[News Update] Jonathan's New Perm Secs and Ministries, Ojerinde now IAEA Boss
Jonathan's New Perm Secs and Ministries: The Acting President, Commander-in-
Nigeria Demands a Review of World Bank Road Programmes: The Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, has urged for a review of the procedures and policies on various road projects under the World Bank Road Assisted Programmes … Read
Ojerinde Elected President of IAEA: Professor 'Dibu Ojerinde, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been elected the President of the International Association for Educational Assessment; the world body for examination and associated organizations. … Read
FG Disburses N329.706Bn from the Federation Account in February: The Three tiers of the Government in Nigeria have shared the total sum of N329.706 billion from the Federation Account for the month of January shared in February, 2010. … Read
Hospital Patients Can Now Report to Minister Directly: Henceforth, patients attending Federal Government Hospitals can now report or complain on the services directly to the Minister of Health through SMS. The Minister, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin who disclosed this development at the launch of Patients' Feedback Platform with the generic shortcode 30500. … Read
Stakeholders Endorse Kano Economic Blueprint: Over 500 stakeholders drawn from all socio-political spheres unanimously endorsed an economic blueprint designed by Shekarau administration to reposition the economic and commercial sectors of the state. … Read
Nigeria to Have Reduced Emission Project: Nigeria will soon have the first project on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in West Africa to be established in Cross Rivers State. The project has been registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). … Read
FG Inaugurates Oil and Gas Asset Protection Sub-Committee: The Federal Government has raised a 17-man Sub-Committee for the protection of oil and gas assets within the Niger Delta region, to consolidate the gains realised through its Amnesty programme. The Committee is being headed by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. ... Read
Online Propaganda and Social media: The real bad news is that the next World War will not be fought with conventional armaments, but through the social media. The social media has uplifted propaganda, another tool of public relations to another level. Even in Nigeria, a country notorious for sectional infighting, parties in conflicts are using online platform to promote themselves and destroyed their opponents with malicious and some libellous campaigns. ...Read
Still on the Conditional Grants Scheme of MDGs in Nigeria: Funds for the Conditional Grants Scheme were first allocated under the 2007 budget, where they were focused on the health, water and power sectors. ...Read
FG Repositions Staff Housing Loans Board: The Federal Government has repositioned the Staff Housing Loans Board in order to make it more effective and achieve its mandate of assisting civil servants to own houses. ...Read
Banking Sector Reforms: CBN Gets Finance Ministry Full Backing: The Federal Ministry of Finance has expressed its full support for the ongoing banking sector reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) towards ensuring stability in the sector and the economy. ...Read
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