The Chairman of Wood Expo Nigeria (WEN) Synergies, Danny Sokari-George has said the country’s 25 million trees planting target is achievable, especially if stakeholders are involved in the programme. Speaking at the pre-event press conference for 2022 Wood Expo Nigeria Synergies, organised to create awareness for the event schedule for Landmark Event Centre in Lagos between 7th and 10th November, 2022, the Chairman expressed his organisation’s willingness to participate. According to him, in order to birth the 25 million trees across the country, WEN Synergies will partner state governments in the effort and engage the youths to create jobs from…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Nigeria has pledged commitment to reducing marine plastic pollution from land-based sources and activities. President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Saturday, gave the assurance in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, in Lisbon. While highlighting Nigeria’s effort at ensuring the health and sustainability of oceans, seas and marine resources, the president said that a national policy on plastic pollution and the road map on tackling solid and plastic waste management had been formulated and established. Buhari, who lauded the…
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) N600 million integrated poultry farm at Amoyo in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara would formally commence operations on July 21. Unilorin secured a facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish a commercial poultry farm to boost the production of eggs and chicken. A statement by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, quoted the Chairman, Steering Committee of the Poultry Farm project, Prof. Mikhail Buhari, as saying that the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is expected to inaugurate the ground-breaking project. Buhari, who is also the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, said…
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says the ministry will support the North East livestock sub sector with about 2 million free vaccines. Abubakar made this known in a statement by Mr Mohammed Gana, Information Officer in the ministry on Friday in Abuja. He said this at the 2022 Nationwide Free Mass Vaccination Campaign against Transboundary Animal Diseases in Dadinkowa, Yamaltu Deba local government area of Gombe state. The minister was represented at the event by Dr Maimuna Habib, the Director, Federal Department of Veterinary and Pest Control and Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria. He said…
The Coca Cola company and its partner, Medshare, in collaboration with federal government, on Friday donated equipment worth N3 billion to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano under the Safe Birth Initiative (SBI). The equipment and supplies were formally unveiled and handed over at a special event held at the Hospital in Kano. At the handover ceremony, the Managing Director of Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Alfred Olajide, said the initiative was aimed at improving maternal outcomes and reducing child mortality incidents. “The Safe Birth Initiative is a part of the company’s wellbeing programme, to support the efforts of the government in reducing…
Mr Tobias John, a public health expert, on Friday warned that malaria might lead to Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) if left untreated. John, who is the Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) gave the warning in an interview in Gombe. He said that the warning was imperative in view of the dearth of proper awareness about malaria and the different health complications that untreated malaria could lead to. He said that malaria was sensitive to human health in view of the series of health complications that were related to the disease and its…
The partnership between Oxford Biomedica and AstraZeneca to produce vaccines against COVID-19 will continue for another three years, according to a new deal between the two firms. The new agreement represented an expansion of the original agreement announced between the two companies in September 2020. As part of the original commitment, Oxford Biomedica expected to complete the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines at its Oxbox facility in the last quarter of 2022. Terms of the original agreement was inclusive of revenues for batches already manufactured in the first half of 2022. The Oxford Biomedica expected to recognise aggregate revenues of about 30 million…
The Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), in collaboration with an NGO, New Approach Humanitarian Aid Support on Saturday, inaugurated 20 housing shelter units for internally displaced persons in Kuta, headquarters of Shiroro local government area of Niger state. HYPPADEC’s Managing Director, Abubakar Yelwa said at the inauguration ceremony that the projects would go a long way in addressing the problems accommodation among IDPs in the area. “The duo made the donation while unveiling of a unique Shelter ‘The Rescue Village’ at Kuta the headquarters of Shiroro local government area,” he said. He explained that the arrangements had been…
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday disclosed that 12 African countries have so far reported 1,782 cases of monkeypox. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of Africa CDC, during a weekly briefing said out of the 1,782 cases of monkeypox that had been reported in Africa, some 1,678 of them were suspected cases while 104 were confirmed cases. He said the cases had been reported in both monkeypox, endemic and non-endemic countries highlighting that Benin, Morocco and South Africa were the non-endemic African Union (AU) members reporting confirmed cases of the disease. “Unfortunately, 73 deaths have been…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has condemned the terrorists attack on joint security operatives at a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, a community in Gurmana Ward, Shiroro local government area of the state that led to the killing of many security personnel and the kidnap of unspecified number of workers at the site, including four Chinese nationals. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje on Thursday, commiserated with heads of the various security agencies that were part of the joint security operatives in the state for the loss of their personnel while ensuring the safety…