U.N. climate talks draft asks for higher emissions pledges by 2022
Nov. 10, 2021 The British hosts of the COP26 U.N. climate conference in Glasgow have proposed that countries raise their ambitions to slash greenhouse gas emissions by next year in…
Aiteo reports “extremely high order” oil spill from well in Bayelsa
Nov 10, 2021 Nigeria’s Aiteo Eastern E&P has reported an “extremely high order” oil spill from a jointly owned well in the Niger Delta and has had to abort immediate…
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers staged a walkout before trial began – FG tells court
Nov. 10, 2021 The Federal Government told a Federal High Court, Abuia that a team of lawyers of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on…
Passenger extortion: Arik Air staff suspended with immediate effect
Nov. 10, 2021 The management of Arik Air has suspended one of its staff caught by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) asking for bribe at the domestic wing…
FG completes Lagos Airport Flyover repairs, to reopen bridge this month
Nov. 10, 2021 The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Wednesday said rehabilitation work on the damaged Lagos Airport Flyover has been completed and the bridge would…
AstraZeneca to set up division for vaccines, antibody therapies
Nov. 10, 2021 AstraZeneca is creating a separate division for vaccines and antibody therapies, the drugmaker said on Tuesday, to focus on its COVID-19 shot and coronavirus treatments after a…
Electoral act amendment bill: Each political party should decide its form of internal democratic practices – PDP
Nov. 10, 2021 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy to decide its form…
TO ADDRESS INEQUALITIES, SOCIAL BENEFITS AND PROFIT CAN CO-EXIST – OSINBAJO
Nov. 10, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that glaring inequalities of wealth and opportunity in the face of poverty, misery and social alienation in any society is asking…
NESREA, LASEPA, OTHERS COLLABORATE TO TRAIN INFORMAL E-WASTE COLLECTORS
Nov. 10, 2021 In recognition of the relevance and activities of the informal e-waste operators in the State, a comprehensive training programme was organised by the National Environmental Standards and…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala marries at home in Britain
Nov. 10, 2021 Malala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being shot aged 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in…