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President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the following Nigerian individuals to be appointed to the governing councils of various federal universities and tertiary institutions of education.

NIGERIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO, DELTA STATE

(1) Temi Harriman -- Chairman

(2) Adeola Adeogun -- Member

(3) Benedict Aguele -- Member

(4) Freeman Kasa -- Member

(5) Babangida Alhassan Abdullahi -- Member

NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ABUJA

(1) Rabe Mudi Bala -- Chairman

(2) Mr. Akinola Fagbemi -- Member

(3) Rakiatou Bagnou -- Member

(4) Alwel Egwurugu -- Member

(5) Femi Osabinu -- Member

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, BASSAM-BIRI, BAYELSA

(1) Bram Baifa -- Chairman

(2) Richard Odigbo -- Member

(3) Yomi Johnson -- Member

(4) Fatima Owuna -- Member

(5) Christy Akpehuan Omoruyi -- Member

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KWALE, DELTA STATE

(1) Ahmadu Barau Banye Salisu -- Chairman

(2) Aragbaye Oluwatosin Gbolagunte -- Member

(3) Talba Bauchi -- Member

(4) Akaninodo Kehinde Adekunle -- Member

(5) Chibuike Ikenga -- Member

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, KATSINA STATE

(1) Habib Mohammed Ibrahim -- Chairman

(2) Yau Aisha Abdulkadir -- Member

(3) Shehu Kaka -- Member

(4) Ibrahim Umar Abbah -- Member

(5) Isijola Rasaki -- Member

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MUBI, ADAMAWA STATE

(1) Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin -- Chairman

(2) Peter Tanko Dogara -- Member

(3) Amina Ibrahim Ndala -- Member

(4) Owolabi Shamsideen Oseni -- Member

(5) Olufemi Lawson -- Member

ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY, IBUSA, DELTA STATE

(1) Yusuf Mohammed -- Chairman

(2) Sani Ndanusa -- Member

(3) Abdul Oroh -- Member

(4) Mary Okaba Agbo -- Member

(5) Omasan Agbajoh -- Member

THE NIGERIA FRENCH LANGUAGE VILLAGE, BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE

(1) Labiru Musa Kafur -- Chairman

(2) Ibitoye Victor Philips -- Member

(3) Bamgbose S -- Member

(4) Musa Ayas -- Member

(5) Ogenyi Okpokwu Emmanuel -- Member

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NIGERIAN LANGUAGES, ABA, ABIA STATE

(1) Victor O. Ukaogo -- Chairman

(2) Anjare Samuel -- Member

(3) David Turuka Ismaila -- Member

(4) Adimchinaka Onwukwe -- Member

(5) Princess Ify Ugo Okoye -- Member

NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY, BIU, BORNO STATE

(1) Awal Bawa Morike-- Chairman

(2) Mohammed Bashir Umar -- Member

(3) Monday Nanza -- Member

(4) Mohammed Alhaji Audu -- Member

(5) Sheriff Abdullahi -- Member

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

(1) Usman Mohammed Shanawa -- Chairman

(2) Kabiru Yahaya -- Member

(3) Chinenye Love Moses -- Member

(4) Uyiosasere Ekhosuehi -- Member

(5) Joshua Oludare Adewale -- Member

NIGERIA ARABIC LANGUAGE VILLAGE, GAMBORU NGALA, BORNO STATE

(1) Ahmed Wambai -- Chairman

(2) Gazali Hamza Suleiman -- Member

(3) Imam Alfa Rahaman -- Member

(4) Isah Kwayami -- Member

(5) Mohammed Ize Mamman -- Member

NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL CENTRE, SHEDA, KWALI, FCT

(1) Edna Njoku -- Chairman

(2) Kovie Andrew Epetutu -- Member

(3) Oyinkasola Okewoye -- Member

(4) Ibrahim Musa -- Member

(5) Sarah Tukura -- Member

The FCT Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has detained an individual known as Precious Yusuf for trying to sneak substances believed to be psychoactive drugs into the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in the FCT.

As per Imran Muhammad

WHY IS FUEL STORED IN THE WINGS OF THE AIRCRAFT

Fuel exclusively stored in the fuselage reduces aircraft performance, crash safety, and practicality. The FAA and EASA have regulations for fuel storage, but additional factors ultimately determine where fuel is stored within aircraft designs.
Fuel stored in the wing is generally safer in crash events than fuel stored near the passenger cabin. Even for crash events where the plane doesn’t catch on fire, fuel is best kept off and away from passengers. Fire kept away from the cabin (in the wings) gives passengers time to escape to safety.

Surprisingly, where fuel is stored within an aircraft can drastically effect the structural weight of the aircraft. This is due to a structural effect called span loading.
Imagine yourself walking onto a steadily thinning sheet of ice on a lake. Your steps start to crack the ice.

Quick, lay down flat and spread your weight out before you fall through. The thin ice can support your weight as long as you keep your weight spread out.
In this silly example, the ice thickness represents the thickness of structural aluminium or carbon fibre in a wing. The more evenly distributed the weight of the fuel, engines, components, and payload is across the wing, the thinner the “ice” – the aluminium in the wing can be to support the same weight.

Less aluminium equals less structural weight – resulting in lower cost, better efficiency, and higher aircraft performance. Fuel stored in the wing helps accomplish that.
Long range aircraft, like airliners, carry a large portion of their total weight as fuel – over 12%. Most of the fuel weight is burned up in flight. For huge airliners, that can be hundreds of thousands of pounds of fuel burned in one flight.

Aircraft simultaneously need their Center of Gravity (CG) tightly controlled and to be near and slightly ahead of the aerodynamic centre of the airplane. The CG is typically located near the wing. Slight movements in the CG – inches – have drastic impacts on aircraft stability and control. As a plane burns its fuel during flight, the CG needs to stay within a small range – the entire time.

Fuel stored in the wings is perfectly suited to keep the CG within limits as the weight of the plane reduces by tons.

Where do those checked bags go? Fuel in the fuselage limits how much baggage, cargo, cabin, and internal volume is available. Fuel is the perfect candidate to be put in the wings. It’s a liquid – which occupies odd geometries and narrow passages with ease. Fuel stored in the wings expands the amount of volume open for baggage as well as for passengers.

Fuel stored in the wings enables better safety, efficiency, performance, and affordability. With so many benefits to fuel storage in the wings, it would be irresponsible to not consider it.

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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT TINUBU TO THE ARMED FORCES: WE CELEBRATE YOUR SACRIFICES; CONTINUE TO PROTECT NIGERIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the armed forces to continue to protect Nigeria's territorial integrity against all threats, commending them for their dedication to duty and sacrifices for the nation.

Speaking at an event marking the Diamond Jubilee of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, on Saturday, the President assured the military of his administration's commitment to its welfare, as well as unflagging support in the discharge of its duties.

The NDA was established about six decades ago, on February 5, 1964. The institution has undergone various stages of transformation in its quest to fulfill its mandate of training officers for the Nigerian Armed Forces. Before obtaining independence from Britain, Nigeria’s first set of officers were trained in Ghana and subsequently at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, England. But by January 1964, four years after independence, the first batch of 64 army and navy cadets commenced training at the NDA.

President Tinubu highlighted some of the milestones recorded during the transformation of the NDA to include the subsequent addition and training of Air Force cadets, the successful reunification of the country after the Civil War in 1967 as well as the various short-service military training programmes instituted to fill the manpower needs caused by the Civil War.

Other noteworthy achievements he accented include the upgrade of the NDA from a non-degree awarding institution to a full-fledged degree-awarding university in 1985, thereby phasing out the Nigerian Defence Academy Certificate of Education hitherto awarded to cadets.

"The government is also pleased to note that the curriculum approved by the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body is sufficiently robust and broad-based to enable the cadets to acquire the knowledge, skills, values, character, and discipline required for effective and efficient service in the Nigerian Armed forces in peace times and in times of crises.

"I understand that other giants’ strides recorded in the NDA include the establishment of post-graduate programs, the creation of research centres and centres of excellence to facilitate research, and enable cross fertilization of ideas.

"The consistent academic calendar devoid of industrial disputes and strikes should make the NDA postgraduate school an institution of first choice not only for Nigerian students but also for students across the globe. I therefore charge the academic staff both military and nonmilitary to transform the NDA into ‘Nigeria’s Silicon Valley,’ a hub for startups where ideas are not only incubated but also actualized," the President said.

President Tinubu commended the past and present leadership of the NDA for the quality of military and academic training, which has continued to attract clientele from other African nations.

He said with the quality of training at the Academy, the military is capable of bringing to an end all acts of banditry, insurgency, and criminality that have ravaged the country.

"Let me also add that although the war against the enemies of Nigeria is not over, it is fair to state that relative peace has been recorded across the major flash points. These successes have come at a price for the government and the populace. We remember our fallen heroes and those out in the trenches for the sake of our fatherland. Let us also celebrate their resilience and sacrifice at this diamond jubilee.

"I urge you to continue to play your constitutional role of safeguarding the territorial integrity of Nigeria, our fatherland. You must shun any acts that are inimical to the well-being of our nation and acts which can destroy the gains of democracy which we have enjoyed in the last 20 years.

"The government is fully aware of the service and sacrifices that members of the Nigerian Armed Forces have continued to render across the length and breadth of this country, especially in the face of daunting challenges We, as a government, will continue to accord priority to the needs of the armed forces to enable the military to play its constitutional role without let or hindrance.

"Let me reiterate the urgency to upscale the fight against insecurity, which has robbed us of peace and progress. While the relative peace you have been able to secure is worth celebrating, you must remember that the war is not yet over until every parcel of land held by the enemy is flying the flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," the President said.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

February 10, 2024

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DG-SMEDAN conducts a tour of the IDCs in Southwest

The Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii carried out on the spot assessment of the Industrial Development Centres in Oshogbo, Akure and Ikorodu within the week. In a bid to rapidly transform the state of disrepair that the IDCs have witnessed over the years, the administration of Mr Odii is putting into place a system to revamp the economic viability of the Centres.

To this end, he personally went for an inspection visit of the IDCs with a view to draw out implementation framework that will make the centres accessible and available for MSMEs within the environment, possibly on a public private partnership. This he believes will turn around the economic fortunes of the communities where these IDCs are situated; there will be provision of infrastructure and equipments that could cascade into creation of more jobs. The DG was accompanied on the tour by Engr Tony Igba (Director Engineering, Technology and Innovation). and Dr. Gbenga Ogundeji (Director, Planning, Policy, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation).

Moshood Lawal
Corporate Affairs
SMEDAN

Katsina Government, SMEDAN Sign MoU for SMEs' Development, Industrial Development Center (IDC) Partnership

The Katsina State Government through its Enterprise Development Agency ( KASEDA) has signed two Memorandums of Understanding, MoUs, with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, SMEDAN, to the tune of N250 million on boosting the capacity and growth of small businesses in Katsina State.

The second MoU was for KASEDA to Partner with of the federal government-owned Industrial Development Centre, IDC in Katsina to develop and boost the SME sector in the state for a period of three years.

The event took place on Thursday at the Corporate Headquarters of SMEDAN in Abuja, with Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, the Director General of SMEDAN, Mr. Charles Odii, and the Director General of KASEDA Hajiya Aisha Aminu presiding over the auspicious MoU affair.

The Minister of State for Youth, Mr. Ayodele Olawande, and Dr. Wale Fasanya, the immediate-past DG of SMEDAN; together with some top Katsina State Government functionaries also graced the event.

While speaking, Governor Radda noted that Medium and Small Scale Enterprises, MSMEs, worldwide, okay a critical role in changing the fortunes of many nations.

"Any leader who aspires to transform Nigeria, must not ignore the MSME sector, which contributes about 50 percent to the country's nominal GDP, while also providing jobs to about 70 percent of citizens," he said.

He however, expressed displeasure with the fact that SMEDAN, in recent years, has not succeeded in increasing the number of SMEs it is boosting their capacities. "SMEDAN should no longer be talking about empowering just hundreds of thousands of SMES at this time. We should be talking about millions," he said.

Governor Radda advised the SMEDAN management to work towards expanding the scope and numbers of Nigerian small businesses who receive their institutional support, particularly monetary funding.

As part of tackling poverty, hunger and youth restiveness in Katsina, he said his administration has approved the sum of N3.4bn to enhance the development of SMEs in the state. Radda also disclosed that two other IDC will soon be established at Daura and Funtua zones to make it three, besides the current one which KASEDA will take our its ownership.

"As part of our commitment to grow Katsina's economy, the state government will collaborate with the 34 local governments we have to fund our SMEs with about N3.4 billion.

"Each local government is expected to provide 100 million counterpart funds. We shall thereafter identify 10 to 20 enterprises in each local government, that will get our funding support," he said.

Governor Radda further revealed that his administration will soon embark on building wood and furniture clusters, among other vocational trades development hubs, similar to the ones managed by SMEDAN at its corporate headquarters.

"Our Katsina State Enterprise Development Agency, KASEDA, is currently in the process of selecting small businesses with potential for growth and employing people, in Katsina, to get our support. We plan to give them credits with zero interest rate.

"Equally, in order to boost the capacity of our KASEDA, we shall soon dispatch some of their staff to SMEDAN for them to learn how you are driving Nigeria's SMEs sector. But again, some SMEDAN staff will also be invited to Katsina and mentor the staff of KASEDA," he said.

Responding, The DG SMEDAN Mr Charles Odii, expressed delight with the move by the Katsina State Government to partner SMEDAN in advancing the frontiers of Katsina SME sector. "This MoU we just signed will help to curb social unrest in Katsina, while making sure SMEs in the state have easy access to finance and business market," he said.

Signed:
Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed,
CPS to Katsina Governor.

25th January , 2024.