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There is a lot of hunger in South-East.

It is our brothers at home that give criminals information.

Our people started k!lling the rich, so the rich stopped coming back home during festivities. That’s why I ran to Lagos to do my business.

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, has said the United Kingdom is impressed by the security strategies President Tinubu has put in place, even as he restated the support of the United Kingdom for the Nigerian government in this direction, including transparency and accountability in governance.

In his goodwill message, during a High-level Dialogue on Delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda on the theme, “Nigeria’s Global Ambitions: From Hope to Reality,” in Abuja, Richard Montgomery commends Tinubu’s agenda for its focus on priorities and delivery.

“I’d like to use this opportunity to express the whole lot of support of my government to the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu. We commend his agenda for its focus on priorities and delivery. We acknowledge that you have done a lot to put in place transparency and accountability.”

Also, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, while declaring the forum open, extended warm appreciation to participants, noting that their presence underscored the importance of the efforts towards advancing Nigeria’s economic agenda under President Tinubu.

She stated that the gathering, initiated by the Office of the Vice President, highlights the role of the international corporation in delivering the remarkable goals of the President’s laudable Renewed Hope Agenda.

Also, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, commended the stakeholders’ efforts led by Vice President Shettima which led to the convening of the high-level forum to mark the first year anniversary of the Tinubu Administration.

He said the gathering was both to reflect on the last year and look ahead to the next three years, emphasizing the role of the International Corporation in achieving Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

On his part, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, said the past year marking President Tinubu’s one year in office had been successful despite being challenging, assuring that the Tinubu-led government is an administration that will renew the hope of Nigerians.

Noting that the event highlighted the importance of international cooperation, Bagudu thanked VP Shettima for gracing the occasion, saying, “Not surprisingly, you chose to come in person to show importance, particularly to partners in the diplomatic and development world, that Nigeria appreciates them and that international cooperation is important to us and it is rooted in our constitution, is rooted in our development plans and is rooted in our Renewed hope agenda.

“Not surprisingly, Mr. President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Vice President Kashim Shetiima, over the last one year, have engaged globally and locally with institutions that represent development partnership, multilateral institutions, and bilateral institutions, consistent with our development agenda”.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, represented by Senior Special Assistant to the President on International Cooperation, Mr. Dapo Oyewole, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to long-lasting partnership with the global community.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s foreign policy will continue to accommodate the interests of all Nigerians and ensure mutual and beneficial partnerships with all nations,” Oyewole said.

Oyewole added that Nigeria will continue to work to unlock all hidden economic treasures in the country.



In his remarks, the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, said the event marked a critical reflection point for all who have explored optimally to harness international corporations in achieving the noble goals of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Expressing delight with the theme of the dialogue, “Leveraging International Cooperation to Enhance Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development in Nigeria,” he said the Bank of Industry has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of strategic partnership in driving economic growth and fostering inclusive development under the Tinubu administration.

Also in attendance were Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (Office of the Vice President), Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia; Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kenedy Ohaneye; European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Samuel Isopi; Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination and Head of Central Delivery Unit, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman; Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission; and Acting Country Director of World Bank, Nigeria

Lizzysamuel:
Another round of lies launched 😂.

Kai.

$600m Maesrk investment comes to mind

Emirates will resume services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai, and offering customers more choice and connectivity from Nigeria’s largest city to, and through, Dubai.

The service will be operated using a Boeing 777-300ER. EK783 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs, arriving in Lagos at 1520hrs; the return flight EK784 will leave Lagos at 1730hrs and arrives in Dubai at 0510hrs the next day. Tickets can be booked now on http://emirates.com or via travel agents.

Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer said, “We are excited to resume our services to Nigeria. The Lagos-Dubai service has traditionally been popular with customers in Nigeria and we hope to reconnect leisure and business travellers to Dubai and onwards to our network of over 140 destinations. We thank the Nigerian government for their partnership and support in re-establishing this route and we look forward to welcoming passengers back onboard.”

With the resumption of operations to Nigeria, Emirates operates to 19 gateways in Africa with 157 flights per week from Dubai, with further reach to an additional 130 regional points in Africa through its codeshare and interline partnerships with South African Airways, Airlink, Royal Air Maroc, Tunis Air, among others.

As a major economic hub in Africa, Nigeria and the UAE have built strong bilateral trade relations over the years, headlined by Lagos as the nation’s commercial centre. With the resumption of daily passenger flights, the airline’s cargo arm, Emirates SkyCargo, will further bolster the trade relationship by offering more than 300 tonnes of bellyhold cargo capacity, in and out of Lagos every week.

Emirates SkyCargo will support Nigerian businesses by exporting their goods via its state-of-the-art hub in Dubai, into key markets such as the UAE, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Bahrain, among others with key anticipated commodities such as Kola Nuts, food and beverages, and urgent courier material. Emirates SkyCargo will also import vital goods such as pharmaceuticals and electronics as well as general cargo from key markets such as the UAE, India and Hong Kong. Keeping trade flowing seamlessly, these goods will be transported quickly, efficiently, and reliably via the airline’s multi-vertical specialized product portfolio.

The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER serving Lagos will operate with 8 First Class suites, 42 Business Class seats, and 304 seats in Economy Class. Offering the best experience in the sky, passengers can dine on regionally inspired multi-course menus developed by a team of award-winning chefs complemented by a wide selection of premium beverages. Customers can tune in to over 6,500 channels of global entertainment, including 23 Nigerian movies, in addition to series and other content on ice, Emirates’ award-winning inflight entertainment system.

530 CNG buses for deployment in Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, FCT, others

The process for nationwide deployment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles has commenced.

Not less than 530 buses are to be deployed by the end of the month in six pioneering states.

These are Oyo, Lagos, Kwara, Kogi, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) Michael Oluwagbemi stated this yesterday.

It was during the event signaling the commencement of 15-day-long activities ahead of the rollout.

He said the distribution is on a demand-led basis. He added that efforts would be accelerated at the conversion of diesel and petrol-fuel engines across the country.

PeterObi4LP:
Do you have problem with that? Ekperima

zedman1:
Na so Ortom been start him job. Every end of the month, verification. Na so salaries go disappear for that month. After some time, when he realised they were about to code his job, he shifted to Fulani. That he did for the whole eight years! Kai, that guy was the worst thing to ever happen to Benue state throughout history. See how Alia de try now abeg.

Judolisco:
verification for 7 months? When the courts were verifying if the otti truly won his election as governor of Abia state, did he collect salary or not? So both d innocent and guilty will suffer for 7 months.... Una like to dey defend nonsense for dis country Sha...

Diligence:
Let's bell the cat now:

This verification exercise is to expose ghost workers!

Guz: Shey no be true say: many guvs & their ilks hv both fictitious names & other names who are not civil servants but they receive salaries (on a regular) every month? This happens in almost EVERY STATE? No be small MONI we dey talk about-o?



ALEX OTTI wants to Cleanse the SYSTEMIC conduit pipe of corruption & misappropriation of funds!

Nlc must cooperate. Don't be used by politicians or beneficiaries to scuttle or truncate these good intentions of Guv ALEX.O!

Riskymarvelous:
God punish you and your APC supporters

Is it ignorance or being disingenuous, Landmark has opened again, we protested against the demolition of their beachfront other properties were still opened so this new propaganda that because landmark posted we are opened, doesn’t erase the fact that their beachfront was damaged and today we all see that the EIA for the coastal road is suspect. Anyway common sense isn’t common

Especially not common to you first. How much did landmark pay you directly or indirectly. Stop hiding behind your fingers. Landmark noise is deafened. We are in kilometer 1.8

Probably we will have to go prove it in court that I was paid by landmark you will have to provide the evidence and payment and the transactions.

PresidObi:
Cheap blackmail

danijesus:
This op Na werey

predictor1:
I'm not sure any governor in Nigeria still owes salaries.

The leadership of the Abia State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed the State Workforce not to submit themselves to another round of verification, until issues surrounding the planned exercise are ironed out by the Government and labour representatives.

The NLC directive followed an earlier official statement from the office of the Abia State Head of Service HOS ,directing workers across ministries, parastatals, and the 17 Local Councils of the State to submit themselves to online verification effective from May 10 to May 31 2024.

In a statement jointly issued by Comrades Okoro Ogbonna and Emma Alozie Chairman and Secretary respectively,the Abia NLC at the end of its emergency meeting in Umuahia on Saturday May 11,questioned the rationale behind subjecting workers to another verification ,at a time many have not been able to collect their salaries for up ward of Seven months due to hiccups arising from previous exercises.

The NLC described the latest move by the Government to conduct another verification exercise as smacking of insensitivity to the plight of the workers ,as well as a total disregard for labour in the state.

The labour leadership condemned the decision of the Abia state Government to conduct such a sensitive and important exercise as verification without consulting and or taking in to confidence the NLC leadership in the state.

The Abia NLC noted that while it perceives earlier exercises as designed to fish out ghost workers ,it nevertheless described the latest move coming just few months after the last verification as ill-onceived and anti workers ,particularly in the face of the current harsh economic situation in the country.

The NLC leadership while noting that the latest verification exercise will put more pressure on the already financially challenged workforce,insisted that no worker across ministries, MDAs and the local council of the should submit himself/ herself for any verification until further notice.

SisterAnn:
Lol

You will not use my precious time to resuscitate your dead thread. My post hit you below the belt and it hurt so badly.