Tuesday 2 August 2016

President Buhari receiving President Gnassingbe of Togo at State House Abuja

President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo visited President Muhammadu Buhari this Tuesday, at the State House, Abuja.

Monday 1 August 2016

NBTE, UBEB, NECO, others get new CEOs

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new chief executive officers for the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, Universal Basic Education Board, UBEB and other agencies and parastatals in the education sector.

A statement issued by Mr Bem Goong, Deputy Director, Press, Federal Ministry of Education, in Abuja on Monday listed the new CEOs and their portfolios as follows :

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, NUC; Prof. Lilian Salami; Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and Administration;
Dr Hameed Bobboyi, Universal Basic Education Board; 
Prof. Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria;
Prof. Charles Uwakwe, NECO; Prof. Abba Haladu, National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education;
Prof. Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission;
Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and Technical Examination Board; Prof. Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria;
Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Bappah Aliyu, National Commission For Colleges of Education;
Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, Tertiary Education Tax Fund.
Prof. Garba Azare, National Teachers Institute;
Prof. Michael Afolabi, Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Steven Onah,
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board;
Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages

Goong said that the appointments were with immediate effect, with the 17 new chief executives expected at the office of the Minister of Education on Aug. 2.

Buhari to support UN on Nigeria-Cameroon border demarcation

01 Aug 2016 | STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
BUHARI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UNITED NATIONS ON NIGERIA – CAMEROON BORDER DEMARCATION

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice on the Nigeria – Cameroon border.
Speaking Monday in Abuja when he received a United Nations Mission led by a Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mohammed Ibn Chambers, President Buhari said that Nigeria will not do anything to hamper the work of the various UN committees on the border.
“We will abide by the law. Having accepted the judgment of the ICJ, we are ready to support the security and logistics requirements of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) to carry out the border demarcation,” the President said.
President Buhari expressed his total support for the exercise, recalling that as Military Head of State between 1984 and 1985, his administration instituted the demarcation of the Nigeria land borders from Benin to Bakassi and urged that all committees be allowed to carry out their functions in line with the ICJ decision.
Earlier, Mohammed Ibn Chambers, Chairman of CNMC, had informed President Buhari that 2,001 kilometers out of 2,100 kilometers separating Nigeria and Cameroon had been marked, leaving a balance of 99 kilometers to conclude the demarcation.
He expressed hope that the remaining area will be completed latest by the first quarter of next year following the relative calm that has returned to border areas earlier inhabited by Boko Haram terrorists.

GARBA SHEHU
Senior Special Assistant to the President
Media & Publicity
August 1, 2016

FG receives July report of interventions in Northeast


The Federal Government has received the July 2016 report detailing its humanitarian interventions in northeastern Nigeria

Read Uduaghan's daughter's divorce poem

After four years of marriage with two kids to the bargain, Orode Uduaghan, the daughter of former Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan has kissed goodbye to her turbulent marriage.

While marking her 27th birthday recently, Orode dedicated this poem to her divorce.

Through the pain I saw grace
Through the sorrow I saw joy
Through the hardship I held on to faith
Through the sleepless nights I saw peace
Through the heart breaks I became love
Through the sadness I learnt to smile
Through the fire I kept it cool
Through the storm I became calm
Through the betrayal I grew loyal
Through the hurt I saw healing
Through the surgeries I saw Restoration
Through the battering I gained strength
Through the mistakes I found a path
Through the shame Identity came
Through the fear I found courage
Through the lies I saw the hidden truth
Through the gossips I learnt silence
Through the brokenness I gained Myself
Through it all He wrapped His arms around me and made it all better.
Jesus made it all Better.

Xoxo

Orode

Troops recover arms and ammunitions in Gamboru

Troops of the Nigerian Army yesterday  conducted raids in Gamboru town in Borno, Northeast Nigeria leading to the recovery of arms and ammunitions.

A statement issued by Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman said that the recovered weapons included "3 AK-56 rifles and 2 AK-L rifles with registration numbers; AK-L-AGB 1172, AK-L PU2879, AK-56-2556688, AK-56-22622832 and AK-56-22622315, respectively."

Usman said that the troops who were responding to a tip-off "also recovered 235 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition and 7 AK-56 rifle magazines."

He commended the citizens for alerting the military with the timely and useful information that led to the recovery of the arms and ammunitions.

FG secures China funding for key projects

31 July 2016 | MINISTRY OF BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING PRESS RELEASE
NIGERIA MAKES HEADWAY IN SECURING CHINA’S FUNDING OF PROJECTS
Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, at the weekend, in Beijing, made a strong case why the Chinese government should assist Nigeria financially in funding critical major infrastructure projects in the country.
Senator Udoma who was in China for the Coordinator’s meeting on the implementation of the follow-up actions of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) also used the opportunity to discuss issues of vital economic interest with that country’s Vice Minister for Commerce, Mr. Qian Keming; and officials of China EXIM bank, where he stressed the mutually beneficial relationship the two countries will eventually enjoy if Nigeria’s economy is assisted to grow rapidly.
At the Johannesburg Summit in South Africa in December 2015, China had agreed to Assist African countries in ten strategic areas that will help their economy. It pledged $60 billion in aid, grants and concessional loans.
Nigeria is trying to get as much of the Chinese funding for projects in the form of grants, aids, investments and loans. The loan component will however be within the country’s debt sustainability limits. Projects proposed for the facility by Nigeria is in the region of about $20 billion, and the Minister said Nigeria will be in a better stead if the Chinese government will assist with a substantial part of the funds required.
During the various meetings, Senator Udoma stressed the need for special consideration for Nigeria given its strategic relationship with China, its economic potentials, and its capacity to redeem its part of the transaction obligations.
The Minister said following the meetings, both countries expressed satisfaction with the proposals and are very anxious to take proceedings to the next level.
During the Cooperation meeting attended by ministers from various countries in Africa, China’s President Xi Jinping said the meeting was an important step taken by China and Africa to implement the consensus of Chinese and Africa leaders and the outcomes of the FOCAC.
“It is a significant measure to boost China-African cooperative development. The meeting demonstrates to the world once again that no matter how the international landscape may change, the resolve of China and Africa to pursue unity and win-win cooperation will never change”, Jinping said.
The President noted that the weak performance of the world economy brings both opportunities and challenges to the economic development of China and Africa. “We must stand shoulder to shoulder and march forward hand in hand,” he admonished.
In his keynote speech, China’s State Councilor, Yang Jiech, explained that his country initiated the meeting at this time “to take stock of the delivery of summit outcomes, to align our thinking, built consensus, overcome challenges and difficulties, share experience and promote cooperation, so that we can pool the wisdom and strength of both sides and give a leg up to the implementation work”.
At the plenary session, China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, was pleased that both China and the African countries have attained a high level of implementation of the outcomes of the summit, have acted promptly to take forward the five pillars and ten plans of cooperation and have made substantial progress in enhancing friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation across board.
He added that China has delivered on its commitments and made every effort to advance follow-up actions.
Akpandem James
Media Adviser to the Hon Minister
31 July 2016

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