By Grace Abe The Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs has reaffirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to promoting and implementing Zonal Intervention Projects and Constituency Projects (ZIPs/CPs) across the country. The Minister, Mr Zaphaniah Jisalo gave the assurance in Abuja on Tuesday, during theContinue Reading
By Oyintutu Oyinkolade The World Bank-supported HOPE Governance Programme, will disburse 27 million dollars as performance-based incentives to 20 states that achieved the Year Zero Disbursement-Linked Results (DLRs). The National Coordinator of the HOPE Governance Programme, Dr Assad Hassan, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during a retreat for Commissioners,Continue Reading
By Philomina Attah The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced developing a National Policy on Relief and Rehabilitation Interventions for Nigeria. The initiative followed a national stakeholders’ consultative workshop held in Abuja on Monday, to harmonise and standardise relief and rehabilitation efforts nationwide. NEMA Director-General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, whoContinue Reading
By Rotimi Ijikanmi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When 41-year-old Sunday Arikuyeri, a Grade Level 14 officer in a federal ministry in Abuja, received his June salary alert on Monday evening, he did not bother checking the balance immediately. He already knew what awaited him. Deductions for cooperative loans andContinue Reading
Development By Oyintutu Oyinkolade The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has urged the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to review the Abuja Master Plan without compromising designated parks and green areas. The President of REDAN, Oba Akintoye Adeoye, made the appeal in an exclusive interviewContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai President Bola Tinubu says the ongoing construction of road infrastructure across satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is to inject life into the local economy. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima made the remarks in Abuja on Monday, while inaugurating the newly rehabilitated and expandedContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah A legal practitioner, Mrs Bunmi Aina-Craig, has warned that allowing governors to control the funding and appointments of state police personnel would trigger widespread political repression across the nation. Aina-Craig, the immediate past President of the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (Abuja Chapter), gave the warningContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has pledged to actively support community policing initiatives in the nation’s capital, Abuja, through the media. Ms Grace Ike, the council’s chairman, made the pledge in Abuja during an operations tour of the FCT Command by Deputy Inspector-General ofContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Civil engineering professionals have warned that poor road maintenance and weak infrastructure investment portend danger for nation’s development. They gave the warning during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) on Friday in Abuja. The experts, who examined infrastructure’s role in nationalContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s decision to prioritise infrastructure development under the Renewed Hope Agenda, describing it as critical to economic growth and improved quality of life. Tinubu made the remarks on Friday in Abuja through Vice President Kashim Shettima during the inauguration of CollectorContinue Reading
