| Oct 22, 2009 |
43 years after, Ahmadu Bello lives on - According the NGF chairman who is also Governor
of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, the foundation will dedicate its efforts towards promoting ...
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| Oct 19, 2009 |
Nigeria:
'Sardauna Foundation Funds Are Safe' - According to the Niger state governor who is also the chairman of Northern Governors'
Forum, "the activities of the foundation will be funded by the ...
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Oct 18, 2009
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Northern Govs Raise N5bn for Sardauna Foundation -
Governors of the 19 northern states, aided by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Edo and Bayelsa States governments, yesterday in
Kaduna raised about N5 billion for the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation established by the Northern Governors Forum in memory
of the late premier of the defunct northern region. The highest donation of N779 million came from Kano State out of which the chief...
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| Oct 17, 2009 |
“The greatest weapon is truth” – Sir Ahmadu Bello - Attempt to immortalize Ahmadu Bello has been on for over two decades
before the current crop of Northern governors under the chairmanship of Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu who is the chief servant of Niger
state.
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Oct 07, 2009
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Nigeria: Niger Spends 1.5 Billion to Establish 18 Micro Banks - Niger State government has spent N1.5 billion for the establishment of 18 microfinance banks across the state, the Director General of the State Small and ... Nigeria: Niger Doles Out N15 Million to Festival Medallists -Eight months after the 19th National Sports Festival (KADA), held in Kaduna, Niger state government has doled out N15 million to the 21 medallists ... |
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| Oct 04, 2009 |
Nigeria: Understanding The Travails of the Chief Servant - Abuja
— For the unsuspecting Nigerians, the unholy rivalry playing out in Niger state between Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu and some sections
of the ...Dr. Aliyu came into office with a dept of sophistication, vision and progressive mind-set that is totally alien to the leadership
culture in Niger state.
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Nigeria:
Understanding The Travails of the Chief Servant - Abuja — For the unsuspecting Nigerians, the unholy rivalry playing out in Niger
state between Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu and some sections of the ...Dr. Aliyu came into office with a dept of sophistication,
vision and
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| Nov 04, 2009 |
Global 2000 declares Nigeria free of guinea worm - Mr. Gowon made the disclosure during
a courtesy call on Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State in Minna. He said the country had been rid of the disease ...
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| Nov 01, 2009 |
Aliyu: Why We Have Bad Leadership - The Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu
Babangida Aliyu, has attributed bad leadership in the country to the low literacy level which he said has had negative ...
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Oct 29,
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Nigeria: Niger Spends N715 Million on Water - The Niger State government has spent a total of N715 million to
reinvigorate the sector, the Commissioner for Water Resources, Dr Yahaya Vatsa ...
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| Oct 28, 2009 |
Nigeria: Gov Aliyu Wants
30 Percent of Budget Given to Education - Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has called for the allocation of 30 per cent
of the annual budget to the education sector for the country to "get back on track".
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| Oct 27, 2009 |
Nigeria: Niger CSDP Gets N100 Million - The Niger State government has injected the sum of N100 million into the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) Niger Goes Tough With Civil Servants - It will no longer be business as usual for civil servants in Niger State as Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has instructed the Head of Service to punish workers who do not pay attention to their jobs. |
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| Nov 16, 2009 |
Nigeria aims to become Africa's Singapore - Fagbemi said |
| Nov 15, 2009 |
Post-Humous Birthday:Remembering
Zik at 105 - Born on Nov. 16, 1904 in Zungeru, Niger State, he died on May 11, 1996. He was the first president of independentNigeria between 1963 – 1966. ...
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Nov 14, 2009
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Cottage industry for all local councils - .. states government; talc processing
with Niger State government; fruit juice processing in partnership with the Kaduna State government among others. ...As part of efforts
to grapple with the challenges of sourcing, developing and utilising raw materials by Nigerian industries, the Raw Materials Research
and Development Council says it plans to establish one cottage resource-based industry in each local government area of the federation.
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| Nov 13, 2009 |
Nigeria: Communities to Get N110 Million Across Niger From Fadama III - Minna — Twenty-five FADAMA communuities from 25 Local
Development Plans are to get the total sum of N110 million from the fadama III project, the Niger state commissioner of agriculture
and rural development, Alhaji Aminu Yusuf said.
Soyinka attacks rulers, fingers Obasanjo for nation's woes - In his opening remarks,
the chairman of the occasion, Niger State Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, said political offices should be made financially less
attractive so that "people with genuine desire and commitment to service delivery" should be voted to power...Soyinka attacks rulers,
fingers Obasanjo for nation's woes NIGERIA'S stunted political growth and economic decline were yesterday again x-rayed by Nobel laureate,
Prof. Wole Soyinka, and other eminent citizens who canvassed urgent concerted efforts to pull the country from the brink. Pointedly,
Soyinka called for affirmative action by the people to safeguard their destiny and rescue the ship of state from the rudderlessness
the ruling elite whom he also accused of treason has subjected it to.
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| Nov 11, 2009 |
Pilgrimage: Niger Govt Names Christian Delegation – Daily Independent - Niger State government has named Commissioner for Youths and Strategy, Mr. Timothy Jiya, as leader of delegation to this year’s Christian pilgrimage to Israel. |
| Nov 09, 2009 |
Nigeria: Bida Old Boys Spend N120 Million to Improve College - Minna — Former students of the Bida Government College, Bida under the Bida Old Students Association (BOSA) have spent a total of N120 million on projects to put basic facilities in the college, president of the association retired Col. Sani Bello has said. Bello made this known Saturday in Bida, Niger State, at a meeting of BOSA members where he stated that the projects executed with the money included the rehabilitation of all the old and the new hostels, blocks of classrooms, rehabilitation and reticulation of the water system in the kitchen and motorized borehole sunk to serve the staff quarters and the school's overhead tank. He said part of the money was spent on procurement and installation of a new power generator..Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu and a member of BOSA who spoke through his Commissioner for Health Dr Ibrahim Sule promised that his administration would continue to give top priority attention to the education sector to reposition learning in the state. Former military president, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, former Head of State, retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, retired General Mohammed Wushishi and the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Legbo Kutigi are members of the association. |
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| Nov 22, 2009 |
Nigeria: The Politics of Food Security -Abubakar's Maizube Farms in Niger state. And of course, the Yar'Adua farms in Funtua and other parts of Katsina state where I did
my mandatory national ...
ANA, So Much Promises, So Little Achievements - The N11 million from the Niger State Government is already
a non-event; phantom debts would have claimed it all even when a majority of members left Minna ........he challenged the Benue State
governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam to follow the worthy example of his Niger State counterpart, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, in supporting ANA and
writers in Benue State. After all, Mr. Suswam was his former student, who cannot now afford to fail his former boss.
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Nov 20, 2009
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School boss seeks state of emergency in education - And in Minna, Niger State, chairman of the Governing Board of National Commission
for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Mr. Jerry Agada, has warned that unless ...
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| Nov 19, 2009 |
Ndanusa Insists He's Eminently Qualified
for NOC Job - The Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Engr. Sani Ndanusa has described his disqualification
by the Nigeria Olympic Committee as unrealistic and said that contrary to the reasons advanced for the actions, he remains eminently
qualified to contest the position. Reacting to the news of his disqualification, Ndanusa hinted that he has been in sports politics
for m..
Nigeria: PHCN Decries Vandalism in Niger - Minna — The Niger state business office of the Power Holding Company
of Nigeria (PHCN) has decried the rate at which electrical installations are vandalised in the state.
Fresh concerns over safety of
herbal preparations - ... Nnewi Campus, Anambra State and Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Minna,Niger State, wrote: "In the three month study, ...
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| Nov 18, 2009 |
Supreme Court: Who Steps into Kutigi's Shoe? - The post of the nation?s highest judicial officer, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will be vacant from December 31, when the incumbent holder, Mr. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi will retire. Senator Iroegbu while assesing Kutigi's tenure, asks who is the next Chief Justice of Nigeria? Come December 31st , the post of the number one judicial officer in Nigeria will be vac... No more servant leaders in Nigeria –Gov Aliyu - Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has berated the present crop of political leaders in the country over their inability to give governance a human face, lamenting that there were no more servant leaders. Delivering the convocation lecture to mark the eight convocation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on the theme: Zik’s Philosophy: Lessons for national integration and development, Aliyu noted that former leaders of the nation like the late Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe were famous because of their servant-leader roles. He lamented that the development in Anambra State now does not tally well with the philosophy of Azikiwe, whose philosophy, he noted, revolved around his passion and commitment to service delivery, transparency, accountability and sacrifice. |
| Nov 17, 2009 |
Nigeria: FG to Recruit 140000 Teachers - Minna — The Federal Government says it will recruit about 140,000 teachers to boost the standard of education in the country....She said about 3,248 applicants were discovered to have presented fake certificates. She said both the National Commission for Colleges of Education and the National Board for Technical Education had been told to set up a joint committee to look into the matter. |
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| Dec 17, 2009 |
Niger Reads Riot Act to
Non Performing Contractors - The Niger State government has promised non performing contractors in the state hard times as it
vows to black list such contractors currently ...
US 'll put pressure on Nigeria to embrace change – Clinton - The United States
has said that it will vigorously put pressure on the Federal Government to make changes that will be beneficial to Nigerians.
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'Why Some States are Not Viable' - The health programme in Niger State is one thing other states should copy. They have broken
up the state into communities and wards and there is community involvement in the area of health, etc. We saw a clear vision on the
part of the governor to take the state to a particular level in the next 10 years. Here also, we love the way fellow Nigerians are
treated. Once you are in Niger State and you work there, you are treated like any other indigene of the state.
Police Hold Three FUT
Minna Students Over Murder - The police in Niger State have arrested three students of the Federal University of Technology,
Minna, in connection with the killing at the weekend, of Malam Mustapha Mohammed, the 36 year- old Special Assistant to the Secretary
to State Government on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Dr Yahaya Kuta.
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| Dec 14, 2009 |
Aliyu mourns Tahir's demise -The Chiarman of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Niger state, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Talban Minna) has described
as shocking the death of Dr. Ibrahim Tahir (Talban Bauchi). Governor Aliyu said Dr. Tahir was a staunch believer, advocate and pupil
of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto.....It was in view of this, Dr. Aliyu said, Dr. Tahir was very out-spoken on
issues that concern the unity and progress of Northern Nigeria in particular and Nigeria in general.
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| Dec 13, 2009 |
Leadership Wins Newspaper of the Year Award - ...Also honoured alongside LEADERSHIP was the governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu, who came away with the Award of Excellence and Good Governance and Educational Emancipation. Nigeria Becoming 'Worthless, Irrelevant To US -Ex-American Envoys - Three former American Ambassadors to Nigeria abandoned diplomatese and attempted calling a spade a spade regarding Nigeria's current global status .....Speaking one after the other at the Achebe Colloquium on Nigerian elections held all day Friday at Brown University, Providence, a US ivy school, Ambassadors Princeton Lyman, Walter Carrington and John Campbell in different words, clearly warning that Nigeria's glorious days in global estimation and the feeling of its invulnerability is now being progressively diminished. |
| Dec 10, 2009 |
African Leaders are saboteurs and enemies of progress - It is a waste of time to argue that there is anything remarkable or worth emulating about the brand of leadership that is seen in Africa. Throughout Africa not a single country has been able to deliver its people from poverty, malnutrition and diseases. Almost all countries in Africa South of the Sahara are facing deep poverty and that includes resource rich counties like Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Senegal, Gabon, Cameroon, Ghana, and even South Africa... |
| Dec 30, 2009 |
2009 - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly - ....hairman of the Northern Governors' Forum (NGF),
Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, joined prominent Nigerians in the likes of Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa'id and Bishop John Onaikan,
Catholic Bishop of Abuja, to describe the incident as most unacceptable in the 21st century. They had wondered why the country will
be submerged in such crisis when other nations are making scientific and technological breakthrough and societal progress.
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| Dec 30, 2009 |
Babangida weeps as wife is buried - Babangida, dressed in black caftan, arrived at his residence at 6.10 pm in company ofNiger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and others in a 38-seater coaster ...
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Dec 29, 2009
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IBB's Wife for Burial Tomorrow - NIGER
State government yesterday said the former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, who died in the United States of America (USA) on Sunday,
would be buried tomorrow..
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| Dec 23, 2009 |
No Mega Party Can Take Over Niger - Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has said
that no amount of wishful thinking will make the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lose its position as the leading political party in
Niger State and Nigeria as a whole
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Dec 22, 2009
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Nigeria: Aliyu Presents N111 Billion to Niger Assembly -
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has proposed an estimated budget of N111 billion for 2010 with over 50 per cent of the proposed
budget coming from statutory allocation and capital receipt.
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| Dec 21, 2009 |
Niger Plans 30-Year Constant Water Supply- Following acute water problem in Minna the capital of Niger state, the state government has moved to work out plans to ensure constant water supply for at least 30 years, the commissioner for water resources, Dr Yahaya Vatsa has said. |
| Dec 09, 2009 |
Nigeria: Niger Govt to Sign MoU With Real Madrid - Governor Babangida Aliyu of
Niger State yesterday said the state government would soon sign an understanding with Real Madrid FC of Spain toward developing football
in the state.
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| Dec 08, 2009 |
30 Nigerian pilgrims died in S'Arabia - ....He said that Kebbi lost five pilgrims, Niger and Sokoto
lost four each while Kano and Plateau lost three each..., Nasarawa, Bauchi and Zamfara also lost two pilgrims each.
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Dec 07, 2009
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Information,
tool for economic, social devlpt --Aliyu - The Chief Servant and governor of Niger state, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu says information
as an instrument is necessary for economic and political development of any nation... Governor Aliyu who lamented the high moral decadence
in the society, said our nation can not progress unless we fight corruption and instill discipline in our body polity, stressing that
the media must be among the frontliners in this battle to revive our old cultural values and spirit of patriotism.
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| Dec 04, 2009 |
NGSG assures quality services to communities - Niger state government
has reiterated its commitment to continue to give all the necessary support required to deliver quality services to local communities
in the state. The state governor, Dr.Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Talban Minna), represented by the commissioner for tourism and culture,
Alhaji Abubakar Chika Adamu, stated this at the occasion of Bida Emirate Sallah Durbar, held at Wadata Palace in Bida, recently.
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| Dec 02, 2009 |
Niger to spend N975m on ICT park - The Niger State Government is to spend N975 million on the construction of an ICT Park in Minna next year in its bid to boost the development of Information Technology. The Commissioner for Science and Technology, Abubakar Katcha, made the disclosure in an interview in Minna yesterday. He said that the park will enable indigenes of the state to learn soft and hardware packaging, repair and assembling of computers in their local setting. Memoranda Of Understanding (MOU) had been signed between the state government and a constructing firm, Brunei Nigeria Ltd., for the construction of the infrastructure.... |
| Dec 01, 2009 |
Niger Guber Appeal - Court Strikes Out Umaru's Application - The Court of Appeal Abuja Division yesterday struck out the application by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate in Niger State Mr. David Umaru asking it to disqualify a five-member panel of Justices of Court from handling his application for the setting aside of its judgment delivered on February 19, 2009 for being a nullity, fundamentally defective and flawed. n a ruling delivered by Justice Jemmy Olukayode Bada, the Court held that Umaru has failed to state reasons why the panel will not deliver a fair and balanced judgement... |
| Nov 30, 2009 |
Pilgrims board restates ban on pregnant women - The Nigeria Christian Pilgrims
Commission has insisted that pregnant women will not be allowed to participate in this year’s pilgrimage to Israel. He
said the batch comprised 87 pilgrims from Niger State; 310 from Nasarawa State; and 12 Federal Government officials. The deputy governor
disclosed that the state administration spent N422,000 on each pilgrim this year as against N394,000 last year. He advised them to
justify the state government’s investment in the programme by performing the religious activities expected of them. He advised the
intending 294 pilgrims against absconding and also urged them to be tolerant.
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| Nov 30, 2009 |
New Nigerian Newspapers Staff Embark
On 'Warning Strike' - Sources at the meeting said the head of service told the union of the state government’s readiness
to give the company N10 million aside other materials, and that Governor Namadi Sambo, who is in China, had discussed with the
chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, on the plight of the company and they have
agreed that the northern states should, as a matter of urgency, commit the sum of N 10 million each to the company.
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| Nov 27, 2009 |
2010 Budget: Egos Send Tradition Packing - Early in the year,
when a visiting European prime minister could not address a joint session of the National Assembly, it became manifest that perhaps,
the battle line had been drawn. Before this however, was the famous Minna Retreat where the nation was treated to an open confrontation
and display of the intensity to which the ego trip between both chambers had reached. In Minna, Niger State, an attempt to hold a
retreat of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review, (JCCR) was ditched by members of the House of Reps who insisted
that the House's deputy speaker, Usman Bayero Nafada should be co-chairman with deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, chairman
of the JCCR.
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| Nov 25, 2009 |
Niger Govt Lists Gains Of Public Private Patnership - The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has declared that the Public Private Partnership initiative is thriving and yielding results in Niger State. Speaking at a forum organised by the NEPAD Business Group Nigeria/West Africa, Aliyu declared that the modest achievements recorded by his administration in the state despite the challenges on ground are a function of the adoption of the Public Private Partnership initiative. |
| Nov 24, 2009 |
Nigeria: Bank Manager Arrested for Fraud - Minna — The Operations Manager of a first generation bank in Minna Mr Gokis Kizito was yesterday arrested over N2.7 million alleged to have been fraudulently withdrawn from the bank. Nigeria: Aliyu - Kill All Corrupt Officials - Abuja — It is time for Nigeria to adopt the Jerry Rawlings formula and the Chinese therapy of capital punishment in fighting corruption if it is to experience genuine growth and development, Niger State Governor Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu said in Abuja yesterday. Speaking at a Public Partnership Forum, the Governor said there is no half measure and Nigeria must be prepared to fight corruption in all its ramifications "as a matter of life and death." He said in order to succeed, "we must strengthen the legal frameworks of severely punishing all convicted corrupt officials, both in public and private so that corruption does not appear as a high-return and low risk activity, which is what our current court rulings portray, since convicted corrupt officials can go back to their loot after only a limited jail time in jail." He said Nigeria cannot continue to pay lip service to fighting corruption while the culprits move freely without remorse, adding that the country must also empower its anti-corruption agencies so as to eliminate from the system the popular feeling that "it is not that officials are corrupt but corruption is official." Governor Aliyu said it was the right forum to dwell on the issue of corruption because it has permeated all sectors with extensive government involvement in infrastructure projects, real estate development, government procurement and financial services. Nigeria: Niger Suspends 17 Officials for Alleged Fraud - Minna — THE Niger State government has suspended 17 top government officials from office for conniving with contractors and politicians to defraud the state government of billions of naira. |