Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has vowed to sustain anti-human trafficking activities in the nation’s land, air and sea borders She disclosed that the agency plans to have NAPTIP’s personnel ...
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Court grants SERAP rights to details of $460m spent on Abuja CCTV project
A Federal High Court, Abuja has granted the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) leave for the Federal Government to disclose details of how a $460m loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the Abuja Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) ...
Read More »Border closure not in breach of free trade agreement, FG insists
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has said Federal Government’s closure of the nation’s land borders is not in breach of the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region. The minister stated this in Abuja at the ...
Read More »Yobe governor Buni tasks NSCCIMA on acceleration of North’s economic development
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has charged the Northern States Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NSCCIMA) to unlock the economic and industrial potential of the North. Buni stated this at the weekend while hosting the 38th Annual General ...
Read More »Bauchi governor rejoices over prospects of state’s oil producing status
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has expressed joy over the recent discovery of crude oil in Alkaleri Council Area, saying the development would boost the state’s economy. He said his government would ensure that the firms working in the area ...
Read More »FG releases Nigeria’s first transgenic food crop for commercialisation
The Federal Government has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for commercialisation. National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties, chaired by Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi, gave the approval at its 28th meeting ...
Read More »We’ve contained intruding foreign fishing trawlers, navy declares
The Nigerian Navy through the Forward Operating Base (FORMOSO) in Brass, Bayelsa State said it had effectively checked the encroachment of foreign fishing trawlers on Nigerian territorial waters through sustained enlightenment and other diplomatic measures. Fishermen in the coastal communities, ...
Read More »Aide dispels report of Ibrahim Babangida’s death
A Spokesman to former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua has debunked the rumoured death of his principal. In a statement, Afegbua said Babangida was hale and hearty and went on to suggest that the proposed “fake news ...
Read More »Global groups support real solutions to climate change, reject carbon markets
As the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held recently in Madrid the Spanish capital, civil society and grassroots groups have challenged Parties negotiating at the 11-day conference to heed the ...
Read More »NIGERIANS SAY NO TO GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
NIGERIANS SAY NO TO GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)Journalist and media representatives in Lagos were gathered to promote Nigeria’s biosafety from the media frontiers. This program was thoughtfully put together by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) in line with ...
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