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Umahi & Laralek Director Receive Knocks Over Poor Sango-Idiroko Reconstruction Lapses As First Downpour Exposes Engineering F@ilures

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Today, I was delighted to open the historic U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) Managing Board meeting in Kyiv that delivered its first investment approval 🇺🇦🇺🇸 It is in a Ukrainian dual-use technology company, Sine Engineering, that operates in the fields of communications and navigation. Their infrastructural solutions are used by 150 Ukrainian manufacturers of UAVs and interceptor systems. I am grateful to US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for his leadership in ensuring the Fund’s efficiency. I also thank DFC Invests Chief Investment Officer Connor Coleman, US Deputy Under Secretary for International Finance Jonathan Greenstein, and all members of the US delegation who travelled to Ukraine this week despite ongoing large-scale attacks. Special thanks to Chargé d’Affaires of the United States in Ukraine U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ambassador Julie Davis, for her continued engagement, support, and close coordination. The pace our Fund has taken shows an important role it plays in our relations. In less then a year, the Fund has already made its first investment and continues to review over 200 applications, more than half from Ukrainian companies. The pace our Fund has taken shows an important role it plays in our relations. In less than a year, the Fund has already made its first investment and continues to review over 200 applications, more than half from Ukrainian companies. The largest number of proposals has been submitted in the energy sector, which has become one of the key priorities following the winter. Other priority areas include dual-use technology manufacturing, infrastructure, and critical minerals. The U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund is part of our strategic partnership with the United States. Its successful operation demonstrates that Ukraine offers unique expertise and technologies and can be as a successful business case.

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10 Shocking Stories the Media Buried Today #10 - Julian Assange Exposes CIA's Plot to Assassinate Him in First Public Hearing Since Release Assange revealed how the CIA attempted to assassinate him within the embassy, tried to obtain DNA from his infant son, and had a CIA asset permanently track his wife. “We revealed the CIA's vast production of malware and viruses, its subversion of supply chains... CIA Director Pompeo launched a campaign of retribution,” Assange said. He went on to explain that under Mike Pompeo’s leadership, the CIA had drafted plans to kidnap or kill him, while also targeting his colleagues in Europe with theft, hacking, and planting false information. These jaw-dropping claims are backed by over thirty current and former U.S. intelligence officials, as well as evidence from a legal case against some of the CIA agents involved. Assange emphasized that the CIA’s actions against him, his family, and his associates show just how far intelligence organizations are willing to go when it comes to transnational repression. Assange made it clear: “The CIA’s targeting of myself, my family, and my associates through aggressive extrajudicial and extraterritorial means provides a rare insight into how powerful intelligence organizations engage in transnational repression. Such repressions are not unique. What is unique is that we know so much about this one due to numerous whistleblowers and to judicial investigations in Spain.” H/T: Green Lives Matter (Keep Scrolling for More Revealing Stories)

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NAF ENGINEERS DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTISE BY REVIVING AIRCRAFT GROUNDED FOR 23 YEARS In a phenomenal display of engineering ingenuity, aircraft engineers and technicians of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have accomplished the remarkable feat of reactivating a Dornier DO-228 aircraft, which had been grounded for 23 years. This achievement underscores NAF’s growing capacity for indigenous maintenance to bolster its operational readiness, whilst contributing to Nigeria’s inherent aviation capabilities. The aircraft, originally designated "5N-MPS" and operated by the now defunct Ministry of Mines, Power, and Steel, had been grounded at the DANA facility in Kaduna since 2001. However, sequel to a Presidential Directive for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to transfer such grounded platforms to the NAF for evaluation and possible reactivation, the NAF initiated this project. The NAF took on the challenge of reactivating this aircraft, a Dash 201 Series with only 1,081 flight hours since new, considering the task a unique opportunity to restore a valuable national asset. The reactivation process, for the grounded aircraft - redesignated “NAF-039” - was conducted between June and September 2024, involving meticulous planning and painstaking execution by a crack team of 5 engineering officers and 40 technicians from the NAF 431 Engineering Group (Engr Gp), Kaduna. This accomplishment, which required the application of advanced engineering techniques and adherence to stringent aviation standards, attests to the NAF’s growing technical expertise and resolute determination. The success of this project carries significant strategic implications, bearing in mind that, beyond enhancing the NAF’s fleet, it symbolises the Service’s resolve to achieve self-reliance in aviation maintenance for operational effectiveness. It also serves as a morale booster for the NAF engineers and technicians, showcasing their ability to undertake complex projects which otherwise would be outsourced to foreign entities. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, lauded the 431 Engr Gp for their dedication, and emphasised the broader import of the achievement. He noted that the project reflects NAF’s resolve to optimise resources, strengthen its fleet, and uphold national security through operational excellence. “The successful reactivation of NAF 039 is not just an operational gain; it is a statement of our capabilities and our commitment to self-reliance,” he added. Significantly, this accomplishment builds upon the NAF’s earlier successes, such as the conduct of the first in-country 4,800-hour inspection on another DO-228 aircraft in January 2024. Together, these milestones highlight the NAF’s growing capacity for advanced in-house aircraft maintenance, and serve as a foundation for future projects aimed at achieving technical autonomy. The reactivation of NAF-039 after 23 years is more than an engineering achievement; it showcases the NAF's ingenuity, resilience, and commitment to operational excellence. It also reaffirms the Air Force’s vital role in safeguarding Nigeria’s territorial integrity, while highlighting its dedication to resource optimisation and self-reliance. The newly reactivated aircraft will bolster the NAF’s tactical airlift capabilities by joining the fleet of DO 228 aircraft, a platform still actively used worldwide. This achievement solidifies the NAF’s position as a formidable player in Africa’s aviation sector, with the potential to lead in indigenous maintenance and technical innovation. Olusola F Akinboyewa Air Vice Marshal Director Public Relations and Information Headquarters Nigerian Air Force 8 January 2025

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BREAKING: President Tinubu approves 27 road projects worth over N3.9 trillion across 15 states. The projects cover Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba, and Yobe states. The road projects are as follows: 1. N1.8 trillion for the re-award of the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to Aliko Dangote. 2. N276 billion for the dualisation of Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road. 3. N265 billion for the reconstruction of Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road in Oyo State and Kwara State. 4. N217 billion for the dualisation of old alignment Ijaye to FGC to Ilorin Road with a spur to Akinmorin. 5. N116 billion for the 21km Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State. 6. N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road in Oyo and Osun States. 7. N104 billion for the rehabilitation of sections 1 and 2 of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi States. 8. N98 billion for the construction of 30km Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State. 9. N92 billion for the rehabilitation of Baban-Lamba-Sharan phase 2 Road in Plateau State. 10. N86 billion for the reconstruction of Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover. 11. N86 billion for the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa-Otukpo Road in Benue and Cross River State. 12. N83 billion for the Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road project in Adamawa State. 13. N82 billion for the rehabilitation of Igbeti Road in Oyo State. 14. N74 billion for the construction of Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road in Oyo State. 15. N71 billion for the construction of 52km Dabban-Makina Road in Niger State. 16. N62.99 billion for the Tungo-Karamti Road with 5 bridges between Adamawa and Taraba States. 17. N58 billion for the rehabilitation of Yola-Hong-Mubi Road phase 2. 18. N46 billion for the Amasiri–Okporojo Road. 19. N34 billion for the 18km Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road in Ekiti State and Ondo State. 20. N26 billion for the new flyover on the ongoing Trans-Sahara Road. 21. N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road in Kogi State to Ekiti State. 22. N21 billion for the flyover bridge at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara. 23. N15.7 billion for the construction of Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos State. 24. N15.5 billion for the 13km Badeku-Jaiye Road in Oyo State. 25. N15.246 billion for phase 2 of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa State, covering 20km after the completion of the 17km first phase. 26. N15 billion for the augmentation for a 32.2-kilometre road project in Gashua, Yobe State, which was originally awarded in 2022. 27. Full business case for the operation and maintenance concession for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the directive to commence reconstruction of the failed sections of the Ibadan axis using concrete. Minister of Works, David Umahi, also disclosed that the first 118km section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed, while work on the remaining 164km section is expected to be completed in November.

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