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Emir Sanusi commends Yusuf for making pensioners, girl-child education a priority
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for his significant efforts in addressing the plight of pensioners in the state and paying attention to girl-child education. Emir Sanusi highlighted that the present administration paid attention to pensioners who had previously been thrown into unnecessary hardship and poverty due to unpaid pensions and gratuities. In a statement by Sani Abba Yola, Director, Special Duties at the Ministry of Information and Internal Affairs, the Emir emphasised that “the difference between paying attention and not paying attention is sometimes the difference between life and death for the
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Niger subsidises fertilizer, farm inputs by 50%
Niger State Government has subsidised the prices of fertilizer by 50 per cent in order to achieve sustainable food security, reduce food cost as well as address unemployment in the state. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced this while launching the 2024 farming session’s sales and distribution of fertilizer and other agricultural inputs, at Farm Centre, Tunga in Minna. Bago reiterated the commitment of his administration in prioritising agriculture, investing in machinery and technology to boost productivity in line with his New Niger Agenda. He assured farmers of government support for the 2024 farming season and beyond. Earlier, the Commissioner for
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Bago redeems N200,000 allowance pledge, delivers truck of rice, cows to corps members
About 48 hours after Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State pledged to earmarked N5 billion for the construction of a new NYSC orientation camp, one truck containing bags of rice, 20 cows and a bonus of N200,000 to each corps members serving in the state were on Thursday delivered to the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). This was disclosed by the state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Olayinka Abdulwahab, in in Minna yesterday. Bago had made the pronouncement during the swearing in of 2024 Batch B Stream One orientation course on Tuesday. She noted that the governor had equally promised to sink
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EU offers postgraduate scholarships to 142 Nigerians
The European Union has offered postgraduate scholarships to 142 young Nigerians in top European universities in the 2024-25 academic session, under its flagship educational programme, Erasmus+. According to the commission, with this number, Nigeria retains its number one spot among beneficiaries of the EU postgraduate scholarships in Africa for the 6th year and a place among the top five recipient countries globally. READ ALSO: FG appeals for calm over unpaid foreign scholarship At a pre-departure orientation organised for the scholarship awardees in Abuja on Thursday, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, underlined the significance of the
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DBN shortlists tech innovators for final pitch at techpreneur summit
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has announced the shortlist of tech innovators who will advance to the final pitch during the bank’s annual flagship Techpreneur Summit. According to the bank, this initiative aims to foster growth in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector by leveraging innovative technological solutions. The bank added that the techpreneur summit 2024 seeks to promote and showcase investor-ready technology innovations within Nigeria’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, while providing access to a pipeline of investors and subsequently funding to qualified techprenuers. The theme for the DBN Techpreneur Summit 2024 is, ‘Catalyzing Tech Innovation: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Regenerative
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Siemens, PANA Infrastructure collaborate to enhance Nigeria’s power sector
Siemens, a leading global technology company and PANA infrastructure have announced their collaboration to tackle Nigeria’s electricity infrastructure sector. The partnership, according to them, is aimed at modernising and upgrading Nigeria’s electric power infrastructure through the provision of grid automation, creating job opportunities in the country, and smart infrastructure solutions across Nigeria. The agreement signed between Siemens and PANA Infrastructure, focuses on enhancing grid reliability and stability, deepening electrification rates to meet the rapidly growing demand for electricity in Nigeria. They stressed that the collaboration, solidified through a formal agreement, signifies a pivotal step towards addressing Nigeria’s
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We’re equal as House of Reps members, no discrimination – Kalu
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has declared that all members of the parliament are colleagues and equal irrespective of their political affiliations, and economic or social backgrounds. He said that being a presiding officer, principal officer or chairman of a committee is a privilege granted by both the House’s leave and the members’ mandate, emphasizing that the position does not presuppose superiority. READ ALSO: House of Reps introduce 1,351 bills, pass 89 in one year He therefore stated that there is no discrimination against any member whether old or new, ranking or no ranking. Kalu
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Nigeria excluded from HBS programme over negative image — Obi
Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the exclusion of Nigeria from the Harvard Business School (HBS) class of 2025 programme. Obi, in a statement on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s exclusion from such a high-profile programme is a sign of the country’s negative image. “Nigeria’s negative image was on display as Harvard Business School’s class of 2025 programme has selected 16 countries for its global immersion course but notably excluded Nigeria, despite the program leader being a Nigerian professor,” he lamented. “Instead, Kenya, Rwanda, Morocco, and Ghana were chosen as the four African focus countries for this initiative.”
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Proposed mergers rattle MDAs, lobbying intensifies at N/Assembly
• Some affected MDAs get notice of merger, relocation • Reps invites SGF, HoS to review report plan • Stakeholders wary of intended gains, political hurdles The commencement of merger, relocation, and winding up of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), in line with the revised Steve Oronsaye Report, is unsettling many across the federal government bureaucracy. After the review, as mandated by the President, The Guardian learnt some concerned departments and agencies have been issued official notices, raising the air of apprehension and uncertainty of the fate that awaits concerned workers in MDAs that are pencilled for scrap, relocation
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CBN’s 26% interest rate stiffling growth, Dangote laments
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has criticised the latest increment of interest rate to almost 30 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). At the opening session of a three-day summit organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Abuja, on Tuesday, Dangote said businesses could not cope with the current rate. In May, CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 24.75 per cent to 26. 25 per cent. But while speaking yesterday, Dangote said: “Nobody can create jobs with an interest rate of (about)
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