Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday, Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted his technical working group’s report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The technical working group was set up by the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of displaced persons in the North-East, which Osinbajo chairs. President Muhammadu Buhari had, in…
Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding. The three new projects – in Nigeria, Venezuela and a regional initiative encompassing Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda – will improve the…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the on going wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos. The Agency’s Director General Dr Bashir Jamoh who disclosed this during a review session of the ongoing wreck…
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa has warned against trading with Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Northeast. According to him, trading and other economic activities with the insurgents consolidate terrorism in the region. The 13-year insurgency has killed about 40, 000 people with $9.4…
The flag bearer and Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (JANDOR) has cleared the air on an announcement of a purported official opening of a new party state secretariat and the attendant reactions from some party members. JANDOR stated that he acted promptly when the information got…
PARIS and DUBLIN, 20th June 2022: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the EY organisation have today published a new report bringing together opinions from 13 consumer industry leaders that outlines the urgent priorities the sector must act upon to help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 deadline. At the halfway point to the 2030…
TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE JOINT LEGAL, MEDIA AND SECURITY COMMITTEE OF THE OSUN STATE GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACTIC PARTY TODAY JUNE 20 AT OSOGBO, OSUN STATE CAPITAL* Gentlemen of the press, We call this press conference to bring to the notice of Nigerians certain troubling developments that portends…
• Urges EFCC to Redouble Effort to Arrest Fubuara •Tasks Rivers People to Use the 2023 Election to Sack the Very Corrupt PDP Administration in Rivers State Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwumeka Eze has described threats by the…
Full text of Vladimir Putin’s speech at SPIEF on June 17, 2022: Thank you very much! Dear Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich! Dear friends, colleagues! I greet the participants and guests of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. It takes place at a difficult time for the entire world community, when the economy, markets and the very…
Uche Secondus, former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, for picking Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. TheCable had reported earlier on Thursday that Abubakar named Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. Prior to the announcement, Nyesom Wike and…
