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ASESI described Ogunbiyi as a transformational agent in the energy sector. Ogunbiyi was the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency. She was responsible for successfully negotiating within 18 months the Nigerian Electrification Project which is a 550 million dollars facility from World Bank and AfDB to rapidly construct solar mini-grids and deploy solar home systems across Nigeria. More so, she was also responsible for the Energizing Education Programme(EEP) which will provide uninterrupted electricity to 37 federal universities and seven teaching hospitals through off-grid captive power. Ogunbiyi was recently appointed to serve as the United Nations Secretary-General’s…
L-R : Vice President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mr Tunde Oguntade, Dr Bola Onigbogi, NCRIB President, Mr. Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja, Past President, NCRIB, Executive Secretary/CEO, Mr Fatai Adegbenro and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi during a courtesy visit of NCRIB to Ooni of Ife Palace. By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Jan. 3, 2020 (NAN) The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) has named the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, as Ambassador of Insurance Brokers in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by NCRIB, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in…
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) was established to promote the acquisition of skills in industry and commerce with a view to generating a pool of indigenous trained manpower sufficient to meet the needs of public and private sectors. It sets and regulates training standards in all sectors of the economy and offers direct intervention in industrial and commercial skills training and development using corps of competent professional staff, modern techniques, and technology. ITF provides training skills in management; technical and entrepreneurial development evaluates and certifies vocational skills acquired by apprentices, craftsmen, and technicians in collaboration with relevant organizations. Additionally, the…
The ECOWAS Commission says its focus in 2020 will be on the implementation of regional integration programmes and monetary policies. Dr Aderemi Ajibewa, the commission’s Director of Political Affairs said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He noted that focus on the implementation of the regional integration programmes and policies were in furtherance of the directives of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and governments. Ajibewa said that the authority had at its 56th Ordinary Session held in Abuja on Dec. 21, instructed the commission to implement the policies. According…
A newly constructed section of Lagos-Badagry Highway was on Friday, declared open for public use by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, fulfilling the promise made at inception of his administration. The construction of the 4-kilometre section, which stretches from Agboju to Trade Fair, started shortly after the current administration took off. It would be recalled that Sanwo-Olu visited the site on June 4, 2019 to assess the level of work on the abandoned project. He promised to mobilise the contractor handling the project back on site, while also pledging to complete the stretch before end of December, last year.…
The Niger Police Command says it arrested a total of 213 suspects and charged 150 to court for various offences in 2019 in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this during a lunch with journalists and award presentation, in Minna on Thursday. He explained that the suspects were arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling, rape, and other sexual offences. Usman listed some of the items recovered from suspects to include one AK 49 rifle, six AK 47 rifle, seven pistols, five magazines, and 153 ammunition. Others were eight vehicles, 521 cattle, six camels, six donkeys,…
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said on Thursday it had arrested a fleeing member of the armed robbery gang that attempted to rob a bank at Mpape, FCT. A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, said that the arrested suspect, Ernest Ewim, 29, had been at large since the incident on Dec. 28 .It said that the arrest of Ewim had brought the number of suspects arrested in connection with the foiled bank robbery to five. “The suspect was arrested by a team of Police Detectives at his hideout…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, said the various initiatives being implemented in the 10- year capital market master plan have made the capital markets more attractive to investors. Acting Director-General, Ms. Mary Uduk who stated this in a New Year Message to Capital market operators and stakeholders, commended them for their relentless service towards the growth and development of the market. While thanking all Capital Market Operators and Stakeholders, for their immense efforts and contribution towards developing the Nigerian Capital market the acting DG enjoined them to be committed to the Nigerian Capital Market Project…
Justice Othman Musa of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to keep the former attorney general and minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke in its custody for additional 14 days preparatory to his arraignment. The Judge in granting the application stated that “the extension of the remand of the respondent for another 14 days for the purpose of his arraignment in court is necessary and granted as prayed.” The Commission took custody of Adoke on December 19, 2019, upon his arrival from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Adoke who…
The Federal Government in August 2019 announced the partial closure of its land borders with the Benin Republic to check the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. President Muhammadu Buhari said that the closure of the border was necessary because the activities of smugglers were threatening the self-sufficiency already attained due to his administration’s policies. The President also said that the partial closure of the borders to goods was in a bid to have total control of what was coming into the country, following the rise in the smuggling of expired products into the country.…