The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike has called for insurance coverage for Nigerian farmers to strengthen food security. Anosike made the call when a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) paid a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja. He said: “NiMet does a lot of work in early warnings. When we talk about insurance or early warnings, it’s not just about the productivity of farmers. “It’s also about saving lives. Lives have already been lost in the 2024 flood. Let’s keep in mind that early…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the “thoughtless increase” in the fuel price as a huge recipe for crisis. Its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba in a statement issued Wednesday noted that Nigerians cannot bear the worsening effect of the increase in pump price on the suffocating economic hardship which they currently face under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. He said: “PDP rejects the punishing increase in the pump price of fuel to over N1,000 per liter in various parts of the country describing it as a brutal assault on the sensibility and wellbeing of Nigerians by the…
The Citizens for Democratic Dividends in Nigeria (CDDN) has rejected the attempts by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its President, Joe Ajaero to deceive Nigerians and manipulate public sentiment. It said it considered NLC’s fraudulent claim of betrayal as an insult to the collective intelligence of Nigerians and a blatant attempt to exploit the genuine grievances of the people for personal gain. A statement issued on Wednesday by its Executive Director, Ahmad Idris, rejected any maneuver by Ajaero or the NLC to drag Nigerians into covering up his alleged terrorism charges and his efforts to manipulate the truth. It…
A new report has indicated that 62 per cent of first-time lawmakers in the National Assembly have no bills to their names in the past one year. The performance report carried out by Order Paper revealed that 15 senators did not sponsor a bill, while 149 members of the House of Representatives, which is 12.6 per cent of the total membership, did not sponsor any bills in the period under review. The publisher of Order Paper, Oke Epia in a statement issued Tuesday added that security-related bills account for 7.2 per cent of House bills and 5.4 per cent of…
The Northeast Unity Forum (NUF) has described the threat by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) against governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who support Governor Similayi Fubara of Rivers state provocative. The group stressed that the minister threat to unleash crises in various states clearly demonstrate his dangerous disposition and thuggish orientation, which it said had no place in a civilised and democratic society. The Convener of the group, Abubakar Kabir, in a statement issued Tuesday, therefore, called for his sack as the minister of the nation’s capital. The NUF contended that Wike has lost touch…
The Nigerian government has led a delegation to Beijing, China, for a crucial meeting with Senior Officials of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on rail infrastructure development. The delegation from Nigeria’s Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Railway Corporation was led by the Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali. The gathering aimed to evaluate the progress made in enhancing Nigeria’s railway infrastructure through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry and CCECC. As the two parties convened, they are to reflect on the successful projects completed and those still in progress. The discussions on both sides will be on sharing…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu recently sparked outrage in his home state of Abia following his declaration that the Governor, Alex Otti would be unseated in 2027 by whatever means, TheHintsNews reports: The dust generated by the statement credited to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu that Governor, Alex Otti would be unseated in 2027 and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would produce the next governor was yet to settle as political actors in the state continue to react to the statement in a viral video. If the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a total of 31,124,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17,932,200,000 in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers state and Tincan seaport in Lagos. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, ina statement issued sunday said the seizures were made following intelligence processed by the agency on the movement of the shipments from their port of origin in India, leading to a demand for a 100 per cent joint examination of the watch-listed containers with the Nigerian Customs Service and other sister…
Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria has trained 150 Nigerian youths on research, campaign and advocacy to seek, protect and promote human rights abuses in the country. The international rights organieation noted that Nigeria continues to face huge challenges and human rights violations, adding that abuses are not only escalating but also getting out of hand. Director, AI Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, disclosed this at an event hekd in Saturday in Abuja. Sanusi said: “We will continue to use research, campaign and advocacy to seek the change that will create a human rights respecting world. “The recent protest against hunger and corruption and…
The Nigeria Football Federation has revealed that stringent regulations of German tax authorities have conspired to abort the agreement between the Federation and Coach Bruno Labbadia for him to mount the saddle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men Team, Super Eagles. The clarification from the NFF came after the new filtered in that Labbadia has rejected the chance to become the coach of the Super Eagles. President of NFF, Ibrahim Gusau, in a statement issued on Friday said the tax issues had been the bone of contention for the past three days. He said: “We have been on the…