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…
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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…
Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal has advised Ondo state delegates not to compromise in their choice of candidate in the May 28 presidential primary. Tambuwal said this on Thursday in Akure during a meeting with delegates and party leaders in the state. “I appeal to your conscience to be fair to your party and the people of Nigeria. Do not compromise under any guise the trust given to you to go and nominate people that can win election for our party. “If we want to win 2023, you…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has adopted Abba Kabir Yusuf as its consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Kano State, Daily Nigerian has reported. Sources in the party confirmed that Abba, popularly known as ‘Abba gida-gida’ and Aminu Abdussalam, his running mate in the 2019 election, will fly the NNPP banner in the election. They became a household name with the popular political song; ‘Abba gida-gida’ when they contested and lost the 2019 election to Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje after the initial election was declared inconclusive. Similarly, the senatorial ticket for Kano Central has been given to…
Reports by Prada.com have revealed that during the 82 days of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia has already lost about 27,700 troops, 1,228 tanks and 165 helicopters in Ukraine. Details: Total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February and 16 May 2022 are estimated to be (figures in brackets are losses within the last 24 hours): 27,700 (+300) military personnel, 1,228 (+8) tanks, 2,974 (+16) armoured combat vehicles, 577 (+22) artillery systems, 195 multiple rocket launchers, 89 units of air defence equipment. Others are 200 aircraft, 165 (+1) helicopters, 427 (+11) operational-tactical UAVs, 97 (+2) cruise missiles, 13 ships/boats,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, presented its last witness and closed its case in the ongoing trial of a couple, Oladeji and Omotayo Henry, alongside their company, Built Global Concepts, who are facing prosecution for an alleged N555,820,000 fraud. The couple appeared before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The EFCC had, on March 4, 2020, arraigned the defendants on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, and stealing contrary to Sections 411, 280(2)(f), 280(1)(b) and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Count one read: “That…