Borno state government has banned organisations from distributing food and non-food items to resettled communities in the state. The request for the ban is contained in a letter personally signed by the state governor, Babagana Zulum, dated December 6, 2021, and addressed to all humanitarian and development partners through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNOCHA. “The Borno state government wishes to acknowledge and thank you for all your support to the people and government of the state and in particular your support for people displaced internally by insurgency. “As you are aware, the Borno state…
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By Newsdiaryonline Nigeria’s Supreme Court has adjourned a 16-year old case, which is awaiting the apex court verdict on a 2016 Sokoto Court of Appeal judgment to November 2023. The development is coming barely a week after both President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo decried incessant delays in justice delivery. The Supreme Court also took the unprecedented step of suspending its scheduled motion/hearing on the case to await the Sokoto Court of Appeal decision on a fresh motion filed before it on the matter, thereby waiving the priority accorded courts of superior jurisdiction over lower courts. The apex…
The Presidency has dismissed media report that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the sack and replacement of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The presidential aide quoted President Buhari as reassuring investors in the economy that he did not order the sack of the management of AEDC, neither does he intend to interfere in the running of the affairs of private business entities. The statement read in part: “The Presidency wishes to react to a news item…
…Says government fine-tuning strategies to forestall future occurrence Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has confirmed that 23 people and 40 lost their lives in the bandits attack on a 42-seater bus, at Gidan Bawa village of Isa local government area, while traveling to Kaduna on Monday. Security chiefs including those of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Police, Department of State Security and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps as well as the Chairmen of Isa and Sabon Birni local government areas, briefed Tambuwal on the incident at the Government House, Sokoto, on Wednesday. He pledged to…
One million COVID-19 vaccines is reported to have expired in Nigeria in November 2021. In the report, Reuters citied at least two sources, explaining that the development shows one of the biggest single loss of vaccine doses that highlights the difficulty African nations have in getting shots in arms. African governments have been pushing for more vaccine deliveries as inoculation rates lag richer regions. In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and home to more than 200 million people, fewer than 4% of adults have been fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The expired doses were made by…
UTM Offshore and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a MoU to raise 2 billion dollars for the development of Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. Dr Yahuza Kassim, Principal Consultant for the development of the facility stated in Lagos on Wednesday that the MoU was signed on Tuesday in Abuja. He added that the MoU was signed by Mr Julius Rone, Group Managing Director, UTM Offshore and Dr Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of Afreximbank. The MoU paved the way for additional collaboration between UTM Offshore and the Afreximbank to support a future Final Investment Decision…
The African Union on Tuesday called for an urgent end to travel restrictions imposed on some of its member states, saying the measures effectively penalize governments for timely data sharing in line with international health regulations. The measures act “as a disincentive for information sharing in the future, potentially posing a threat to health security on the continent and globally,” the AU said in a statement. Late last month, European Union states, the United States, and Britain, among other nations such as Israel, imposed travel curbs on seven southern African countries after they reported several cases of the Omicron variant,…
Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo says it is worrying that a growing number of wealthy nations have banned or restricted public investment in fossil fuels, including natural gas. The vice president expressed his concern on Tuesday in his keynote address at the World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA) week-long forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Osinbajo spokesperson, Laolu Akande in a statement, said the theme of forum being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, is “Energising Tomorrow.” Osinbajo said that the world should not have to choose between energy poverty and climate change as the challenge could be addressed…
Friends of the Earth said a legal challenge to the British government which seeks to block a $1.15 billion financing for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Mozambique will be heard in the High Court on Tuesday. UK Export Finance (UKEF) has committed to provide up to $1.15 billion of direct loans and guarantees to banks to support the design, build, and operation of the $20 billion LNG project led by French energy company TotalEnergies. Friends of the Earth said in a statement that the project was incorrectly judged to be compatible with the Paris climate agreement, without proper…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has moved a step further to provide “African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), a world class health facility in Nigeria for the benefit of all Africans. President of the Afreximbank, Prof Benedict Oramah spoke on Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of AMCE in Abuja, Nigeria. He said that no fewer than 3,000 Africans travel to Asia and other parts of the world to seek medical services due to lack of standard facilities in Africa. Oramah, who is also the Board Chairman of Afreximbank, reveled that Africans spend more than $5 billion annually…