Following a successful inaugural session, the Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris on Friday, 16 February, 2024, moderated the second edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing Series (MPBS) featuring the Minister of industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, at the National Press Center in Abuja. The Forum aims to create a platform for direct engagement between government officials and the media, promoting transparency and accurate reporting to the Nigerian public. “We are gathered here to build trust and ensure the people of Nigeria are informed,” declared Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the event. …
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Tunde Rahman Those who know Mr. Olayemi Cardoso will agree he got his current job as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria on a platter of solid professional background and strong personal attributes. His pedigree is rich as his character is unsullied. Cardoso had a remarkable private sector career where he shone brilliantly in banking, stockbroking and consulting. Cardoso also came from a very solid family pedigree. Nigeria’s late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, appointed his late father, Mr. Felix Bankole Cardoso, as the first Accountant-General of the Federation in 1963. The late elder Cardoso served with…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Jide Idris, a former Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, as the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The new DG also served as a permanent secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The appointment of Idris was contained in a statement by presidential aide Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday, 15 February, 2024 in Abuja. According to the statement, Idris has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. He played a pivotal role in reshaping Lagos State’s healthcare delivery system. Idris also led the successful containment of…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated the Oruma rigid pavement Road, a major by-pass for commuters from both Bayelsa and Rivers states, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Commissioning the road and solar-powered street light project, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, assured that more projects would be inaugurated across the Niger Delta region in the coming weeks. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer, who was represented by the Executive Director, Projects, Sir Victor Antai, said that the Commission was now focusing on executing legacy projects that link communities, local governments and states across the Niger…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Science Equipment Market, Onitsha Bridgehead in Anambra, Anambra State, was in a state of pandemonium late on the evening of Friday, 16 August 2024 after operatives of the State Anti-Touting Squad allegedly shot one person dead and injured several others. The trouble, it was gathered, started at the market when the operatives invaded the area in search of someone who was said to have urinated in a restricted area and ran into the market for cover. According to an eyewitnesses, the operatives shot indiscriminately for over two hours while in the market resulting in the traders…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The management of Dawanau International Grains Market in Kano State has denied rumour making the rounds and reports in the media that dealers in the market are hoarding foodstuff to create artificial scarcity. Dawanau International Grains Market is the biggest in West Africa supplying foodstuff to customers in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic, among other countries. The management of the market said it has to come out to dismiss the misinformation and disinformation that have taken over the public domain concerning their operations and they are wrongly accused of hoarding food items. The…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has disclosed that he has summoned a meeting with prominent cement manufacturers in the country over the rising cost of cement. Umahi expressed worry that the cost of the product was rising at an alarming rate despite huge patronage by road and housing contractors to cement manufacturers. The Minister’s Special Adviser (Media), Orji Uchenna Orji, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen Abuja on Saturday, 17 February, 2024 According to the statement, the meeting would take place on Monday, February 19, 2024, at the Ministry’s Conference Hall, Mabushi, Abuja. “The Minister of Works, David…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Terrorists on Thursday, 15 February, 2024 invaded Nasarawa Godel, in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State killing seven people and abducting no fewer than 20 others. It was gathered that the terrorists came in Toyota Hilux vans unlike the usual motorcycles. A resident of the area, who simply identified himself as Tukur Yusuf said: “We have seven bodies as at the last count. Several others were seriously wounded. “Most of the abducted victims are women. The whole community has been thrown into confusion.” The terrorists, said to be from Gwaska Dankarami, stormed the community around…
My best friend told me this one. She knows the two women involved. One is happily married with children. The husband is almost perfect. Every woman’s dream man. The wife’s friend? Not so lucky. No husband. No child. To cut the story short. The single friend suddenly got pregnant. Her friend and her husband were happy for her. They asked her “who gave you bẹllẹ?” “One one-night stand from the abroad,” she told them. As the pregnancy progressed, her friend asked husband if she can move in with them, because it was not safe to live alone, in case of…
The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh, has called for urgent assistance from across the globe to safe Gaza from impending famine. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the envoy said should nothing be done to forestall the current catastrophe brought about by incessant attacks by Israeli force and distorting of humanitarian aids movement into Gaza, the besieged city may be under the siege of famine and epidemic. According to him, Thursday marked 132 days since the war began, hundreds of people died due to lack of proper medical treatment and infectious diseases has already invaded and famine is…