An environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has urged oil firms in the Niger Delta to clean up polluted onshore sites before moving their activities offshore. Bassey made the call in Yenegoa, on Friday at an oilfield dialogue with the theme, “Building Community Resilience against Fossils Extraction.” The event which was organsied by Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) for oil communities in Bayelsa was held at the banks of Taylor Creek, Agbia, Yenagoa. The environmentalist noted that the Niger Delta region enjoyed clean and natural environment before the discovery of oil about 60 years ago. He said oil firms’ gradual shift…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection, also known as the Deep Blue Project, in Lagos on June 10. Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Jamoh said preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit of the Deep Blue Project was conducting simulation exercises for the event on land, air and sea to confirm its readiness for full deployment. The director-general noted that the various military formations in the region were aware of the exercise. He advised members…
Key indicators of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed upbeat on Friday with a growth of 0.46 per cent, amid gains by some blue chips. Specifically, the All-Share Index inched higher by 177.86 points or 0.46 per cent to close at 38,726.10 from 38,548.24 on Thursday. Also, the market capitalisation increased by N92 billion or 0.46 per cent to N20.184 trillion from N20.092 trillion reported on Thursday. A breakdown of the price movement chart shows that 21 stocks posted price appreciation in contrast with 10 laggards. Morison Industry led the gainers table in percentage terms, gaining 9.71 per cent to N1.13…
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu says it is impossible for Nigeria to break along regional lines, because the Southern businessmen have more investments in the North than the South. Adamu said this when he hosted Tanzania High Commissioner to Nigeria, Benson Bana on Friday in Abuja. “I can tell you authoritatively that the investment of Igbo businessmen in this country is more in the north, than in the eastern region itself. “I can also say on authority. There are probably more Igbo people living outside the South East than those living in the area. “Now does it speak well of us when…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state has approved the release of N4.8 million to 190 Kebbi state candidates who are due to attend the recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Air Force at Mando, Kaduna. A circular signed by the Secretary to the Kebbi State Government, Babale Umar-Yauri, and made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, on Friday, stated that the sum of N20,000 was approved for each of the candidates. “Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has affirmed his commitment to reducing unemployment among the youths, as well as the need to adequately fill the state’s quota in all recruitments into various…
Borno govenor Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N100 million as take-off grant for Federal Polytechnic, Monguno. The information is in a statement in Maiduguri on Friday by Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the governor. Gusau stated that the governor announced the approval when he received the Rector of the polytechnic, Prof. Garba Mohammed, who paid him a courtesy visit. The special adviser said “Zulum explained that out of the N100m, he had already released N50 million to the Borno Ministry of Higher Education for rehabilitation works at the proposed temporary site of the…
Facebook has suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Facebook and Instagram platforms for two years effective Jan. 7. Facebook, in a statement by Nick Clegg, Vice-President of Global Affairs, cited “severe violation” after Capitol Hill riots of January 6 and that Trump’s accounts would only be reinstated if conditions permitted. “Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6. “But in doing so, the board criticised the open-ended nature of the suspension, stating that “it was…
Two people were killed on Friday in an auto crash involving a car and a truck in Zangoro village, along Bauchi- Maiduguri road, according to Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander of FRSC in Bauchi. Abdullahi said that two others were also injured in the crash that occurred around 2pm. He explained that a Peugeot 406 car with plate number, TRN 36 XL collided into an oncoming DAF truck with plate number, PKM 77 XA killing two of the victims instantly. The FRSC commander blamed the accident on over speeding and dangerous driving, calling on road users to always obey traffic rules…
The ECOWAS Parliament, in its bid to curb the rise in the number of children on the street as well as lifting them up, has unveiled an initiative to aid them. Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis, at the inauguration on Friday in Abuja, said that ECOWAS also launched a Parliament for Street Children to serve as the voice for the deprived and abandoned kids Tunis, who commenced the inauguration with the induction of the Bureau of the Street Parliament, said that Children’s rights were to be protected as backed by the UN. Tunis was represented by the Second…
The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says there are no genetically modified fish and animals yet in the Nigerian market. He made this assertion on Friday in Abuja during stakeholders meeting for the review of draft guidelines on Genetically Modified (GM) Fish, animals, food/feed, and grain import. Ebegba noted that most of the fish and animals developed had not been released internationally for commercial level stressing that the development of GM animals was not like a crop. He said that there were more stringent measures to Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) thereby it needed more stringent biosafety…