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NDE Tasks Youths On Employment

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3 years ago

April 7, 2021

Mr. Lawan Yaya, the state coordinator, National Directorate of Employment, Bauchi State chapter, has called on youths to embrace its various vocational and skill acquisitions programmes.

Yaya made the call in Bauchi on Wednesday when a group, under the aegis of Bauchi State Association for Youth Development (BSAYD), presented him with an award of excellence.

The state coordinator explained that the mandate of the NDE was to reduce unemployment in the country.

He noted that the agency was trying its best to ensure that the mandate was achievable in Bauchi State.

According to him, the NDE’s many vocational and skill acquisition programmes are aimed at eradicating unemployment in the country.

Yaya urged youths, particularly the unemployed and under-employed ones, to patronise the body.

“Our mandate is to reduce unemployment in the country and try to give mass employment opportunities to the teeming unemployed youths in the country.

Mr Lawan Yaya (left), Bauchi state coordinator of NDE receiving award of excellence by Bauchi state Association for Youth Development (BSAYD) in Bauchi on Wednesday

“In Bauchi State, we are trying our best to see that we achieve that mandate and with your assistance, I mean the press, I hope you will disseminate our programmes to the masses.

“They should patronise NDE; they should come to us because we have so many training opportunities, so many employment opportunities abound in this directorate.

“We are calling on people to come to NDE for training and skill acquisitions,” he said.

Yaya expressed excitement over the award presented to him by the BASYD.

The coordinator added that he had no idea that the group had been keeping tabs on the performance of NDE in the state.

“What touched me most was that this association had been monitoring the activities of Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state and we never knew that they were watching, appraising and gauging performances.

“They had been conducting surveys and research on the development of MDAs; and NDE happens to have been selected for this award and we are really excited and happy about it,” he said.

Mr Imrana Bala, Chairman, BSAYD, said the award was given to NDE based on careful observation and research in the state.

He said the state coordinator of NDE carried the less privileged along in all the programmes of the directorate.

Bala added that with his determination of empowering the Youth, a lot of programmes carried out by NDE, which were not known to the people were made known.

“Our youths have learnt a lot of skills acquisition programmes under him such as tailoring, mechanic, bricklaying, tie and dye, among others.

“However, nobody knows there were such programmes in the NDE in the past, but during Yaya’s tenure, we got to know that these programmes exist in NDE,” he said.

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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9 months ago

July 22, 2023

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Innocent Omoruyi

By Omokha Andrew

A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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11 months ago

May 18, 2023

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

“In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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2 years ago

March 16, 2022

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.