Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has promised that the party will tackle security challenge and poverty bedeviling the country, if given the mandate in 2023. Okowa stated this when he spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, after participating at the St. James Anglican Church 2022 Harvest with the theme “Harvest of Joyful Return” where he delivered a sermon. “On our own part the Atiku-Okowa ticket we have promised what we to do, is our duty to try to bring Nigerians back again to believe, to know and act as one.…
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Smart Adeyemi has lamented the vandalisation of some of the newly-installed solar panels in the FCT. He expressed the committee’s displeasure on Sunday while continuing the inspection of some of the ongoing projects within the city. Adeyemi, who bemoaned the activities of vandals in the city, said that efforts must be put in place to secure and maintain all facilities, including traffic lights, rail tracks, manholes, and power installations among others. He urged Nigerians to protect public facilities put in place for their benefits, and called on the Federal Capital…
The Security Watch African Initiative (SWAI) has called for intelligence sharing and synergy amongst sub-regional bodies on the continent to check insecurity in African countries. SWAI, at its 17th annual conference and award ceremony in Banjul, The Gambia, also called for periodic assembly to assess the African security environment. The suggestions are contained in a communiqué from the 3-day conference that had the theme: “Post-COVID-19: Sustaining Security in Africa.” The communiqué was signed by Mr Patrick Agbambu, SWAI President and Sani Usman, Chief Communiqué Rapporteur. The continental body emphasised the need for a unified and an enabling legal framework as…
The Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of $1.4 billion to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects for smallholder farmers. Mr Enock Chikava, Interim Director, Agricultural Development of the foundation stated this in an interview on Sunday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt at the sidelines of the ongoing UN Conference on Climate Change. While $2.1 million is meant for research and development in agriculture sector in Nigeria, Chikava said that the foundation would mobilise 9 million dollars for technologies that would help the region make a difference…
Lagos state has emerged overall winner of the competitive events for the 35th National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST). This was announced during the closing ceremony of the festival, held at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. The festival which attracted delegates from 29 states engaged individuals in various cultural competitions including traditional cuisine, drama, music, indigenous fabric and fashion. Rivers and Bayelsa got the second position while Ekiti took the third position. Kano State emerged fourth while Ogun got the overall fifth position. Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), organiser of the festival, commended states’…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted sunny and hazy atmosphere on Monday over the northern region throughout the forecast period. According to it, sunny and hazy skies are expected over the central region throughout the forecast period. “Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine are expected over the inland cities of the South in the morning and afternoon/evening hours. “Cloudy conditions are expected over the coastal cities of the South with chances of isolate thunderstorms over parts of…
The Ondo Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Ifedayo Adedipe has admonished the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu to relinquish his position in the interest of the party. Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and four other governors have been calling for Ayu’s resignation as the national chairman to pave the way for inclusiveness in the party’s administration. Adedipe, who made the call on Sunday in Akure, said the crisis rocking the party was not a personal matter between Wike and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The PDP senatorial candidate said that it had…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restated its commitment to protect interests of millions of unbanked and underserved Nigerians, who mostly reside in the rural areas. The Director, Corporate Communications at the apex bank, Mr Osita Nwanisobi said in a statement on Sunday, expressed satisfaction at the positive response of the banking public to the plan against the backdrop of the planned redesign of certain denominations of the Naira. According to the statement, the CBN remains committed to its seamless implementation, so as to preserve the integrity of the Naira by reducing the volume of cash outside the banking…
The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani has charged governments, anti-graft and law enforcement agencies in African countries to ensure they return stolen assets to original victims when they are recovered. He gave the charge at the Global South Forum for Asset Recovery which held in Nairobi, Kenya. Rafsanjani who is also the head of Transparency International Nigeria, decried the practice of marginalizing the original victims of stolen assets (whom the assets were stolen from in the first place) when recovered by governments across the continent. He said the case between the…
By Saleh Inuwa, Kano The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero has ordered immediate sack of Yoruba Obas in seven local government areas of the state. The affected Yoruba heads had met with the emir in his palace and accused the Oba Yoruba of Kano state, Engr Murtala Alimi Otisese of various misdemeanors. They petitioned the Emir of Kano against Oba Otisese, accusing him of high-handedness, causing disaffection and disharmony among the Yoruba people of the state. However in a twist of fate, the Emir of Kano said he had never appointed them as Obas of the seven local government…