The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will regularise its budget cycle to align with the national budget, as it inaugurates 18-member 2025 Budget Committee to prepare its budget proposals. Addressing members of the committee during the inauguration ceremony at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, said that the committee would ensure that before the end of the 2024 budget cycle, the Commission would have secured approval for the 2025 budget. He stated: “As we are about implementing the 2024 budget, we must begin preparation for the 2025 budget by holding consultations…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has received the database produced by its consultant for the Commission’s Youth Internship Scheme launched on August 5, 2024 in Port Harcourt by the Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio. Receiving the database of the applicants for the scheme on behalf of the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director, Projects, Sr Victor Antai, stated that10,000 youths that would be selected across the Niger Delta region would receive a monthly stipend of N50,000 for one year. Antai noted that the registration portal for the transformative initiative…
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday, disclosed that his administration would soon begin the disbursement of grants and facilities to the 236 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across the state. This, he said, will ensure that the PHCs meet the requirements of the World Health Organization. Governor Abiodun stated this when he received the executive members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who were in the state for their 44th annual general meeting and Scientific Conference. He said: “We have grants and facilities from multilateral organizations that we are going to begin to expend very soon,…
A notorious bandit leader in Zamfara state, Kachalla Sani Black, has been eliminated. The vigilantes who “finished” the terror merchant also recovered two AK-47 rifles, an undisclosed amount of cash and a PKT machine gun. PRNigeria further gathered that local vigilantes killed Kachalla and two of his sons in an ambush operation at Magama Mai Rake, in Maru Local Government Area. Kachalla Sani Black, a leading competitor with Bello Turji in banditry was a notorious bandit leader operating at Chabi, Dan Sadau area of Maru Local Government Area. PRNigeria reports that Sani- Black was a notorious bandit terrorizing communities and…
By Cecilia Ologunagba Panelists at a dialogue on the Media of the Future have emphasised the importance of media representation for people of African descent and the need for Africa to build its mega media platforms. The panelists made the call at an online dialogue on the theme: “The Media of the Future: Bridging the Gap Between the West and People of African Descent.” The dialogue was convened in New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations Summit of the Future held during the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) High-level Week. UNGA 79 opened on…
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, has dismissed three cases against former Kuje Area Council ward councillors over alleged breaches in asset declaration. The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) had filed the suits, claiming the councillors failed to submit their asset declaration forms within 90 days of leaving office. However, the defendants argued that they had submitted the forms, but the CCB refused to collect them, citing elapsed time. Justice Umar, flanked by other tribunal members Hon. Agwadza W. Atedze and Hon. Juliet A. Anobor, ruled in favour of the defendants, stating that the issue was…
By Kunle Aremu Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello should take a vocation in acting. He will not need to appear in many Nollywood movies to make the fame. His display at the gate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last week went viral and may have skilled him as the new comedian in town. Bello is already a celebrity having ruled the confluence state for two terms but not without allegation of money laundering that has now become his millstone. Having gone under to disregard the invitation of the EFCC over N80.2 billion scandal, Bello alongside…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday, 24 September, 2024, provided agricultural inputs to 6,020 farmers to boost agricultural production and food security in the state. Speaking during the flag-off of the disbursement of agricultural inputs to beneficiaries under the Result Area 2 – FADAMA (Food Security) of the Delta Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus, D-CARES, at the Events Centre, Asaba, Oborevwori announced the release of N1billion counterpart funding for the Africa Union Development Agency, New Partnership for African Development (AUDA NEPAD), to empower 2,000 farmers for food production, livestock and aquaculture. He said the state government…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on development partners to assist in the country’s bid to rollout climate friendly school meal programmes. She stated this at the Roundtable Lunch, organized by Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation on the sideline of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Acknowledging the potential of school feeding programme to drive up enrollment in schools as well as promote nutrition among scholars, the First Lady said the programme is under review in Nigeria. While President Bola Tinubu…
By Funsho Arogundade For the United Bank for Africa (UBA Plc), its rich history is matchless. With its origins dating back to 1949, the bank which prides itself aa Africa’s global bank has carved its niche as a leading financial institution in sub-Saharan Africa, growing into one of the continent’s most influential banks. UBA’s evolution from a local Nigerian bank to a pan-African and global financial institution is remarkable. Its ability to balance its African identity with a global outlook has made it one of the most trusted and dynamic banks on the continent. Of course, much has been said…