC, Under Kyari, Outmaneuvered Low Prices During Pandemic Without Cutting Jobs
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has transformed under a leader determined to reduce costs without cutting jobs – instead including staff in the turnaround mission, writes Femi Soneye For Mele Kyari, it will be two years in the saddle as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, a period that has tried his
Osinbajo: FG Created, Saved over 2m Jobs through ESP
By Deji Elumoye Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria has created and saved over two million jobs through the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) which began in June last year. Osinbajo stated this yesterday at a virtual meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee. He gave kudos to the federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus
Curfew Hinders Resumption of International Flights to PH, Says FAAN
By Chinedu Eze Two months after the federal government approved the resumption of international flights to the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, flights were yet to resume because of curfew introduced by the state government to check insecurity. This was disclosed by Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)’s Regional General Manager for the South South
Insecurity: Kaduna Closes down 13 Vulnerable Schools
By John Shiklam The Kaduna State School Quality Assurance Authority has announced the closure of 13 vulnerable private schools in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. A letter dated July 5, 2021 and addressed to the proprietors of the schools, directed the immediate closure of the schools in view of their vulnerability to insecurity.
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