Eric Adams, the Democratic Party candidate, endorsed by the Nigerian community in New York has been elected the Mayor of New York City. Adams, who was supported by Nigerians with over $33,000, will be the second black Mayor of the City, defeated the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa. He polled 156,820 votes representing 74.6 per cent while Sliwa polled 42,403 votes representing 20.2 per cent, according to the Associated Press, which called the race after polls closed late on Tuesday. Adams, who is presently the Brooklyn borough president, will be the 110th mayor of the largest city in the U.S. when…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Nigeria’s Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM has disposed that 5,000 Nigerians living abroad are expected to participate in the 2021 Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS). The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission disclosed this at a news conference addressed by its Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja on Tuesday. The summit is scheduled to hold from November 16 to 17, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The theme of the two-day event is: ‘Diaspora Partnership and Linkages for Post-COVID Economic Growth’. According to Dabiri-Erewa, the summit is a private sector initiative backed and enabled by the federal government through NiDCOM. “Targeting Nigerians in Diaspora for…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar on Tuesday announced five prizes that will be awarded five outstanding individuals annually. He made the announcement at a public lecture, commemorating his 15th Year coronation anniversary held at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa area of the state. The Sultan named the prizes as Sheikh Usmanu Danfodiyo Prize for Leadership; Abdullah Danfodiyo Prize for Scholarship; Sultan Muhammadu Bello Prize for Governance; Nana Asmau Prize for Social Development and Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar Prize for Peace Building. According to him, the prizes were established for people who have excelled in areas chosen for the awards and to promote…
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has reassured that the Kashimbila 40 Megawatt Power Station in Taraba will be ready in December. Aliyu said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Power, for 2022 budget defence. He said that the Zungeru hydro power project in Niger state would also be completed by December, saying that the Mambilla hydroelectric power project was also nearing completion. “The Kashimbila power project will start operation after its inauguration in the second week of December. “The federal government has paid the N10 billion owed contractors so everything is being put in place for…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has emphasised the need to build a formidable cybersecurity team across all sectors of the economy to protect the nation’s digital transformation. Pantami stated this at a multi-stakeholders sensitisation workshop on the implementation of Nigeria’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS) 2021 for Telecom Sector on Tuesday, in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The minister said the country had evolved in digital transformation journey, adding that it had led to the rising in the percentage of contribution by the Information and…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari revealed this while delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday. The president said that attaining national and global climate change goals would require adequate and sustained technical and financial support to developing countries. He said greater effort should be channelled towards assisting developing nations to meet their ‘‘Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) commitments through the pledges made by the developed countries to provide at least $100 billion yearly.’’…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed January 18, 2022, to hear suit, seeking the removal of Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad and other lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties had joined issues in the suit. The PDP had, on October 15, filed a motion, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the the party to APC in a suit against Muhammad. The party, through its counsel, James Onoja, SAN, filed the…
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) has tasked the federal government to investigate and unravel those behind the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili, a justice of the Supreme Court. Mr Solomon Awomolo, speaking on behalf of the SANs after a closed-door meeting with the Attorney-General of the Federatlon and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) on the issue on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the incident was an assault on the judiciary. “We have come to see the attorney-general concerning the unfortunate and ugly invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili of the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host stakeholder engagement forum as part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Director, Public Affairs of NCC, said this in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday. Adinde said the forum would afford industry stakeholders the opportunity to discuss the draft Information Memorandum (IM) for the upcoming auction of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band. He said the decision to host the stakeholder engagement was in line with the provisions of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 and NCC’s distinctive…
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has unveiled its first fully automated branch, called FirstBank Digital Experience Centre for customers. The Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan said this in a statement made available in Lagos on Tuesday. Adeduntan said the digital experience centre would afford customers the opportunity to carry out various banking activities on their own without interacting with anyone. He said the branch was a reinvention of digital banking solutions in the country as customers were exposed to a seamless world-class banking experience. “The self-service branch is built with a wide range of phased modern banking…