The development, deployment and transfer of locally relevant climate technologies remain the best solution to climate change challenges, the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said. The Office of the Vice-President said Osinbajo made the statement on Friday at the inauguration of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre (NCIC) situated at the Enterprise Development Centre of […]
Nigeria’s current power generation has reached 7000 Mega Watts, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola said this on Friday in Calabar at the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing 4th Edition Retreat for top directors, heads of units and chief executives of agencies and parastatals. He said […]
The Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung (KAS), a German Foundation, has revealed that Nigerians are the third largest asylum seekers in the country. Dr. Gerhard Wahler, Head of Department, European and International cooperation of the foundation, made this known in Abuja during the celebration of 15 years of KAS operation in Nigeria. Wahler explained that the lack […]
Worried by fake fertilizer in circulation, the Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) on Friday called on the Federal Government to intervene without further delay. Fertilizer farm The Executive Secretary of FEPSAN, Mr Ahmed Rabiu Kwa, told newsmen in Lagos on telephone that the adulterated fertilizer was causing low yield of farm crops. […]
The Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Friday said that it had recovered more than 693 containers of power equipment abandoned at ports for about 15 years due to tariff. The Managing Director (MD) of TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, said this in a statement in Lagos. Mohammed said that some of the power equipment had […]
The Nigerian constitution is designed to collect and share oil rent and has little or no incentive for the growth of a productive economy, Charles Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has said. Mr Soludo made this known in an essay titled: “The Political Economy of Restructuring the Nigerian Federation”, which […]
Foster Obi Three suspected vandals, Kabiru Musa, 20; Abubakar Mohammed Umar, 25 and Rayyali Ibrahim 23, have been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons Lagos for damaging and stealing armored cables from a transformer belonging to Ikeja Electric Plc, at NEPA Coop Estate in Ijede, Ikorodu. The trio was arraigned at Agbowa Magistrate Court in Ikorodu following […]
The presidency has finally spoken on a bill that journalists and media advocates say could gag press freedom if passed into law. The Senate pushed the controversial Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill through second reading earlier this year, eliciting widespread outrage from media practitioners who immediately identified it as an attempt to revive some of […]
President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is to embark on another round of vacation beginning from Friday. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adesina said Buhari would be away for 10 working days. He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions chaired by Rep. Nkem Abonta has given a final 21 days ultimatum to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to declare its position on the case of staff members of Diamond Bank Plc who were sacked without any form of compensation. Abonta stressed that the position of the […]