Jeff Bezos Fund to Push for Africa Land Restoration Around U.N. Climate Summit
October 5, 2022 Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s environmental fund is seeking to build a coalition with African and European countries around this year’s U.N. climate summit to add heft to land…
$10.7bn EGTL: Reps committee queries cost of project
October 5, 2022 An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday queried the implementation of the Escravos gas-to-liquids (EGTL) Gas Project. The committee said the project which…
Drug Abuse: Lagos building biggest mental health rehabilitation home in Nigeria – Sanwo-Olu
October 5, 2022 Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said that the state government was currently building the biggest mental rehabilitation home in the country. Sanwo-Olu made this known while…
African countries to push common energy position at COP27
October 5, 2022 African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that recognises fossil fuels are necessary in the…
NSCDC arrests minor, 2 teenagers specialised in stealing from women’s bags in Katsina
October 5, 2022 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three persons who allegedly specialised in ransacking women’s bags during social gathering in Katsina. The suspects included…
Ebola: The likelihood of importation to Nigeria high – NCDC alerts as disease resurfaces in Uganda
October 5, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is aware of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) caused by the Sudan strain…
NNBP 2025: Nigeria needs 120,000 additional kilometres of Fibre Optic Cables, 40,000 additional BTS to meet target – NCC
October 4, 2022 The Nigeria Communications Commission says if the country must meet its 2025 Nigeria National Broadband Plan (NNBP) target it needs additional 120, 000 kilometres of Fibre Optic…
LASG ANNOUNCES UPWARD REVIEW OF WORKERS’ SALARY TO COME SOON
October 4, 2022 …To increase staff bus fleet, hand over 100 official vehicles to Directors Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has surprised public servants with his announcement that a pay rise is…
Alleged killing: Witness tells court how armed squad shot directly at Ikoyi prison inmates, killing over 150
October 4, 2022 …Says I want the perpetrators to be brought to book A former prisoner at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos State, Mr Christian Akara, on Tuesday said at…
PRESIDENT BUHARI SAYS CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION SECTOR UNDERMINING GOVT INVESTMENTS, URGES BETTER TRANSPARENCY
October 4, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said corruption in education sector continues to undermine investments, while critics downplay funding by focusing only on budgetary allocations, urging a…