The Lagos state government on Tuesday unveiled a five-year Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2020-2025, towards combating the challenges of climate change. Lagos state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu told the state 8th International Climate Change Summit in Victoria Island that the CAP was geared toward achieving the ultimate goal of a zero-carbon Lagos. The governor noted that prior to the Paris Climate Change Conference of 2015, the state government set out to develop a Climate Change Policy and Action Plan. He said that the Climate Change Policy and Action Plan encapsulated the state’s vision for combating the challenge of climate change…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The MasterCard Foundation says it will deploy $1.3 billion to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of Africans and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. Reeta Roy, President of MasterCard foundation said this in a webinar on Tuesday that the project would be in partnership with Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to her, the partnership with Africa CDC is for three year to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. “The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative will acquire vaccines for at least…
A man slapped French President Emmanuel Macron full in the face on Tuesday as he was greeting people behind a fence during a visit to the Drome region. Macron was there to discuss reopening of restaurants as the country eases out of lockdown. The Elysee Palace confirmed the authenticity of a video circulating online in which Macron could be seen approaching a line of people, preparing to shake hands, when one person behind the barrier reaches out and slapped him. The palace called it “an attempted slap.” According to broadcaster Freanceinfo, two men were detained, one of whom was the…
The United Nations Development Project (UNDP) on Tuesday pledged to support Yobe government on conflict de-escalation and resolution. UNDP’s Community Engagement Analyst, Mr Ismail Bukar, disclosed this in Damaturu when he visited the alternative dispute resolution committee of the state government. He said the programme, among other things, specialised in capacity building for officials to help them to perform their duties effectively. Bukar said that he visited the committee to explore means of supporting it to execute its mandate. The official noted that constitution of the committee was timely in view of the current security challenges in the state and…
A police officer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping of 33-year-old Sarah Everard. Everard, who disappeared while walking home in South London in early March, sparked a nationwide debate about crime against women. Everard’s body was found more than a week later in woodland in Kent, some 80 kilometres from where the Londoner was last seen. A 48-year-old London police officer pleaded guilty to her kidnap and rape, Britain’s Press Association (PA) reported. He also told the court that he accepted responsibility for her death, but a formal plea was not entered, according to PA. It remains to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over the meeting of the National Security Council at the State House, Abuja. The meeting was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Others in attendance of the meeting included Ministers of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama and the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu and the Chief of…
Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official said on Tuesday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson for the ministry of health, told Xinhua on telephone that the mass vaccination would resume when the new orders arrived. “For now mass vaccination is suspended as we wait to receive more vaccines,” Ainebyoona said. He noted that there were few remaining doses that would continue to be used for priority groups like health workers, elderly and those with other conditions. Ministry of health figures show that as of Monday, 748,676 people had been…
On World Oceans Day, stakeholders have called for an end to indiscriminate dumping of plastics into the nation’s water bodies. The experts made called for deliberate policies and actions to protect the nations water bodies in an interview. According to them, another worrisome trend is the littering of water bodies with used face masks, saying there was need for concerted efforts to manage the impact of COVID-19 in the environment. Describing disposable face masks as the next plastic problem, Mr Sylvester Arogundade, Earth and Environment Initiative, noted that if not disposed of for recycling correctly, they may end up in…
A new study unveiled on Tuesday said telling people that alcohol causes cancer and encouraging them to count their drinks would make them want to drink less. The study led by the George Institute for Global Health was a randomised trial involving three online surveys over a period of six weeks from 8,000 adults who broadly represented the Australian drinking public. The article was published on the Addictive Behaviours. As part of these surveys, some participants saw the Western Australian government’s spread advert which informs drinkers that alcohol use increases their risk of cancer. While some saw simple messages about…
Yobe State Police Command says it has picked up an abandoned boy of about one-year old in Nyanya Ward, Damaturu Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, Mr Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this on Monday in a statement in Damaturu. Abdulkarim stated: “The boy was recovered by the Police Divisional Headquarters at about 1800hrs on June 6. “An unknown woman handed over the boy to a passerby Almajiri to take him to one Maman Faruk at a particular house. “It turned out to be false and the woman got missing immediately,” he added. Abdulkarim explained that the boy was presently in the…