Sometimes, I wonder if some of these meetings the Nigerian government attends on Climate Change in Dubai, New York, India, South Africa, Brazil, to mention but a few have been able to yield any significant impact on how Nigeria can tackle climate change issues, how it can be of Economic prosperity. I wonder if these meetings also suggest legislative policies are adopted to manage and cushion the effect of climate change disasters to safeguard the lives and property of the Nigerian citizens. Let us take a look at some of the Nigerian goverment moves for climate change in 2025; In…
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The Federal Government has introduced the Nigerian Industrialisation Policy, an initiative designed to drive value addition, industrial growth, and employment creation across the country. Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Enoh, announced the policy during its soft launch on Thursday in Lagos, held alongside the presentation of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Macroeconomic Outlook Report for 2026. Approved and validated in 2025, the policy reflects a coordinated approach to industrialisation, trade, and investment. Enoh described the policy as a strategic step toward translating Nigeria’s industrial potential into measurable productivity. “Over the last year, discussions about industrialisation have become more public. This policy was…
The British government has introduced the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill to prioritise UK-trained medical graduates for specialty training posts in the National Health Service (NHS). Secretary of State for Health Wes Streeting tabled the bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday to address what he described as the “catastrophic mismanagement” of the previous Conservative administration. The law aims to reduce competition for specialty training posts between UK graduates and internationally trained medics, while protecting public investment in medical education. The new law will prevent UK graduates from competing directly with overseas-trained doctors for specialty training positions that lead to advanced medical expertise. Streeting…
The United States and Taiwan have finalised a bilateral trade agreement that lowers tariffs on Taiwanese goods in return for major investments by the island nation’s semiconductor and technology companies in the US semiconductor sector. The USD 250 billion deal is “a historic trade deal that will drive a massive reshoring of America’s semiconductor sector,” said the US Department of Commerce in a statement, adding that it would establish an “economic partnership” to create several “world-class” US-based industrial parks in order to help build up domestic production. Trump had initially set a tariff of 32 per cent on Taiwanese goods,…
The Police Command in Kano State has intercepted suspected explosive materials and illicit drugs in two separate operations in different parts of metropolitan local government areas of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano on Friday. Kiyawa said on Monday, police officers attached to the Rijiyar Lemo Police Division on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, executed a search warrant at a residence in Tudun Bojuwa Quarters, Fagge LGA, where two big sacks containing suspected incriminating materials were discovered. He explained that a team of experts from the…
The Federal Government has urged Nigerian farmers to drive an agricultural revolution through local processing and export-oriented production to accelerate economic diversification. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, made the call on Thursday in Abuja while delivering the opening address at the General Assembly of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). The General Assembly of Farmers (GAF) serves as a national platform to strengthen collaboration among farmers, government, private sector actors and development partners. It also reinforces AFAN’s role as a unified national voice for farmers. Kalu said the Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu’s…
International Breweries Plc (IBPLC) has announced the appointment of Mr Nicholas Kade as the its new Managing Director, effective March 1. The company made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Company Secretary, Temitope Oluwatosin, on Thursday in Lagos. It said the development was due to the transition of its current Managing Director, Mr Carlos Coutino, to another leadership position in its parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). The statement noted that Carlos Coutino had an impactful eight-year journey in Nigeria, having joined the company in 2018 as the National Sales/Trade Marketing Director. It said he played a critical…
AI chatbot, Grok, has been blocked from creating sexualised images of women and children in places where it’s illegal, said Elon Musk’s media platform, X, on Wednesday. Musk’s company, xAI, says it will geoblock content if it violates laws in a particular place, with the rules applying to all users, including paid subscribers who have access to more features. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis, underwear and other revealing attire,” X said in a statement. The announcement followed a global backlash over…
Gov. Uba Sani has reiterated that the proposed $200 million Mega Poultry Project will generate over $450 million annually and create more than 350,000 direct and indirect jobs in Kaduna State. The Governor further pointed out that the project would strengthen food security, empower smallholder farmers and position Kaduna State as a leading hub of modern agribusiness in Africa. Sani, who made this known when he met with the Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha on Thursday, disclosed that the meeting was to align federal and state efforts ahead of the project’s groundbreaking. The Governor thanked President Bola Tinubu for…
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday donated copies of his book, “Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined an Administration,” to the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), library in Abeokuta. Mohammed, who made the donation during an event held at the institution, described the gesture as his contribution to scholarship, knowledge-sharing and intellectual development within Nigeria’s tertiary education system. He said the donation was part of a broader initiative known as the Reading Sessions Project, aimed at strengthening reading culture, critical thinking, and intellectual engagement among undergraduate students across the country. According to him, the project…