The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament is set to elect its first female speaker. The Parliamentarians representing Togo at the ECOWAS Parliament are already in where the 2024 Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Community Parliament is ongoing. It is expected that the delegation from Togo will be sworn in on Thursday and subsequently the new Speaker would emerge among them as the position has been allotted based on the rotational system of the parliament for the Speakership. Statements emerging from the floor of the Parliament showed that a female parliamentarian, Memounatou Ibrahima, will emerged…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Amb. Dr. Jonathan Ojadah, UNIPGC Global President & IRDCUN-EU Permanent Rep. to the United Nations has made the list of 2024 US President’s Lifetime Achievement award. The honour is reserved for those who contribute more than 4,000 hours of service in their lifetime. Along with the ultimate honour of presidential recognition, recipients usually receive a personalized certificate, an official pin, medallion or coin and a congratulatory letter from the president of the United States of America. Announcing his emergence as one of the 2024 recipients of the President Joe Biden’s award, Amb. Ojadah in his social media post said it…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of The Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria as the Lead Arranger and Developer of Evergreen City, Nigeria’s green industrial zone. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday, 19 May, 2024, the appointment was in line with the President’s “commitment to ensuring industrial development that meets the demands of the present and the future” The statement listed the terms of reference for the green industrial zone to include : “Selection of partners/consultants to undertake critical development activities, including project design, environmental…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Gunther, has disclosed that trade relations between Federal Republic of Nigeria and Federal Republic Germany currently stands at about three billion euros. Gunther, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, 19 May, 2024 in Abuja, said that the trade relations between both countries had grown over the years. Specifically, she said the trade relations grew from two billion euros in 2022 to the current figure of three billion euros with balance of trade in favour of Nigeria because of crude oil…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government is set to launch national policies and guidelines on organ transplants owing to several cases involving unethical practices in organ donation and transplantation. The move was revealed by The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, made the revelation on Saturday, 18 May. 2024 during the Living Kidney Donor Day event organised by Nisa Medical Group in Abuja. Pate, who was represented by the Head of the Trauma and Emergency Disaster Response Division, Department of Hospital Services, Kamil Shoretire, noted that 843.6 million persons around the globe were suffering from chronic…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has appointed his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, as Nigeria’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. This was as he established a 25-person committee to oversee the country’s green economic initiatives. The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation revealed the development in a statement signed Sunday,19 May, 2024 by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen. “Ngelale will serve in this role as part of a larger Presidential Committee, to be chaired by the President. Ngelale will retain his role as the Official Spokesperson of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) has disclosed that it would commission 92 infrastructure projects valued at over N84 billion across five states in the region in the next two weeks. This is according to a statement by The Director, Corporate Affairs, NDDC, Mr. Pius Ughakpoteni, made this disclosure in a statement made available to media houses on Sunday, 19 May, 2024 in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital “With a forward-looking, innovative and result-oriented roadmap, the commission is well-equipped towards ensuring a holistic and sustainable development of the Niger Delta into a region that is economically prosperous,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A mother, her two children and one other person have been killed in a road crash that occurred in Ode-Omu town, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday, 18 May, 2024. It was gathered that the victims, including the rider, were on a motorcycle when a car heading towards Ibadan from the Osogbo end of the road rammed into them around 6 am. The victims were returning from a vigil when the incident happened. The vehicle involved was said to be conveying students of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. The victims were travelling to Oogi,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report The military of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, 19 May, 2024 thwarted an attempted coup near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese,” the army spokesperson said. The coup bid took place in the early hours outside the residence of the economy minister, Vital Kamerhe, in the Gombe area in the north of the capital, near the president’s offices at the Palais de la Nation. “An attempted coup d’etat has been stopped by the defence and security forces,” said Gen. Sylvain Ekenge in a message broadcast on…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash in the East Azerbaijan province, along with eight others, including Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The helicopter was returning from the inauguration of a dam on the border with Azerbaijan when it went down, reportedly due to bad weather and fog. The crash occurred on Sunday, 19 May, 2024. President Raisi, 63, had been in office since August 2021 and was known for his conservative stance and close ties to the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Vice President Mohammad Mokhber will assume power temporarily, pending approval from Ayatollah Khamenei, and…