The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) has launched an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, saying lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world. it said on Tuesday that 17 per cent of all food available to consumers in 2019 ended up being thrown away. Additional 132 million people face food and nutrition insecurity today because of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO said, ahead of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, on Wednesday, 29 September. The problem of food waste is a global one…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
An Economist, Mr Tope Fasua, has blamed corruption, inefficiency, low productivity and lack of patriotism, for the unending depreciation of the Naira. “What is happening to the Naira is that all of us are paying for sins of the past; sins of corruption, inefficiency, low productivity. The fact is that Nigerians are not patriotic,” Fasua who is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Analytics Consulting Limited, said. In an interview on Wednesday, in Abuja, he said that it was worrisome that in spite of measures taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to strengthen the Naira the currency keeps deprecating. On…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the road transport unions on Tuesday met to review the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly signed by them for logistics deployment for the 2019 general elections and other polls. The unions are the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NATO). The meeting to review the implementation of the INEC/NURTW/NARTO MoU is to improve on logistics deployment ahead of the Anambra governorship election and the 2023 general elections. Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Election Operations and Logistics Committee, in his…
Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has forwarded the names of eleven commissioner-nominees to the Edo House of Assembly for confirmation, just as he appointed two Special Advisers This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Edo ogvernment, Osarodion Ogie, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, in Benin. According to the statement, the two Special Advisers are Crusoe Osagie and Sarah Esangbedo, who were appointed Special Adviser, Media Projects and Special Adviser, Strategy, Policy, Projects and Performance Management, respectively. As for the commissioner-nominees, the statement identified them as: Oluwole Osamudiamen Iyamu, SAN; Prof. Mrs Obehi Akoria;…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the trial of former Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde until Oct. 8. Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date, following Ojerinde’s decision to change his counsel. Prior to his decision, Peter Olorunnisola, SAN, had been appearing for the ex-JAMB boss in the money laundering charge preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/97/21, said that the former chief executive officer allegedly committed multiple frauds, while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO). Justice Egwuatu had,…
The Federal High Court has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from retrying former Abia Governor, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while delivering judgment in an application filed by the former governor seeking an order of court prohibiting the EFCC from retrying him on a charge for which he had already been tried and convicted. The judge said: “An order is hereby made prohibiting the Federal Government through the EFCC from retrying the applicant (Kalu) on charge no. FHC/ABJ/CR/56/2007 since there was no order in the judgment of the Supreme Court for the retrial…
The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has played host to the second edition of the Olympic Value Education Programme (OVEP) organized by the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, under the auspices of Olympic Solidarity. The event held at the Hill top auditorium of the University between 26-29 of September, 2021. The Project Officer, Nigerian Olympic Committee, Mrs Kemi Ogundaisi said the essence of the programme was to give back to the society using sport as a tool in transforming the behavior of youth and character orientation. She said the idea is to work on their discipline, self-respect and to others,…
At least, 28 terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) and their collaborators in the fishing businesses last Sunday met their waterloo, PRNigeria learnt from credible intelligence sources. The sources, who are deployed in the North East Theatre Command, in Borno State, said the ISWAP elements and their collaborators including their fishermen, were killed in a coordinated ground and aerial strikes by the Nigerian military at Daban Masara in Kukawa local government area of the state. The precise intelligence-led airstrike coordinated by the Air Task Force Command, PRNigeria gathered, resulted in the killing of more…
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has emerged first position out of 213 Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) ranking on access to Freedom of Information (FIO). The report which was published by the Public and Private Development Center (PPDC), on Tuesday in Abuja, said International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR); Right 2 Know (R2K) and other development partners, indicated that NIPC emerged winner with 68.5 points. The Bureau Of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) came 2nd with 60.5 points; National Orientation Agency came 3rd with 51 points, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) came 4th with 48.5 points while Accident Investigation Bureau…
The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) on Tuesday called on stakeholders to promote the right to know about governance and ensure its enforcement in all strata of the society. The foundation noted that transparency would help to build an inclusive society and rekindle the spirit of patriotism among citizens. The foundation’s position is contained in a statement to commemorate this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), The statement issued in Yenagoa by the foundation’s Communications Officer, Mr Wealth Ominabo, noted that access to information was essential to attaining good governance and sustainable development. “The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation joins…