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President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande has called on “everyone, everywhere to uphold gender equality as a necessity in upholding human rights”. “It has been 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, which remains the most comprehensive global agenda for achieving gender equality. “All Member States should not only reaffirm their commitment to it, but work assiduously to implement it,” he said in a message to mark the International Women’s Day 2020. Commemorated on March 8 every year, the event aims at advancing the rights of women and girls. The theme…
The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has approved N100 million for infrastructure development in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra. Prof. Greg Nwakoby, the Vice-Chancellor, COOU, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Igbariam on Friday. Nwakoby said that the management of the university received N36 million for the landscaping of the administrative block of the school. He explained that the authority equally received donations from Chief Allen Onyema, the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airline and Chief Tony Enukeme, Chairman of Tonimas Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. to tackle infrastructure challenges. Nwakoby said…
England should scrap its League Cup in order to avoid fixture congestion, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Friday. English clubs compete for both the FA Cup and the League Cup every season but the scheduling and format of the latter have come in for criticism. The two-legged semi-finals have added to a congested calendar. Liverpool were forced to play their under-23 team in this season’s quarter-finals as the senior team had to fly to Qatar for the Club World Cup. It had led to the Anfield side’s manager, Juergen Klopp, appealing to the football authorities to rethink the scheduling…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it would support Kano state government to enrol 98, 785 additional out-of-school children in 2020. The Unicef Chief Field Office, Kano, Mr Maulid Warfa disclosed this in Kano on Friday at a high level Committee meeting on the implementation of 2020 Unicef assisted programmes. He said the Fund would provide the necessary support under its programmes to ensure that the targeted number of children across the 44 local government areas were enrolled in primary schools. According to him, a total of 1, 696 primary school teachers would receive training with funding to be…
Kogi Government in collaboration with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), has intensified effort in tackling the menace of erosion across the state. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Victor Omofaiye, made this known to newsmen in Lokoja on Friday after he led a delegation from the World Bank and NEWMAP on a two-day assessment tour to some gully sites across the state. Omofaiye noted that the tour was to have on the spot assessment of the devastating effects of affected areas by erosion and to inspect the ongoing intervention projects. He restated the determination of the present…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday arraigned the suspended Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Mounir Gwarzo in an FCT High Court in Apo. He was arriagned alongside a Principal Manager, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Jamila Muhammad. Gwarzo and Muhammad were arraigned before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, on 14 counts bordering on gratification and abuse of office. ICPC alleged that Gwarzo on or about Dec. 28, 2016 while serving as SEC DG knowingly held a private interest as a director and shareholder of Outbound Investment Limited, a company which was awarded a contract…
ABUJA – Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks in Africa will converge on Transcorp Hotel, Abuja from Monday, March 9 to Tuesday 10, 2020, for a Senior Policy Seminar on agriculture, aimed at promulgating a policy on how the continent would leverage research for agricultural development. The seminar is organized by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), a Nairobi-based public non-profit organization, devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training. The seminar is expected to provide high-level African policymakers, including Central Bank Governors, Ministers of Finance and…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is working closely with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to increase the rate of compliance with the remittance of Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) tax and block loopholes being exploited by the MDAs to pay lesser tax than they should pay under the Progressive Tax System which Nigeria operates. Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, disclosed this on Thursday during a courtesy call on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, at Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja. According to the FIRS, remnants of MDA workers who have not been migrated to the Integrated Payroll…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federal Government has approved the posting of Treasury Directors from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to revenue-generating agencies as Directors of Revenue. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed announced this on Thursday at the 2020 Management Retreat organized by the OAGF for Treasury Directors of Finance and Accounts and Directors of Internal Audit in Kano. According to a statement from the OAGF made available in Abuja, the Minister said the pilot phase of the posting of the Revenue Directors will commence with few Revenue Agencies. She…
President Muhammadu Buhari will complete ongoing legacy projects in the South-East before the expiration of his administration in 2023, his Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, assured Thursday in Abuja. Receiving the Editorial management of Orient Daily Newspaper, led by veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief, Stanley Egbochuku, the presidential spokesman said several ongoing Federal projects in the five south-eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo were at different stages of completion. He recounted that in 2018, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had listed 69 ongoing projects in the region, mainly roads and bridges,…