The World Bank President, Ajay Banga, has said the Bank is taking action to decisively slash methane emissions to help increase agricultural yields and improve health outcomes. Banga said this in his address at a High-Level Segment Summit on Methane at COP28 in Dubai, UAE, a copy of...
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No fewer 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern States have volunteered to assist Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to win his Gubernatorial election appeal case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. They spoke under the banner of ‘Abba Kabir Yusuf Volunteer Lawyers Forum For The...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) has frowned at the deplorable roads infrastructure between Cross River and Akwa-Ibom states. The Association specifically decried the poor state of the Calabar,–Itu Federal Highway which has made goods and services impassable. This is contained in a...
A Financial Expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction banks that allowed customers to operate accounts without their BVN and NIN. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said this in an interview with...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has approved amnesty on penalties and interests for outstanding tax liabilities. It would be recalled that the FIRS had earlier imposed sanctions and interests for failure by companies to fulfil their tax obligations. But in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has assured Nigerians that it will not stop fighting for their rights and for the betterment of the educational sector in the country. National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the assurance in his speech...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Crooked attempts by drug syndicates to export illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage to Europe, United Arab Emirate and Asia have been thwarted...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered at least eight tons of Indian hemp and 8,000 bottles of codeine in raids in Edo, Delta, Bauchi, Kaduna, Gombe, Kogi Anambra and the FCT in the last one week. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday...
The U.S. has said it believes in democracy regardless of all its challenges and flaws because of the opportunities it offers to the electorate for wholesome change in a leadership that fails to deliver dividends of the system. Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S, Embassy in Nigeria Mr...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Mohammed Dawule Maino as the Acting Secretary of Borno State Pilgrim’s Welfare Board. The appointment was announced on Sunday in a release by the Secretary to Borno State Government, Hon. Bukar...
Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S, Embassy in Nigeria, Mr David Greene has assured visa applicants of the mission’s commitment to tackling all visa-related hitches. Greene gave the assurance during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, issues related to visas would...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a 50 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers during the dry season farming period. Oyintiloye told newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo that the...
Ten Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) directors, heading different departments have officially retired from service, after attaining the mandatory 60 years of age, or 35 years of service. Speaking at the send forth for the directors in Abuja on Sunday, INEC National Commissioner, Prof. Mohammed Adams, congratulated them...
Following astronomical increase in prices of drugs, some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have resorted to herbal concoctions commonly referred to as “Agbo” to treat various illnesses. Agbo is made by combining different herbs, roots and plants that are believed to have medicinal properties. The News...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says the NMDPRA Industry Sustainability Initiative (NISI) will create over 575 billion dollars in capital investment opportunities for Nigeria, through decarbonisation of operations. The NMDPRA, while hosting a session on “Nigeria’s Pathway to Energy Sustainability and NMDPRA’s Role” at...
The Federal Government has disbursed N135.4 billion to States and the FCT, after the second Independent Assessment of Results achieved under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NG-CARES is a World Bank-assisted $750 million Performance For Results Programme....
Kano State Government has uncovered a warehouse where food items meant for palliatives were being diverted in the state. The Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Kano, said the warehouse was at Sharada Industrial Estate Dawakin-Tofa said Gov. Abba...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Tasiu Al’amin-Roba, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to Cabinet office and one Abdulkadir Muhammad for alleged diversion of the state’s palliatives. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
The number of delegates from Nigeria attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai otherwise called COP28 has generated a lot of controversies and strong social media conversations in the last 24 hours. It is important to set the record straight and provide some clarity. To...