The clearly spelt-out mandate of the Federal Ministry of Interior is to promote good governance by maintaining security within the borders of the country and ensuring citizenship integrity. For a country like Nigeria generally regarded as the most populous black nation on earth with a population of over 167 million people, over 250 ethnic nationalities…
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…
Score Card of President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda
By May 29, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan would be three years old in office, which means the administration has barely a year to go in this term. On assumption of office, President Jonathan unveiled his Transformation Agenda. The Agenda, a comprehensive layout of Mr President’s goals and targets will invariably be the basic parameter by…
A Profile of Professor Chinedu O. Nebo
A Profile of Professor Chinedu O. Nebo, Ph.D, OON, NPOM Professor Chinedu Nebo’s teachers in the primary and secondary schools must have probably known that he would be an academic or a scholar later in life, judging by the scores or grades he recorded at every examination. Nebo passed the First School Leaving Certificate Examination…
More Electricity for Nigerians
“I will never fail in this assignment.” – Professor Chinedu Nebo, Hon. Minister of Power It is one year and two months you assumed duty as the Honourable Minister of Power. More Electricity for Nigerians: “I will never fail in this assignment.” – Professor Chinedu Nebo, Hon. Minister of Power It is one year…
The Journey so far: A Special Feature on Federal Ministry of Power (February 2013 – 2014)
“This administration has stressed, repeatedly, that the requisite investments in the power sector will only be achievable if the private sector is incentivized to make these investments.” – President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR (Taken from his speech when he launched the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform on August 26, 2010). Restructuring the Electricity Industry Almost…
Celebrating the Centenarian Monarch
Residents of the ancient city of Ibadan and well-wishers from across the country and beyond roll out the drums to honour Samuel Osundiran Odulana, the Olubadan of Ibadan, as he marks his 100th birthday If many are asked who was the one Nigerian born in 1914, the year of the country’s amalgamation, who fought in…
Legacies of Hon. Barrister Reginald Ukwuoma in Etche Local Government Council
For Honourable Barrister Reginald Ukwuoma, Executive Chairman, Etche Local Government Area, ELGA, his passion for service including the doggedness and determination with which he has applied himself to the task of transforming the Council, has redefined governance. Asked what his major achievement is, he answered, “All my projects are all major achievements because they are…
Sustaining the Blitz of Infrastructure’s Development
Infrastructural development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. Without doubt, the growth of any country’s economy rests largely on the status of its infrastructure. J.F. Kennedy, a former President of the United States of America, USA, once put the relationship between infrastructure’s development and economic prosperity into proper perspective…
Celebrating the Life of An Icon and Apostle of Our Time
Most Senior Apostle (Dr) Joshua Osasuyi, Spiritual Leader and General Overseer, Christ Chosen Church of God International, celebrates his 77th birthday with great pomp and ceremony, while a documentary on the life and times of the indefatigable ‘Apostle of Our Time is launched at the occasion Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin…
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