By Abimbola Ogunnaike The membership of the Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions has been expanded by President Bola Tinubu. Recall that On 19 May, 2024, Tinubu announced the names of 26 members of the same committee led by him. The Green Economic Programme is a United Nations initiative to encourage and enable member states to support investment in low-carbon development and green sectors The Director, Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Sunday, 9 June, 2024, stated that the president had added more members to the committee. “The President…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe has been appointed as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change by President Bola Tinubu, Maduekwe is to remain in that position in an interim capacity, pending confirmation of her appointment by the Supervisory Council of the NCCC. This was contained in a press release issued on Sunday, 9 June, 2024 by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. According to the statement, Tinubu has also approved Dr Maduekwe, 39, to serve as the Co-Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee on National Carbon…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Mr. Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service for committing a travelling passport fraud. The Commission had arraigned the convict before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a four-counts charge bordering on gratification, conferment of corrupt advantage and cheating contrary to extant provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and the Penal Code Act. Counsel to the ICPC, Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha had, in the course of the trial, led…
Nigeria’s economic experts and stakeholders in the telecom industry have sounded the alarm, warning that the sector’s decline could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s economic growth and development. At a breakfast session hosted by the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University on Tuesday, 5 June, 2024, leading voices in the private sector gathered to discuss the theme “Telecom Sector: The Fulcrum for Economic Dynamism in Nigeria.” Keynote speaker Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, emphasized the telecom sector’s critical role in driving economic growth, innovation, and productivity across various industries. Rewane, in his presentation titled, “Nigerian Economy on the…
By Hassan Gimba For the past four years, I have been insisting that our problem and even need now is not about salary increment but about being a productive nation that produces what it needs and uses what it produces. This would galvanise our economy and strengthen the naira. With a strong currency, ₦30,000 is more than enough as a basic salary. Just imagine the naira to be equal to the dollar and there was a time when ₦60 was equal to $100. Here I have reproduced an old writeup on this topic. There is no Nigerian that will tell you he is not…
The Ilupeju secretariat of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development was a beehive of activities on Saturday, 8 June, 2024 as residents stormed the secretariat to buy subsidized food items procured by the Rasak Ajala led administration. As early as 7am, the secretariat was packed full of people from all parts of the state who came to buy the food items. According to the Council Chairman, Honourable Razaq Olusola Ajala, the essential but common food items were being on sale on 50 percent discount from their current market value. Items offered for sale at 50 percent reduced price are: garri, rice, pepper,…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has called on West African police chiefs to collaborate and devise innovative ways to tackle emerging complex security challenges facing the subregion. . Egbetokun made this call at a meeting of the West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO) technical sub-committee on training and operations in Abuja. He decried that the West African subregion had in recent times been confronted with complex national security challenges, which had been accentuating transnational crimes. He said: “The activities of these cybercriminals has imposed on us all the additional burden of developing our national security capacity to dominate cyberspace…
Yobe State Government has revealed that the Damaturu International Cargo Airport would soon commenced commercial operations. Speaking to journalists at the airport in Damaturu, the Managing Director of the airport, Engr. Muhammad Surajo Wakil said all that is needed to commence commercial operations was almost ready. Surajo when fully operational, the airport will create more job to the people especially the state indigenes and contribute to the state’s economy. In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Energy, Engr. Isyaka Lawan, revealed that N39 billion was spent to execute the project since 2007. He added that the airport’s…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup imported from India at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state This is barely a week after a shipment of the same drug with equal quantity was seized at the same port, according to the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi. He said the two seizures followed earlier intelligence, which made the agency request that the shipment be stepped down for 100 percent examination, noting that the latest seizure of 875 cartons of codeine containing 175,000 bottles and…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Ondo State. The alleged internet fraudsters were arrested in an early morning sting operation at a “Yahoo Party” held simultaneously at Signature and Abah Clubs on Saturday, June 8, 2024 in Akure, Ondo State. Credible intelligence showed that the alleged party was initially scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 but was later moved to Saturday to beat security and intelligence networks of the EFCC. The suspects have given useful information to Investigators of the Directorate. Items recovered from them include…