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Despite these challenges, the governor has commenced the total renovation of the school of nursing in the state and also pursuing its accreditation. On road construction, the state government has awarded contract for eight roads to be constructed while it is at the level of completing the Achusa ring road started by the previous administration. The governor has also begun the Mobil-Barrack road and the Daudu Gbajimba road which are now at various stages of completion” The above quote is taken from the This Day report of May 28, 2016 in reference to the performance of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom after his one year in office in which the newspaper claimed that the Governor had not performed well even after it admitted that there was paucity of funds. While there is no gain reiterating that This Day either did not do its homework properly or simply relied on street gossip to do its report as there were lots of achievements recorded by the Ortom administration even at the tim...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has renamed the popular Baga road in Maiduguri Metropolis after Alhaji Aliko Dangote following his immense contribution and support to victims of Boko Haram especially the over 1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) spread across various resettlement camps in the state. Shettima made this know during Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s visit to the Dalori IDP Camp in Maiduguri which is currently being occupied by 37,000 IDPs from Bama Local Government Area of the state. In his address, Shettima expressed gratitude to Aliko Dangote Road for his sympathy to the people of the state who had suffered untold hardship in the hands of insurgents in the last seven years. The governor during the visit also took his August visitors to Bakassi camp which had 152,000 IDPs from Nganzai, Monguno, Gwoza and other local government areas, after which, the visitors paid a sympathy visit to families of Boko Haram combatants that were rescued by troo...

  Samsung Electronics West Africa has commissioned the Samsung Smart School Project for teachers and students in Calabar.   The initiative, which is an integral part of Samsung’s ‘Smart School Rollout’ scheme, is aimed at digitising classrooms on the platform of mobile learning across unity schools in Nigeria.  Launched across the country in partnership with the various state governments, the Samsung Smart School Project will ensure that secondary schools benefit from the Digital Classroom, which is equipped with mobile devices, electronic boards, thin client monitors, learning contents all from Samsung Electronics West Africa and her partner, Etiam Global, for more collaborative, engaging and interactive education. Speaking at the event, which held at Government Secondary School, State Housing Estate, Calabar, Managing Director of Samsung Electronics West Africa, Changwook Lee, represented by the Head, Enterprise Business solution/IT Business, Anu Roti...

Nigeria will be one of the most attractive and easiest places of doing business in the world by 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya. Speaking at a plenary session on "Dialogue with the Private Sector" at the sixth Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD VI), President Buhari said his administration is implementing policies and measures to create right and enabling environment for business and investors in Nigeria. Nigeria is currently ranked 169 out of 189 countries by the World Bank, according to the Bank's 2016 Ease of Doing Business report. President Buhari told the session attended by several African leaders, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and international business executives that his administration’s vision and objective is to make Nigeria one of the top investment destinations in the world, within the shortest possible time. ‘‘We believe government has a particular responsibility to create right and att...

The Bureau of Rural Development and Cooperatives has flagged-off 18 major projects in the Benue North East and North West senatorial districts. These projects include the Gwarche - Kontien electrification project in Tarka,  the Ngobua Electricity project and the Gbishe - Mbakyer feeder road in Katsina-Ala, Howe electricity project, Shawa electricity project and Mase feeder road all in Gwer, Igbudu - Tse - Girgi - Ayilamo-Anyibe  feeder road in Logo, Vaase electricity project in Ukum,  Kontien bridge on Mkar - Tse Nyajo feeder road, three span bridge across Ambiir stream on Mkar - Tse Nyajo feeder road all in  Gboko local government area. At the separate flag off, Governor Samuel Ortom, represented by his Special Adviser on Rural Development and Cooperatives, Dr Adzer Abya, stated that the projects were executed with N1.8 billion set aside from the infrastructure facility obtained from the Federal Government. Stakeholders from the benefiting communities express...

To further assist the internally displaced persons and enhance civil-military relations, troops of  21 Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army, have    established a temporary school for the children at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp located in Bama town, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State using military tents. The school comprised 6 military tents in which soldiers  not on essential duty served as teachers. In addition, some of the  IDPs who were  teachers before the their displacement, also teach in the school. Presently,  the school has a population of over 3,000 children. The Brigade has also establish a  section of adult education  for women. Impressed with the laudable initiative, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) also assisted the Brigade with 2 additional tents and school bags for the pupils, while Borno State Urban Education  deployed a   Principal to assist in running of  the school. The ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the preparedness of the Federal Government to discuss the release of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terror group since 2014, In an interview with journalists in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend, President Buhari said the Nigerian government is ready to dialogue with bonafide leaders of the terror group who know the whereabouts of the girls. ‘‘I have made a couple of comments on the Chibok girls and it seems to me that much of it has been politicised. ‘‘What we said is that the government which I preside over is prepared to talk to bonafide leaders of Boko Haram. ‘‘If they do not want to talk to us directly, let them pick an internationally recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), convince them that they are holding the girls and that they want Nigeria to release a number of Boko Haram leaders in detention, which they are supposed to know. ‘‘If they do it through the ‘modified leadership’ of Boko Haram and they talk wit...