A former Minister of Interior, retired Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, has called for urgent cleanup of weapons and drug among the Fulani youth as part of practical solutions to the ugly trend of kidnapping in the country. Dambazau made the call in his paper, titled “Dilemma of the Fulbe pastoralist,” presented at the Pastoralists and Fulbe…
Dr. Paul Adalikwu, the newly elected Secretary General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) and other officials concluded engagements with the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) and other stakeholders in the maritime sector including the Ministry of Transport and Aviation at the Conference Room of SLPA, Sierraloaded has reported. During his…
The Osun state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke has ridiculed Governor Gboyega Oyetola over his belated response to the pension crisis rocking the state, warning against politicisation of pension payment and management. Speaking after receiving a group of senior elders at his Ede residence today, Senator Adeleke noted that payment…
NNN: Stakeholders in the environment sector on Tuesday in Abuja, sought a credible decarbonisation pathway for Nigeria. They made the call at the inauguration of the Carbon Chamber Project (CCB), a conference organised by the National Chamber Policy Centre of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
By Salihu Moh. Lukman During the consultative meeting with Progressive Governors, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Your Excellency unambiguously conveyed the resolve to provide every needed leadership for our great party, APC, to remain strong and united to improve our electoral fortunes. Highlighting some of the internal policies, which allowed ‘first term Governors who have…
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has described as unhealthy for the fair political chances of the South, the alleged entrance of former President Goodluck Jonathan into the APC ahead of the party’s presidential primary rescheduled for June…
On Saturday, May 28, the 16th Extraordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Conference on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa was held in Malabo. At the opening ceremony, the Head of State, HE Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, took stock of these serious problems in our continent, and their humanitarian and social consequences. At the…
By Faith Berewa. Nigeria has become a tinderbox. We are in the dire straits, and, you know, as much as I do, there doesn’t seem to be a way out. Opportunity presents us for the emergence of a strong, decisive, fair-minded leader that will hopefully, tackle and lead us out of the country’s hydra-headed evils….
… SAYS IOPC FUND IMPLEMENTATION ON TRACK Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh has restated the Agency’s commitment to ensuring effective pollution prevention and control in the Nigerian Maritime domain in order to continue to create an enabling environment for the sector to thrive. Dr Jamoh who made this assertion…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has begun training for 40 of its personnel to boost security architecture in all special economic zones in the country. The ongoing exercise, which is being done in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), was inaugurated on Monday in Lagos. The Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof….
