The Federal Government, on Thursday, blamed powerful interests for the massive deforestation in states where lumberjacks fell trees for the commercial production of charcoal. It said the activities of these interests were against the federal government’s target to plant 25 million trees by 2030 under the afforestation policy of the Buhari regime. Minister of Environment,…
Some candidates who sat for the 2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Board (JAMB) mock examinations scheduled for March 30 have expressed concern over some technical hitches experienced during the examinations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the examinations in some Computer Based Test (CBT) centers discovered that while some centres had…
•••Also sets US $300 million resource mobilization target for 2023 March 30, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) — The Adaptation Fund Board approved the implementation plan for the Fund’s new 5-year strategy as well as set a resource mobilization target of US $300 million for 2023, among other key decisions at its 40th meeting held in Bonn,…
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Thursday arrested six suspects over the kidnap of a 60-year-old bricklayer and his colleague. The incident happened around 7:00pm on Wednesday at Dagbolu area, along Ikirun road, Osogbo. The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke made this known…
The Benue State Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has suspended the Igyorov Ward Exco of the party in Gboko Local Government Area of the state with immediate effect. Igyorov Ward Exco was responsible for the suspension of the embattled party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Recall that Kashi Philip, the Ward Chairman, and…
The Lagos state department of public prosecution (DPP) has arraigned four staff members of Chrisland High School Ikeja over the death of its student Whitney Adeniran. The staffers which include the school principal, vice principal and two employees were arraigned on Thursday on a two-count charge of manslaughter and negligent acts. The arraigned staff members…
An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a class teacher, Peter Jacob, to life imprisonment for defiling a 9-year-old pupil with special needs. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had efficiently proved the charge of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were cogent,…
…withdraws Ortom’s referral to disciplinary panel The Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagun-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reversed some punitive decisions taken against party leaders by the court-restrained National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyiorchia Ayu. Ayu had led the party into suspending former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim; former…
Nigerian singer and dancer, Korra Obidi has aqcuired a 1.6 million dollar home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The mother of two announced this on her Instagram page on Thursday. She shared a video which captures the moment she visited the agents to sign the house deeds with her mother who also expressed happiness for her….
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, granted bail to a journalist and publisher of an online news outlet, CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, to the tune of N500,000, with one surety in like sum. Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, wife of Frank Ayade, who is the brother of Cross River State governor,…
