The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) on Monday engaged stakeholders in Sokoto State on livestock development priorities and potential implementation risks. Speaking with journalists in Sokoto, the State Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Mr Sirajo Abubakar, said the engagement was part of the project’s mandate to strengthen implementation outcomes nationwide. Abubakar explained that stakeholders’ input would help identify additional intervention areas and appropriate measures needed to achieve the project’s objectives. “As we are aware, L-PRES is a six-year World Bank-supported project with the development objective of improving productivity, commercialization and resilience of selected livestock value chains. “The project also…
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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested ten individuals suspected of involvement in illegal mining activities along the Ilorin-Ogbomosho axis. They were arrested on Sunday, February 1, 2026, following credible intelligence on unlawful mineral excavation and transportation in parts of Kwara and Oyo States. The suspects, comprising nine truck drivers and one escort were intercepted and taken into custody in a well -coordinated sting operation. Solid minerals arrested with the suspects include lithium, tin, and lepidolite. The suspects have no requisite licences, permits, or regulatory approvals for their mining activities Other…
First Abu Dhabi Bank has announced that it will open a representative office in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of its sub-Saharan expansion push. This was disclosed on Monday at the first Investopia Africa event held in Lagos by the Group Head of Wholesale Banking at First Abu Dhabi Bank, Martin Tricaud. Ashenews gathered through PUNCH reports that First Abu Dhabi Bank partnered with Afreximbank to provide $1.126bn in financing for the execution of Phase 1, Section 2 of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway. Speaking during a panel session that included the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Managing Director of…
Access Bank Plc has appointed Ifeyinwa Osime as Chairman of its Board, following the retirement of Paul Usoro on January 29, 2026, upon the completion of his regulatory tenure. The appointment was disclosed to the Nigerian Exchange Limited in a notice on Monday by the company secretary, Sunday Ekwochi. “Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors (the Board’) of Access Bank Plc (‘the Bank’), its flagship subsidiary, has appointed Ifeyinwa Osime as Chairman of the Board, following the retirement of Paul Usoro, on January 29, 2026, upon the completion of his regulatory tenure…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has warned that global health gains remain fragile amid a “poly-crisis” of overlapping economic, political and technological shocks affecting countries worldwide. Pate spoke on Monday in Abuja at the SPARK Transnational Research Boot Camp and Conference 2026, organized by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) and the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Health Care Value Chain. SPARK stands for Stanford Programme in Applied Research for Knowledge. According to him, science and the scientific method remain “the fundamental path” to societal progress. The minister noted that scientific…
The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) has reiterated its commitment to implementing the National Emergency Response Initiative on Environmental Public Health Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (NERI-EPHIGGE) nationwide. The Registrar of EHCON, Dr Yakubu Baba, stated this on Monday during a stakeholders’ engagement on greenhouse gas emissions and the declaration of a public health emergency on environmental-related diseases, held in Abuja. He explained that the NERI-EPHIGGE framework provides a structured, coordinated and results-driven approach to addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Baba lamented that environmental-related diseases linked to GHG emissions remain one of Nigeria’s most pressing yet under-recognised public health…
Five states in Nigeria which are Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Sokoto, have renewed commitment to domestic resource mobilization for improved investment on child and maternal health care in the states. Commissioners of Health in the states made the pledge at the Integrated Child Survival Advocacy (ICSA) strategic alignment with state leadership and partners in Abuja, on the theme “strengthening PHC financing, integration, and community accountability for improved child survival outcomes.” Over 60 participants including the six Commissioners for Health (Kaduna Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Osun), three Commissioners for Local Government (Kaduna, Kano and Katsina) and six Executive Secretaries…
The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of foodstuffs to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) and vulnerable persons in Edo State. Patricia Imade, the Edo State Coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Food and Security flag off the distribution on Monday, February 2026 at the Army Salvation, Benin Rehabilitation Centre. Imade, who distributed over 500 bags of processed garri to the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), the umbrella body of PWDs said the empowerment was part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. She said the gesture under the Renewed Hope National Accelerated Garri Production…
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) says it is taking its Intellectual Property (IP) regularization efforts to university researchers and innovators across the country. The Director-General of NOTAP, Dr Obiageli Amadiobi, said this during an interview with reporters in Abuja on Monday. She said the agency was determined to ensure that research outcomes moved from shelves to practical use for the benefit of society. According to her, there are plans to extend the outreach to all segments of the nation’s higher education system. “NOTAP has realized that the missing link was a formal bridge to the marketplace.…
The Kwara State Government on Monday organized a nine-day Integrated Training Programme for 55 newly recruited health workers in Omuaran, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. The exercise represents the second batch of training for newly recruited health workers. It would be recalled that 100 healthcare workers, including nurses and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs), were successfully trained in the first batch in 2025. Prof. Nusirat Elelu, Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, described the programme as a capacity-building initiative aimed at improving the quality of healthcare across the state’s primary health facilities. She…