The African Women in Media will holds its fifth annual conference, tagged #AWiM21, in December to deliberate on how to build resilience and enhance the future of women and media in Africa. This is contained in a statement issued by Joy Adigwe, Officer in charge of Community Engagement, on Tuesday in Abuja. Adigwe said the conference would feature over 100 speakers, 16 panels, two keynote sessions, four workshops and four roundtables. She said the conference, with the theme “Building Resilience: The Future of Media in Africa’, would bring together experts to discuss a range of critical media issues. “Issues ranging from ‘Reporting…
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The outstanding successes recorded by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in international asset recovery could be a template for other African countries in the fight against corruption. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN made the statement on Monday while presenting the 2021 annual public lecture in New York organized by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiative, New York, United States of America. This is made known by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in a statement issued…
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said Nigerian leaders lack the intellectual capacity to be classified as leaders. Speaking at the Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series, organised by the Students Wing of Coalition of Northern Groups (SW-CNG), in Katsina, on Monday, the former INEC boss attributed the security and economic challenges affecting the country to bad leadership. The former INEC chairman agreed that although the youths had personal challenges and agonies, it would not be in their interests and that of Nigeria if they stayed aloof while the country was not being…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced rights violation investigation into the money lending industry. A document signed by Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC for the Joint Regulatory and Enforcement Committee, said this in Abuja on Monday. Irukera said that the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency were also members. He disclosed that the committee would lead efforts to address multiple potentially dubious conducts of certain money lenders, otherwise known as loan sharks. According…
The deputy president of the senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and several stakeholders have made a passionate plea for the establishment of a new campus of the Nigerian Law School in Delta state. At a public hearing organized by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on a ‘Bill to Amend the Legal Education (Consolidation) Act, several stakeholders argued that among the six additional campuses being considered, Orogun in Delta state has one of the most logically compelling case, especially in view of equity considerations and the huge number of Law graduates coming out of Delta and…
A professor of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Christiana Adeeyinwo has stated that Nigeria has lagged behind in technological breakthroughs due to the tedium experienced in laboratories as a result of lack of innovative lab wares that are safe and convenient to use in laboratories. Adeeyinwo stated this while delivering her valedictory lecture titled, “Automaton in The Laboratory: Popularity or Magic” at FUTA on 9th November 2021. The don said it was pertinent to address, as a matter of urgency, the challenges of apparatus and instrument limitations in Chemical Laboratories in order to…
Introduction I find the title of this project rather surprising. Can there be a root cause for a crisis that has developed and transformed over hundreds of years and within the life spans of at least three jurisdictions – precolonial, colonial and post-colonial? Such deep and complex processes, it must be assumed, have multiple causes that cannot be reduced to a main one except if the plan is to trap the authors. But then, maybe that was the plan. Secondly, the data for the study is based on key informant interviews of community stakeholders in a period within 2020, as…
Former South African President, FW de Klerk, an apartheid-era leader who helped to bring about the end of white-minority rule in South Africa, has died of cancer at the age of 85, his foundation said on Thursday. De Klerk helped orchestrate the release of Nelson Mandela, with whom he later shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. However, for many South Africans he never did enough to fully atone for apartheid or for the human rights abuses carried out by the security forces when he was president. De Klerk, born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936, was the son of…
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is proud to announce the winners of the first annual African Energy Awards 2021. Sponsored by Sasol, the Awards celebrate Africa’s energy industry pioneers, promoting the accomplishments made by African energy professionals and companies. Announced during the Award Ceremony on Tuesday the 9th of November at African Energy Week (AEW) 2021 – organized by Energy Capital & Power, the winners will continue to pave the way for a new generation of industry leaders and advocates focused on making energy poverty history by 2030. THE AWARD WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Lifetime Achievement Award: Frank Fannon, Former…
A new seed system model developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Project—Building an Economically Sustainable Cassava Seed Systems, Phase 2 (BASICS II) is helping African countries such as Nigeria and Tanzania to ramp up yields to more than 25 tons per hectare, experts and farmers revealed at the recently held National Cassava Seed Summit in Abuja. Known as the BASICS model, the seed system approach creates an ecosystem of seed actors – breeder, foundation, and certified seed producers. It ensures that seeds of improved and virus-free cassava varieties are multiplied and disseminated to farmers through…