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…
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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…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has seized waste carts and arrested one person during an early-morning enforcement operation on Lagos Island, aimed at curbing illegal waste disposal. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, LAWMA, Mr Mukaila Sanusi, on Monday in Lagos. Sanusi said the operation followed targeted surveillance designed to tackle unregulated waste movement and prevent the re-emergence of illegal dump sites earlier cleared by the authority. He said LAWMA enforcement officers intercepted several waste carts at Isale-Eko during a coordinated dawn operation across key locations on Lagos Island. According to him,…
Dangote Industries Limited has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd, one of China’s leading construction and mining equipment manufacturers, in a move aimed at strengthening infrastructure delivery, industrial capacity and green project development across Africa. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate across multiple sectors including mining, petrochemicals, building materials, agriculture and infrastructure construction, leveraging their respective strengths to pursue joint growth and long-term value creation. Dangote Group, Africa’s largest diversified industrial conglomerate, operates across cement manufacturing, petrochemicals, fertiliser, agriculture, food processing, mining, ports and logistics in Nigeria and several other African countries.…
Three subsidiaries of Dangote Industries Limited, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant and Dangote Cement Plc have scaled up their Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements (GSPA) with subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd): Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited and NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC). The upscaled Supply Agreements will help to drive the conglomerate’s Vision 2030, resulting in increased output, better and cleaner energy supply as well as support ongoing expansion projects. The Agreements were signed at the unveiling of the NNPC Gas Master Plan (GMP) 2026, tagged NGMP 2026 held at the NNPC Towers weekend…
Dr Chukwuma Anyaike, a retired Director of Public Health at the Federal Ministry of Health, has warned that snakebite envenoming, classified as a highest-priority Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), remains a major public health threat in Nigeria. Anyaike said this in an interview with reporters on Monday in Abuja, describing snakebite as a “silent killer” that disproportionately affects farmers, herders and rural dwellers—groups critical to the nation’s food security and economic stability. Recent data presented during World NTD Day 2026 indicate that Nigeria remains one of the world’s high-burden countries for snakebite envenoming, with the carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) accounting for…
The Plateau State Government has affirmed the availability of free Echitab Polyvalent Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) in designated health facilities across the state. Mr Kim Bot, Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Drugs and Medical Commodities Management Agency (PS-DMCMA), disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. Bot, a pharmacist, said snakebite was a medical emergency and assured that no life would be lost in Plateau due to lack of access, cost or delays in obtaining anti-snake venom. According to him, a deliberate and well-coordinated supply chain has been established to ensure that Echitab ASV is stocked in strategic hospitals,…
The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a wave of lawsuits against Meta (META) in New Mexico, will start on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. The case stems from a state undercover investigation, where officials created proxy social media accounts posing as children to document sexual solicitations and track Meta’s responses, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors argue that Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, created a “marketplace and breeding ground” for predators, while failing to disclose what it knew about harmful effects on minors. Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed suit in 2023, asserting that Meta prioritized profits over child safety. The trial, with…
Nigeria’s crude oil exports are set to decline by about 225,000 barrels per day in February following the shutdown of the Bonga Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel for scheduled turnaround maintenance. The development was confirmed by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd., operator of the Bonga field, in a statement issued on Sunday. The shutdown affects one of Nigeria’s largest deepwater production assets and comes at a time when the country is working to stabilise output and boost foreign exchange earnings from crude oil exports. The company said the maintenance exercise has already commenced on the Bonga FPSO and will temporarily halt…