African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative. The appointment was made at a forum held in the margins of the One Planet Summit 2021 to mobilise support for…
Amuwo Odofin Local Government (AOLG) Council has placed an indefinite ban on sporting activities on fields and sport centres in the area. The council Chairman, Mr Valentine Buraimoh, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said bars…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is need for “collective commitment” to get vaccinations for health workers and others who are at high risk of catching COVID-19 within the next 100 days. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Adamu, has inaugurated a new Area Command office in Shinkafi town, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, has said. In a statement…
The Presidential Task Team on the Apapa gridlock has hand over the road traffic management duties to the Lagos State Government. This is contained in a statement by Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Executive Vice Chairman of the task team, on…
Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency has started the distribution of input to about 35,000 farmers affected by flood in 2020. Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Yusif Sani, told the Newsmen in Dutse on Tuesday that items distributed were the…
Dr Effion Hogan, the National Secretary, Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN) has reaffirmed the association’s commitment to improve local catfish production in 2021. Hogan made the remark while speaking on Tuesday in Ibadan. He said the…
A 38-year-old businessman, Gabriel James, was on Tuesday arraigned at a Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged N1.2 million land fraud. James, who resides at Down Quarters, Kakuri, Kaduna, is facing two-count charge of forgery and cheating. The Prosecutor, Insp.…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a driver, Garba Yunus, who allegedly robbed and attempted to murder two men, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Yunus with armed robbery and attempted…
The Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) has expressed concern over recurring fire incidents in markets across the country. The President of the association, Alhaji Jamilu Abbas, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday described the situation as…
