A new study by Standard Chartered has said Nigeria risks losing $34.3billion in annual export earnings if it does not cut carbon emissions in line with the net-zero plans of the biggest multinational companies operating in the country. The study,…
Discordances from insecurity threats in Nigeria are worsening to become uncontrollable tempests across the Country. While the winds have assumed several dimensions, the trend of kidnapping, particularly for ransom, has become a rising menace whose wings are stretching so wild…
Justice T.G. Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on June 28, 2021, adjourned till October 7, 2021 to hear a motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking the final forfeiture of the $5.78million and N2.4billion linked to a…
Stakeholders have called on states benefitting from the $700 million World Bank-supported Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) Programme to show political commitment for project sustainability. This was the consensus among stakeholders at a virtual SURWASH…
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology investigating students unrest at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, has said that 38 facilities worth N21.5 million were destroyed by the students. Mr Daniel Ogazi, the Chairman…
The Chairman, Bauchi Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Dr Yahaya Adamu, said at least 20,000 members had benefited from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Anchor Borrower Programme. Adamu said this at the ongoing CBN Fair organised to promote…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt commiserations to the family of Major-General R.I.D Isa as well as the government and people of Plateau State on the passing of their father and illustrious son. As a former Provost Marshall of the…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday, inaugurated its Family Life HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) programme in Kaduna State. The programme will be implemented under UNESCO’s Our Rights, Our Lives, and Our Future programme, the implementing partner,…
The Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed shock over the sudden death of the member representing Isoko South 1 Constituency in the assembly, Mr Kenneth Ogba. The lawmaker was reported to have slumped and died…
The Osun Police Command on Monday confirmed the death of one person during a clash between a masquerade and his followers and Muslim worshipers in Osogbo on Sunday. According to Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, many were also injured…
