Revitalising Nigeria’s food systems key to rescuing Sustainable Development Goals – UN

Revitalising Nigeria’s food systems key to rescuing Sustainable Development Goals – UN

United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale has underlined the importance of addressing widespread food insecurity by revitalizing Nigeria’s food systems. He described the recent declaration of food security as a national emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as…

Tinubu’s food emergency: Zulum visits Baga, shares food to 23,000 households

Tinubu’s food emergency: Zulum visits Baga, shares food to 23,000 households

About 23,000 households on Monday received food palliatives at distributions that were directly supervised by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum in Baga town of Kukawa Local Government Area.  “Distribution of palliatives is one of the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu….

Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future

Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future

On July 27-28 , St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. On the eve of these large-scale representative events which will bring together heads of state and government, entrepreneurs, academia and public figures, I would like to…

UN Appeals for Multidisciplinary Research on SDGs

UN Appeals for Multidisciplinary Research on SDGs

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has appealed for multidisciplinary research on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to drive advocacy initiatives and influence policies. He stated the importance strengthening the role of the academia in the implementation…

Railway Vandalism: NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspects, Impounds Trucks, Warehouse

Railway Vandalism: NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspects, Impounds Trucks, Warehouse

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has impounded two trucks conveying large quantities of stolen railway sleepers, arrested 12 suspected vandals and clamped down on two illegal warehouses with vandalised railway sleepers in the last two weeks. A…

Buhari receives bride for Zulum’s son as VP, Governors, Dangote, others attend wedding

Buhari receives bride for Zulum’s son as VP, Governors, Dangote, others attend wedding

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Maiduguri, served as the ‘wali’ (groom’s representative) who received wife for Mohammed Zulum, eldest son of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum. The wedding Fatiha took place at the Maiduguri Central Mosque around the palace…

Group Expresses Apprehension Towards FG’s Fiscal Action… Demands Accountability

Group Expresses Apprehension Towards FG’s Fiscal Action… Demands Accountability

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a Knowledge Institution and leading advocate for fiscal transparency and accountability, has expressed apprehension over recent developments regarding the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) and the establishment of the Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36…

NSCDC Collaborates on Safe Schools Programme

NSCDC Collaborates on Safe Schools Programme

The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, has expressed willingness to work collaboratively with local and international partners to enhance effective and successful implementation of the Safe Schools programme in…

ECOWAS Parliament, East African Legislative Assembly Strategize To Enhance Business

ECOWAS Parliament, East African Legislative Assembly Strategize To Enhance Business

The ECOWAS Parliament and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have mapped out strategies on how to collaborate on initiating an active framework to promote integration, through free movement of people , which would expectedly grow business, trade and investment  in the…

Centre Calls for Massive Campaign to Arrest Threats of Climate Change

Centre Calls for Massive Campaign to Arrest Threats of Climate Change

The Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives (CMPI) has called for massive awareness campaigns across the country to sensitize Nigerians on sustainable practices to arrest growing threats of climate change. CMPI is a nonprofit organisation that seeks to promote conflict-resolving media practices…

Deaconess Oborevwori Comforts Family of NDLEA-Slain Baby

Deaconess Oborevwori Comforts Family of NDLEA-Slain Baby

Wife of Delta State Governor, Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori has visited the family of two-year-old, Ivan Omorhiakogbe slain by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Okpanam area of the State, on Thursday, July 14, 2023. Deaconess…

“Heritage is yet to Dialogue with Oleh Community, The Protest Continues” – Believe Alakri

“Heritage is yet to Dialogue with Oleh Community, The Protest Continues” – Believe Alakri

-By Michael J. Ekokoruwe: The president general of Oleh community, Chief comr. Believe Alakri says, the ongoing protest by Oleh community over the marginalization of employment slots by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited management, will continue until the demand raised by the…

Gov. Oborevwori visits family of two-year-old killed by NDLEA officials

Gov. Oborevwori visits family of two-year-old killed by NDLEA officials

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Monday visited the family of two-year-old Ivan Omorhiakogbe killed by stray bullets from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam area of the State capital on Thursday, 13th July. Oborevwori…

Approach Guinness for Certification of Your Road As World Most Expensive, Group Asks Rivers Government

Approach Guinness for Certification of Your Road As World Most Expensive, Group Asks Rivers Government

The Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has called on River State Government to approach the Guinness Book of World Records for certification of its 50.15 kilometres Port Harcourt Ring Road Contract awarded at the cost of…

Europe-bound teenage student arrested with Meth consignment at Abuja airport

Europe-bound teenage student arrested with Meth consignment at Abuja airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Daberechi for attempting to export 7.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate…

20 Nigerians Depart for Sponsored University Education in India

20 Nigerians Depart for Sponsored University Education in India

Twenty Nigerians are departing the shores of the country between mid-July and early August for university education in India, which is fully sponsored by the Government of India. The Nigerians are mostly going in for MBA, Bsc or Msc (Zoology, Chemistry, Physics,…

FG Threatens to Sanction Illegal Operators in Forest

FG Threatens to Sanction Illegal Operators in Forest

The federal government has warned against illegal activities in forests across the country, insisting anyone caught involved in any form of illegalities in forest reserves would be severe sanctioned. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris issued the…

Anam Boys Who Gang Rape, Seize Girls’ Pants For Rituals In Police Net In Anambra 

Anam Boys Who Gang Rape, Seize Girls’ Pants For Rituals In Police Net In Anambra 

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Police Command have arrested some boys in Anam Community in the Anambra West Local Government Area who allegedly specialised in gang raping girls and using the pants for rituals. The mother of a victim said, “they…

Onyeme Urges Political Office Holders To Be Selfless In Their Actions

Onyeme Urges Political Office Holders To Be Selfless In Their Actions

POLITICAL office is to serve the electorate and not for selfish gains, Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme has said. Onyeme, stated this on Thursday at Government House, Asaba, when the people of Onicha-Ukwuani clan, Ndokwa West Local Government Area…

Borno: Zulum swears in SSG, 3 Advisers, Perm Sec

Borno: Zulum swears in SSG, 3 Advisers, Perm Sec

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday presided over the swearing-in of the Secretary to Borno State Government, three Special Advisers and a permanent secretary to the Borno State Civil Service. In a ceremony conducted at the International Conference Hall of…

NDLEA intercepts 64,863kg ‘laughing gas’ consignments at Lagos port, Imo

NDLEA intercepts 64,863kg ‘laughing gas’ consignments at Lagos port, Imo

Barely 24 hours after the the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), commenced a total clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, which has become the latest source of abuse as recreational drug, operatives of…

Tackling Maritime, Riverine Insecurity, Promoting Community Resilience in Bayelsa State

Tackling Maritime, Riverine Insecurity, Promoting Community Resilience in Bayelsa State

Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) have posed significant challenges in recent years. While 2022 saw a massive reduction in piracy incidents, UNODC in partnership with the Bayelsa State Government and with the financial support of the Government…

FG Says Over 3.5 million Children Suffer from Diarrhea

FG Says Over 3.5 million Children Suffer from Diarrhea

The federal government has revealed that more than 3.5 million children suffer from diarrheal diseases, calling for improved hygiene from Nigerians. Speaking at the Year’s National Environmental Sanitation Day (NESD), the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mr Ibrahim Yusufu lamented that hygienic…

We’ve charged Emefiele to Court — DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday said that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has been charged to court in compliance with the order of the court. This was contained in a statement made…

AAU ALUMNI PASSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON Worldwide President, Omozeghian ***DISOWNS, Warns FRIDAY EHIOROBO 

AAU ALUMNI PASSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON Worldwide President, Omozeghian ***DISOWNS, Warns FRIDAY EHIOROBO 

The Branch Chairpersons of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association Worldwide, Ekpoma, have passed a vote of implicit confidence on the Presidency of the Alumni Association, worldwide ably led by Dr. Clifford Omozeghian. They commended the recent interface with the University Management…

Former Minister Appointed SSG in Borno

Former Minister Appointed SSG in Borno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has appointed the former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development under the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Mallam Bukar Tijani as the Secretary to Borno State Government (SSG). The governor also reappointed Prof Isa Marte as…

At visit by UN- DSG, Malala, Zulum wants 500,000 girls enrolled in Borno

At visit by UN- DSG, Malala, Zulum wants 500,000 girls enrolled in Borno

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday hosted the United Nation’s Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, alongside Malala Yousafzai, a girl-child education activist and UN peace ambassador in Maiduguri. During the visit, Zulum said his administration have enrolled thousands of out-of-school…

Torture: ECOWAS Court Awards N60 million Against Nigeria

Torture: ECOWAS Court Awards N60 million Against Nigeria

ECOWAS Court has awarded N60 million in damages against the Nigerian government for the torture of Sunday Olaniran Ayodeji by a police officer. Ayodeji, leg was amputated as a result of gunshot by a Police Officer in Kaduna State and had his…

SAPELE MAIN BRANCH OF AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMEND OMOZEGHIAN LED ADMINISTRATION

SAPELE MAIN BRANCH OF AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMEND OMOZEGHIAN LED ADMINISTRATION

The Executive Committee of Sapele Main Branch of Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association, ably led by Hon. Barr. Odiete Arierhie has commended the National Executive Council of Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association ably led by Dr. Clifford Imade Omozeghian Esq. for ensuring…

AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY SLASHES TUITION FEES FOR IN-COMING STUDENTS

AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY SLASHES TUITION FEES FOR IN-COMING STUDENTS

-By Our Reporter: The Ambrose Alli University on Friday July 7th, 2023, slashed the tuition fees of in-coming students of the University. This followed appeals by representatives of the AAU Alumni Association Worldwide who met with the Special Intervention Team (SIT) and…

Delta underscores Igbo entrepreneurial spirit 

Delta underscores Igbo entrepreneurial spirit 

Delta State Government on Tuesday lauded the enterprising and wealth creation spirit of Ndigbos to the economic development of the country.  Senior Political Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Senator Emmanuel Aguariavwodo stated this when he received on courtesy visit, the Chairman and…

FG Asked to Take Immediate Action Against Revenue Leakages

FG Asked to Take Immediate Action Against Revenue Leakages

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has called on the federal government to take immediate action to block revenue leakages and implement measures to improve the economy without further delay. The call was made on Tuesday on the heels of the interception…

Korea Seeks Partnership With Nigeria on Diaspora Affairs

Korea Seeks Partnership With Nigeria on Diaspora Affairs

South Korea has asked for partnership with Nigeria on management of affairs of her diasporas. South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, who revealed that the South Korean Government has just established the South Korean Oversea Agency similar to Nigerian Diaspora Commission…

National Chairman APGA, Ezeokenwa Call On FG To Release IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu

National Chairman APGA, Ezeokenwa Call On FG To Release IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has pleaded with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu for the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,…

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT: BARR. SAFUGHA CONGRATULATES GOV. SHERIFF

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT: BARR. SAFUGHA CONGRATULATES GOV. SHERIFF

-By Hàrrison Akamule: The Initiator of Bush Load votes for PDP and former Commissioner for Energy., Delta State , Barrister Newworld Safugha heartily congratulates His Excellency, the Governor of Delta State Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on his well deserved victory over the…

4,560kg skunk seized in raids in Lagos, Adamawa, Osun

4,560kg skunk seized in raids in Lagos, Adamawa, Osun

No fewer than 4,560 kilogrammes of skunk have been seized in interdiction operations in Lagos, Adamawa and Osun by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the last few days. The Operatives also raided a skucchies factory in Ogun…