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Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to tackle looters of public funds, drainers of resources, and other corrupt elements in Nigeria to make room for growth and development across the country. Disclosing this in a statement by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday, December 9, 2023,  in Abuja in a Road Walk held in commemoration of the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day, Olukoyede stated that the EFCC under his watch would not allow resources meant for economic growth and greater good...

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has said digitising the agricultural sector in all its processes for smallholder farmers by the government would not only boost productivity but increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $67 billion. Inuwa disclosed this at the Policy Dialogue session in collaboration with the Office of the Presidency, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the Barcelona Hotel, Abuja. According to him, “With the smallholder farmers producing...

…AS HE RESUMES OFFICE. ADDRESSES STAFF R-L: Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu; Chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee for the Nigerian/Czech Republic Technology Transfer Agreement, Dr. Mohammed Dahiru; Coordinating Director, Planning and Business Development Directorate, NASENI, Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi; Coordinating Director, Engineering Infrastructure Directorate, NASENI, Prof. Dansheu Gwandangaji; and Director, Procurement, NASENI, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed, when the new EVC/CEO was given a guided tour of NASENI on his assumption at the Agency’s Headquarters on Monday, September 4, 2023. PHOTO: NASENI. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer...