Following their emergency meeting with the Nigerian army’s GOC, 82 Division, Enugu, Major General, Abubakar Adamu, the South-East governors have, Friday evening, proscribed the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the region. The governors also appealed with…
A coalition of some 35 civil society organisations has written to several international bodies including the African Union and the United Nations Human Rights Commission over the recent internet shutdown in Togo. Signatories to the letter include Paradigm Initiative, Reporters Without Border, World…
Agency report Popular artiste, Innocent Idibia also known as “2Face’’ on Thursday inaugurated “Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War” campaign to promote peaceful governorship election in Anambra on November 18. The campaign is a collaboration of 2Face Idibia Foundation,…
Emirates Airlines will return to the Abuja route on November 1, 2017 after vacating it for one year. The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle @hadisirika. He tweeted…
President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja Sunday for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). The high point of the President’s visit will be his participation in the General…
In Agbobloshie, Ghana, for instance, a circular economy — a continuous process of creating value while limiting impact on the planet — is defying the critics. “The most toxic place on earth”, Agbobloshie, is an urban-scale open-air manufactory. Youthful creativity…
Seye Joseph As the nation needs to build capacity to diversify from a crude-oil dependent state and the world continues to explore new ways of scientific literacy with new way of bridging the divide between science and society, Rouleaux Foundation…
Concerned about the restrictive nature of the NGO Regulatory Agency Bill, 123 nonprofit leaders on Tuesday 12 September struck back against the proposed Bill arguing that it is not ‘’fit for purpose’’ and should be ‘’killed”. Through a declaration issued…
Africa’s largest cement company, Dangote Cement Plc has confirmed that it has indicated interest in acquiring the entire share capital of PPC Limited-a South African leading cement firm. In a statement signed by Dangote Cement’s company secretary, Mahmud Kazaure on…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will continue to explore further avenues to ensure that interest rates are supportive of domestic production needs. These were the assurances of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in his opening remark at the 24th…
