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The UN says it will continue to collaborate with Nigeria and other countries in addressing political, economic and other challenges including environment for the benefit of all. The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, UN, Amina Mohammed stated this when she paid a courtesy call on Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammed Mahmood in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. She said environment sector remained paramount to the UN Agenda 2030. “Women, and children are the most affected by the conflicts and Covid-19 pandemic, which affects over40m people globally, and creates negative impacts on the world economy,’’ Muhammed stated. The Nigeria’s Minister…
Justice Malami Umar Dogon Daji of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto today Tuesday, July 6, 2021, convicted and sentenced the duo of Mainasara Malami and Emmanuel Salihu (both staff of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps) to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine for conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N2,750,000.00). One of the count charge reads: “That you Mainasara Malami and Emmanuel Salihu sometime in October, 2017 in Sokoto within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Sokoto State…
Nigerian Senate on Tuesday announced the composition of the conference committee on the PIB, following its passage last week by both chambers of the National Assembly. The members of the conference committee as announced by the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, includes the Senate Leader Abdullahi Yahaya, who will serve as the chairman; Senators Mohammed Sabo representing North West; Albert Bassey Akpan – South South; Danjuma Goje – North East; Opeyemi Bamidele – South West; Stella Oduah – South East and Gabriel Suswam – North Central. The Senate President charged members of the conference committee to meet with their…
The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar says Nigeria recorded 4,919 oil spills between 2015 to March 2021 and lost 4.5 trillion barrels of oil to theft in four years. Abubakar disclosed this at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on protecting oil and gas infrastructure. “According to the National Oil Spill Detection Agency (NOSDRA) data, the total number of oil spills recorded from 2015 to March 2021 is 4,919, the number of oil spills cost by collation is 308. “The operational maintenance is 106, while sabotage is 3,628 and yet to…
GUANGZHOU, China, July 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Nimo TV, HUYA Inc.’s (“Huya”, NYSE: HUYA) international live streaming platform, recently initiated an emergency arbitrator (EA) procedure at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) against a Moroccan streamer for breaching an Exclusive Cooperation Agreement with Nimo TV. As a result, an interim injunction has been issued to the […]
Warri – The Itsekiris world over , in the early hours of Saturday, ended the 14 days of mourning which was part of the final rites of passage for His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli.The event which took place at Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri…
Troops of the 8 Division in the Nigerian Army has offered free medical treatment to over 3000 patients across two local governments areas in Sokoto State.The outreach was being conducted in two local governments of Bodinga in Sifawa the home town of Ch…
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya has flagged off a free medical outreach programme in commemoration of Nigerian Army Day Celebration, (NADCEL) 2021.The programme by the Nigerian Army which took place at the Mpape Primary School, Bwar…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria’s COVID-19 active cases stood at 1,356 with majority in stable condition, as it registered additional 56 infections on Sunday.In its verified website, the public health agency stated t…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s South-East geopolitical zone have agreed that only lasting peace and security will bring about speedy economic development in the region.This was the consensus at the South East Regional Peace Council Conference held in Enugu …