President Goodluck Jonathan on August 28 launched the new national e-ID card at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The new e-ID card, which is powered by MasterCard is designed to also be used to transact and receive payments. So it’s two in one, ID card and ATM. The first phase of the project will see 13million…
Jonathan appoints Kifasi as new Head of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Danladi Kifasi as the new Head of Service of the Federation as Bukar Goni Aji retires. This is contained in a tweet posted by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Kifasi, the new Head of Service of the Federation was, until this appointment, Permanent Secretary in…
Jonathan Sacks NNPC GMD, Appoints Replacement
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu. The President sacked the NNPC boss through a statement signed by Reuben Abati, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. The statement added that the President has also appointed Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha as the new Group Managing…
Jonathan Appoints New Ministers
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed four new aides. The ministers, which were confirmed by the Senate, are Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano state, Minister of Education; Stephen Oru, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs; Adedayo Adeyeye, Minister of State, Works and Abdul Bulama, Minister of Science and Technology. Jonathan also announced the redeployment of Bashir…
Profile of Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, FCI ARB
The current Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki was born in Nasarawa, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. He attended Nasarawa Primary School, Birnin-Kebbi 1968–1975; Barewa College Zaria 1975–1980, Sokoto State College of Arts and Science 1980–1982. He read Law at the University of Jos, Plateau State and graduated in 1985 with a…
Enabling a Smooth Ride For the Transformation Agenda
‘President Jonathan Will not Accept Excuses on Implementation of Projects’ – Turaki Under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the Ministry of Special Duties is barely one-year-old having been established in February, 2013, with the vision to serve as a platform for the effective and efficient delivery of the gains of Transformation Agenda through the implementation of…
Jonathan Orders Full Scale War Against Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered security forces to launch a full-scale military operation to put an end to the impunity of the Boko Haram insurgent group in Nigeria. He gave the directive in his democracy day address. The president said that Nigeria’s unity and stability as well as the protection of lives and property…
Terrorism Threatening Democratic Gains – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria’s achievements over the past 15 years of democratic rule are being threatened by the current spate of terrorist violence in the country. Jonathan said all the gains of the past 15 years of democratic governance in the most populous African country are threatened by the presence of international terrorism on…
New Initiatives Of FMBN In Housing Finance And Development
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) was established in 1956, then known as the Nigerian Building Society, NBS, a joint venture of the Commonwealth Development Corporation and the Federal and Eastern governments of Nigeria. It operated to fund individual mortgage loans from savings mobilized from the public. Following the introduction of the Indigenization…
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