The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has engaged Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on disability-inclusive climate change policy review in Abia.
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The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that dredging and sandfilling activities near seas and rivers—especially around bridges—in Lagos State and across Nigeria are illegal and attract severe penalties. His statement comes nearly 90 days after Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, an opposition figure and former Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, raised concerns about unregulated dredging and sandfilling in the state, particularly in coastal areas like Makoko. In February, Rhodes-Vivour challenged the Lagos State Government to produce the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) authorizing the sandfilling in Makoko and to account for the potential consequences of such actions. Reacting to…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Muhammad Goronyo, has launched a scathing critique of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government in the state, accusing it of mismanagement, insensitivity, and a failure to address the growing hardship faced by citizens. Addressing journalists at the party secretariat in Sokoto on Saturday during a quarterly meeting of current and former party executives, Goronyo described the administration as “anti-people and anti-progress,” claiming it has reversed the gains made by the PDP before leaving office in 2023. “Since we left office, governance in Sokoto has become worse. Businesses are being…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has proposed a four-pillar framework to guide national and global efforts in combating the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The United States Embassy has announced new visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants, effective April 22, 2025. In a statement released Friday, the embassy stated that all applicants attending visa interviews in Abuja and Lagos must present a DS-160 visa application form with a confirmation barcode that begins with “AA” followed by two zeroes (00). Importantly, this barcode must match the one used to schedule the interview appointment online. The embassy emphasized that mismatched barcode information will lead to denial of entry into the consular section and disqualification from the visa interview. “Starting April 22, 2025, all visa applicants in…
At least 15 people have died and 14 others sustained injuries following a tragic road accident involving multiple vehicles on the Kaplong-Kericho highway near the Taachasis area in Bomet County, Kenya. According to Bomet Central Sub-County Police Commander Musa Omari, the crash occurred on Friday evening and involved a trailer, three matatus, and a private car. Initial investigations suggest the trailer experienced brake failure while descending a steep slope and collided with the other vehicles. Witnesses described a horrific scene as the trailer ploughed through the oncoming vehicles, causing extensive damage and instant fatalities. Emergency responders, including the Kenya Red…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no reason to be poor or hungry, given the country’s abundance of natural and human resources. Speaking during a dinner in his honour hosted by the Abia State Government at the Government House, Umuahia, on Friday, Obasanjo emphasized that Nigeria’s poverty problem stems from the mismanagement of its vast resources. “Nigerians have no business with poverty because God has given us all that we need,” he said. “If we are mismanaging what God has given us, we do not have God to blame, we have ourselves to blame.” Obasanjo commended Governor…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of severe heat stress in Sokoto, Niger, Gombe and 15 other Northern states. The other states are Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is contained in its weather outlook made available to newsmen by the Agency on Friday. The agency said temperatures were expected to rise up to 40 degrees Celsius from Saturday, causing thermal discomfort in the affected states. “After three days of rainfall, discomfort levels are set to rise from April 12 due to high temperatures…
A new drug that helps slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in Britain’s state-run National Health Service, officials said on Friday.
Smartphone buyers were cheered by shopkeepers in Jakarta on Friday after Apple’s latest smartphone went on sale following a monthslong ban in Indonesia.