The Director General of NEMA, AVM Mohammed Audu-Bida (rtd), disclosed this at the inaugural meeting of the panel, which has membership from the US-Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Ministry of Health, Red Cross, representatives from State Emergency Management Agency (SEMAs) from Lagos and Bauchi and NEMA zonal coordinators, Head of Press and Public Relations,Yushau Shuaib, said in a statement.

JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, yesterday, debunked the conjecture that the security outfit would arrest or kill any militant that renounced militancy and surrendered his arms and ammunition to the Presidential Committee on Amnesty.

“Henceforth, proceeds of all non-oil exports must be fully repatriated within 180 days from the date of shipment, while the repatriation of proceeds of oil exports remains within 90 days from the date of shipment.

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA – The Senate has expressed its dissatisfaction with the poor implementation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Yar’Adua, particularly the non-implementation of the N60 billion constituency projects. The Senate also, yesterday, disclosed that it would scrutinise the 2009 budget to ascertain the level of implementation with a view to find […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator Zaria – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed one of its staff (names withheld) involved in examination malpractice that recently rocked the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although NCAT prepares its students for licensing examinations, the regulatory agency has the statutory responsibilities for conduc-ting the examinations. […]