Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental rights advocacy group, has called for immediate switch to renewable energy to mitigate climate crisis induced by fossil fuels. The foundation maintained that climate crisis had often led to global warming which necessitated the call to embrace renewable sources of energy that are cleaner alternatives to emissions laced fossils. The Non-Governmental Organisation made its position known in a statement on Monday by Kome Odhomor, HOMEF’s Media/Communication Lead. It said that Dr Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF made the advocacy at the opening of HOMEF’s School of Ecology series on ‘Overcoming Climate Action’ Inertia.…
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World Health Organisation (WHO) has embarked on a house-to-house enlightenment campaign in Maiduguri to educate residents on dangers of chickenpox, cholera and COVID-19 and offer preventive measures. The campaign was inaugurated on Monday in Bulumkutu Ward of the metropolis by the WHO North East Emergency Manager, Dr Richard Lako. Lako said the programme was part of proactive measures by a group known as ”Community Health Champions” to reach out to the residents in form of group discussions on preventive measures, in collaboration with the Borno Government and community leaders. He added that “WHO would continue to support the state’s Ministry…
The European Union has secured additional doses of a vaccine designed to combat monkeypox, the European Commission announced in Brussels on Monday. The commission said the relevant authority had arranged the purchase of 54,530 third-generation vaccine doses from the company, Bavarian Nordic. A total of 163,620 doses are now available for the 27 member states plus Norway and Iceland. “I am concerned by the increasing number of monkeypox cases in the EU. “We now have over 7,000 cases in the EU, an almost 50 per cent increase since a week ago,” Stella Kyriakides Health and Food Safety Commissioner said. The EU…
Germany’s largest importer of Russian gas, Uniper, has drawn on its 2 billion euros (or $2.03 billion) credit facility from Germany’s state-owned KfW bank, the company said on Monday. Uniper has been hit hard by the reduction in gas supplies from Russia through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. In order to fulfill its contracts, the company has resorted to buying more expensive gas on the market, which has led to liquidity problems. The government is currently working on an aid package for Uniper. The company agreed on the credit line with KfW at the beginning of January, in view of…
Popular Nollywood actress and star of the sitcom, The Johnson’s, Ada Ameh has died aged 48. The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas disclosed that Ameh died at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hospital in Delta state on Sunday. According to reports, the actress suddenly collapse at 11pm after which she was rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead. Ada’s colleague and stage actor, Steve Onu popularly known as Yaw condoled with the family describing the late actress as an exceptional and amiable person. He revealed that he had worked with her earlier…
Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has opined that the voice of slain Minister of Justice, Ajibola Ige resounded from the grave to determine the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun state. Soyinka, who stated this in a brief communiqué on Sunday, said those who conspired to catapult Ige’s destroyers to unmerited national prominence, insult the memories of the living and jettison basic ethical constraints, have been justly served. According to him, the outcome of the Osun gubernatorial election is a lesson that speaks to other zones of rightful public expectations, equity, and just entitlements. “One despairs but continues to…
The Kano state government has banned the operations of tricycles popularly known as “A Daidata Sahu” from 10:00pm – 6:00am with effect from Thursday, July 21, 2022. A statement issued by the commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba confirmed that a decision to that effect was reached at the end of the state security meeting. He said the measure was part of an effort to ensure the security of lives and property in the state. The commissioner urged tricycle riders to comply and stop operating at the stipulated hours as security agents would enforce the ban without compromise. The ban on…
A military camp in Sarkin Pawa, the headquarters of Munya local government area of Niger state repelled the onslaught of terrorists suspected to be affiliated with the Boko Haram/ISWAP group. The gunmen who sought to take the soldiers by surprise came in the wee hours of Monday, however, the security operatives were on alert and put up a formidable resistance. Confirming the attack today, spokesperson for the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Sabo, stated that the terrorists came in hundreds trying to dislodge the military base. He further disclosed that the military officers engaged them in a gun duel…
The Bayelsa Government on Monday disbursed a cash grant of N126 million to 630 Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) operators who hailed from the state. The beneficiaries got a cash grant of N200,000. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Commissioner for Women, Children Affairs and Empowerment, Mrs Faith Opuene, Bayelsa said the gesture was born out of the need to encourage entrepreneurship amongst the people. According to the commissioner, it is as part of government’s empowerment programme for women and youths across the state Opuene said the SMEs were dominated by non-indigenes, hence the need to assist small business owners who…
The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele will on July 21 inaugurate the multimillion naira Unilorin GgMAX Integrated Poultry Farm. The farm is located at Amoyo in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara. Prof. Mikhail Buhari, the Chairman of the Farm Project, disclosed this to newsmen in Ilorin during a pre-commissioning facility tour of the farm on Monday. Buhari, who is also the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovation), stated that the commercial poultry farm is financed by a N600 million loan facility from the nation’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He said that the formal inauguration would…