Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has sought more modernised hydrometeorological infrastructure to enhance early warning and a solid step towards reducing the early warning gaps. It added that the unprecedented weather extremes in past few years was due to lack of access to latest technologies, uncoordinated dissemination efforts, insecurity and maintainability of early warning systems must be proactively addressed. The Director General, NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, gave the hint on Monday in Abuja during the 2025 World Meteorological Day with the theme: “Closing the Early Warning Gap Together”. He added that the agency has continued to work towards upgrading its weather…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) are strengthening their partnership to tackle human suffering caused by malnutrition in many communities in Nigeria. This was the outcome of a strategic meeting by both organisations held at NiMet headquarters in Abuja on Friday. Speaking at the meeting, the Director General of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike remarked that nutrition begins with soil health and weather has a significant impact on soil health and plant nutrition. Anosike noted that It’s important that the agency formalise the relationship between NiMet and GAIN so that it can increase its…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified its relentless air operations leading to the neutralisation of scores of terrorists in Borno and Katsina states. Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain, Kabiru Ali, in a statement issued Friday said a series of decisive and precision-guided air interdiction missions between 17 and 19 March 2025, NAF aircraft obliterated fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, eliminating numerous fighters and crippling their operational networks. He revealed that on 17 March 2025, the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) launched a devastating airstrike on Chiralia, a notorious terrorist…
President of the Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria, Adeniyi Ifetayo has been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Media and Communication degree by Myles Leadership University (MLU). The conferment ceremony held in Ghana on March 20, celebrated Ifetayo’s scholarly dedication and impactful research in media and communication studies. Ifetayo’s doctoral journey, supervised by MLU Vice-Chancellor Dr. K. Ravi Acharya, culminated in a thesis that advanced critical discourse in media studies. The degree, certified under credential number MLUNI/2023/PRT/0006, was unanimously approved by the university’s Board of Trustees, Council, and Senate, affirming his fulfillment of rigorous academic requirements. The certificate,…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo Friday signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Canada. Keyamo explained that the agreement was not a full bilateral agreement but a code–sharing which is an agreement where two or more airlines market and sell seats on flights operated by another airline, allowing passengers to travel on flights under a different airline’s code. He stated that Nigeria would designate airline operators to enhance this agreement. Keyamo noted: “This agreement has come into force today. So it has come into force, we have both signed. We will have to then communicate…
The House of Representatives ratified the declaration of State of Emergency proclaimed by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State. The approval of the House followed a unanimous voice vote by 243 members present at plenary on Thursday in accordance with Section 305 of the Constitution after extensive deliberations and key amendments introduced. The amendments introduced by the Green Chamber included the constitution of a National Mediation Committee comprising eminent Nigerians, including representatives from the Federal Executive and Legislature, to facilitate dialogue and resolution during the emergency period. The House also called for the adoption of Sections 11(4) and (5) of…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje has said that no political gang up and arrangement would stop the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. TheHintsNews reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had during a press conference on Thursday in Abuja announced that a coalition of opposition political parties that would defeat the ruling party and Tinubu has been formed. Checks revealed that the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former National Vice Chairman North-West of APC, Salihu Lukman, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, Sunny…
The northern caucus in the House of Representatives has dismissed the call by opposition leaders in the country on the reversal of the state of emergency in Rivers state, insisting that the declaration must stand. It also called on the coalition of opposition party leaders to live above partisan lines and be wary of the fact that the laws of the land are unambiguously sacrosanct and can not be contemplated by anyone. The chairman and leader of the Northern Caucus, Hon. Ado Doguwa, in a statement issued Thursday said the government can not sit down and allow miscreants, hoodlums, and…
Opposition Leaders in the country have vehemently kicked against the declaration of State of emergency in Rivers state by President Bola Tinubu. TheHintsNews reports that Tinubu had on Tuesday suspended Governor Siminilayi Fubara and the members of the state House of Assembly. However, prominent opposition leaders including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, former National Vice Chairman North-West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal described the action as a…
A new report has revealed that the state of water utilities in select states in the country is in utter neglect and deliberately or negligently allowed to collapse and rot away. The report conducted between 10-17 March, 2025 focussed on the state of infrastructure in the water utilities, the manpower needs and other issues militating against their optimal delivery to commemorate the 2025 World Water Day in Nigeria. Though the scope of the research was limited only to six out of Nigeria’s 36 states, it deliberately captures the situation in at least one state per geographical zone, making it a…