To mark International E-Waste Day, October 14, consumers worldwide are urged to collect dead and/or unused electronics and electrical products and give them a second life through reuse or repair, or recycle them properly. Above all, consumers should stop throwing them away in household waste bins. The Global E-waste Monitor 2024, authored by UNITAR in…
•Advises government to peg import duty exchange rate, crude supply at N1,000 The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to peg import duties at an exchange rate of N1,000/$ to stabilise costs for manufacturers who rely on imports, boost productivity and enable long-term planning. The chamber, in a…
Some factional members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have disowned Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as the party leader. The factional National Chairman of the party, Dr. Gilbert Agbo, who led the anti-Kwankwasiya campaign at the party secretariat in Minna, Niger State, said Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiya group were threats to the progress and…
With just 22 days until the U.S. presidential election, tensions surrounding former President Donald Trump’s campaign have continue to grow. On Saturday, an armed man was arrested near a Trump rally in Coachella Valley, marking the second potential assassination attempt in recent months. The suspect, 49-year-old Vem Miller from Las Vegas, was apprehended at a…
“And in the shadowless unclouded glare,Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where,A misty sealine meets the wash of air .” The immortal words of Sir John Betjeman, poet and Victorian architectural heritage campaigner, born 1906, died 1984, who saved the gorgeous St Pancras station from demolition in the 1960s. His statue stands majestic on…
The winner of the Big Brother Naija Season 9 ‘No Loose Guard’ edition, Sule Kingsley, popularly known as Kellyrae, has disclosed that he has never had one million naira in his account. He made this statement to newsmen while receiving his cash prize of N6 million and a brand new customized Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing car…
Several diaspora groups have described the mining reforms and other good governance initiatives of Governor Ademola Adeleke as “impressive” and “unprecedented” since the creation of Osun State. The Governor who was on transit to Nigeria in the United Kingdom after attending a livestock conference in Northern France hosted several leaders and indegenes of Osun in…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the second increase in petrol prices in one month, pending the hearing and determination of the suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja challenging the legality of the powers of the NNPCL…
A 26-year-old man identified as Nura Mas’ud has reportedly set ablaze his grandmother, Zuwaira Muhammad alive in Mu’azu village, Dan Gwanki ward, Sule Tankarkar LGA of Jigawa State. Mas’ud who was said to have confessed to the crime claimed that the late grandmother upset him by expressing concern about his physical appearance and health, which…
Children generally are adorable and associated with a sweet, welcoming smell. This is why anything short of this, like a body odour, gives cause to raise an eyebrow. Worried about your child emitting some funny smells and seeking a sure remedy to the situation? The bacteria accumulated in the clothes stick to the sweat and…
