In Entebbe, Uganda, a major breakthrough occurred with the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka traditional leaders signing a peace accord reiterating their commitment to achieving lasting peace in Abyei Area. In a four-point communique, which was signed at the end of the three-day Joint Traditional Leader’ Peace Conference. by the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief, Bulabek Deng Kuol and the leader of the Misseriya delegation, El Sadig Hireka Izzral Din on Thursday, the leaders pledged to support the initiatives at government level towards resolving the Abyei issue. At the event facilitated by the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), were…
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Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, says his plan is to declare National Security Emergency on inauguration day and revamp the economy if elected president in 2023. Hayatu-Deen, a former Managing Director of the now-defunct FSB International Bank, made the pledge when he led his team to woo Lagos PDP national delegates on Thursday in Ikeja. The foremost economist, banker and former Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, who noted that most challenges facing the nation had economic root, promised to fix Nigeria’s economy with strategic programmes if elected. “I will deal with National security issues…
A coalition of environment-focused Civil Society Organisations on Thursday berated the European Union (EU) for seeking to build alternative gas pipelines as alternative to Russian gas. The organisations noted that the boycott of Russian gas is an opportunity to fast track the switch to renewable energy sources rather than building new gas pipelines. The positions of the coalition are contained in a statement issued on their behalf by the Media and Communication Lead at Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Miss Kome Odhomor. They argued that the plan announced on Wednesday by the EU President did not address the challenges…
The former Zamfara state governor, Abdul’aziz Yari has said that the recent reconciliation between him and Gov Bello Muhammad was not based on their personal gain but for the interest of the state. Yari made the statement on Thursday at his residence in Talata Mafara town, Talata-Mafara local government area while receiving members of the state Executive Council who paid him a courtesy visit. Yari commended Muhammad for his efforts in ensuring the success of the reconciliation drive and development of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Members of the State Executive Council, including commissioners and special advisers,…
The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi on Thursday said the inclusion of agroforestry and land use into national policy would help address issues of land degradation and sustain the environment. The Minister made this known at a two-day National Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Inclusion of Agroforestry and Land Use into National Policy on Environment in Keffi, Nasarawa state. Abdullahi was represented at the event by Mr Daniel Aleriwon, Assistant Director on Policy Analysis and Desk Officer United Nations Development Program Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF). He said the ministry of environment was ready to take the project from the surface level and ensure…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has confirmed the existence of Boko Haram and Ansaru terrorist enclaves, particularly in Birnin-Gwari and Chikun local government areas of the state. The governor expressed the concern on Thursday while receiving the first quarter security report at the Government House, Kaduna. According to him, the problem of insecurity has shifted from the North-east to the North-west, adding that what is happening in the North-west is far more serious and potentially more dangerous than in the North-east. He appealed to the military and other security agencies to take notice of the situation before it gets out…
Nigeria and other UN Member States are meeting in New York to review the progress made in the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). Nigeria is expected to deliver its statement on the progress made in the implementation of the GCM, adopted by governments in 2018. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, is expected to deliver the statement on Friday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the opening of a meeting to review progress towards implementing GCM on Thursday in New York, paid tributes to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky led the 2022 TIME100 reader poll, in which readers voted for the people they thought deserved a spot on TIME’s annual list of most influential people of the year. With more than 3.3 million votes cast, Zelensky came in first with 5% of the vote. When Russian forces began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, Zelensky, a comedian with no political experience before he was elected Ukraine’s President in 2019, was thrust onto the world stage and rallied leaders to support Ukraine. “You understand that they’re watching,” he told TIME’s Simon Shuster in an April…
The Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi has said that the newly promoted former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu will be prosecuted if eventually indicted by the probe panel chaired by Justice Ayo Salami. Magu had appeared before the Salami panel in July 2020 to answer allegations against him by the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation. The investigative panel, upon conclusion of its assignment, submitted its findings to the President in November 2020. However, Dingyadi, was fielding questions from State House correspondents on why the Police authorities…
The Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) has called on residents of Ogoniland in Rivers to support the ongoing execution of six water projects in the area. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Ferdinand Giadom made the call in Alesa Eleme, Rivers during his inspection tour of the water project sites on Thursday. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammed Abubakar had in March 2021 flagged-off phase one of the project in four local government areas in Ogoniland – Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai. Giadom said the federal government had come up with a sustainable plan to ensure the ongoing water project served Ogoni…