The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has applauded humanitarian workers in the country especially its staff who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving others. NEMA, in a statement by its Director General, Mustapha Ahmed to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day, also acknowledged those who have suffered injury, trauma, and tragic experiences while actively engaged in their roles. According to the agency, it has documented instances of staff losing their lives and being kidnapped, underscoring the challenges faced by those who dedicate themselves to providing assistance in times of crisis. The statement expressed his solidarity with the staff, State Emergency…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed that its engagement with music star, Afeez Adeshina Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley is to encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of his followers and Nigerian youths from substance abuse, but insisted that the artiste has not been appointed an ambassador of the anti-drug agency. The artiste had on Thursday, 17 August, 2023 led members of his team on a visit to the National Headquarters of the Agency in Abuja to express his preparedness to join the fight against drug…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has appealed to Nigeria Customs Service to collaborate with his government to build business with neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, with whom the state shares borders with. The Governor made the appeal while paying a visit on the Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi at the Service’s headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. During the meeting, Zulum sought increased collaboration between Borno State Government and the Nigerian Customs Service to foster economic growth through enhanced trans-border trade with neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics. Zulum emphasised…
As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day (WHD), the Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chief Tony Ojukwu has called on well-meaning Nigerians to join the humanitarian train by lending a helping hands to persons who are confronted with different forms of humanitarian crisis ranging from medical to shelter, hunger and malnutrition to lack of basic services. Ojukwu stated this on the eve of the commemoration of WHD in Abuja. He called on Nigerians to reflect on the global challenges that communities around the world face, admonishing that it…
Over 3.5 million people are internally displaced in the country as a result of crises, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) data has revealed. Also the insurgency in the Northeast, mostly affecting Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states have led to the lost of 37 aid workers since 2016 with additional 24 wounded and 34 kidnapped, according to the Aid Worker Security Database. Speaking at the commemoration of the World Humanitarian Day, which was marked in Abuja by a road walk by stakeholders in the Humanitarian sector, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Nasir…
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed said the agency did not receive any $1 million donation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the support of flood victims in 2022. The NEMA boss stated this when journalists asked to know about the funds promised and widely celebrated in 2022. The then US Embassy, in a statement by the US. Ambassador in October 2022, Mary Beth Leonard had announced the donation. The US had explained that the unusual heavy rainfall, which resulted in flooding, had affected nearly 2.8 million people across the country,…
The Federal Government has commiserated with the Government and people of the United States of America over the devastating wildfires that ravaged the State of Hawaii’s Maui County. A signed statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli read: “The Federal Government of Nigeria commiserates with the Government and people of the United States of America over the devastating wildfires that ravaged the State of Hawaii’s Maui County in early August, 2023, resulting in over a hundred deaths and displacing thousands of people.” The statement added that: “Nigeria is deeply touched by this unfortunate development and…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N10 million as relief package to soldiers wounded during battles in Borno. The relief package was a fulfillment of pledge by the Governor two months ago at a Sallah launch organised by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja. Borno State Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar assisted by the Permanent Secretary, Government House, Barrister Mustapha Ali Busuguma delivered the Governor’s gift to the GOC 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Peter Malla at the 7 Division headquarters in Maiduguri on Saturday.…
Multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs have been seized at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday revealed that the seizure was made on Saturday. He said recovered from the warehouse owned by a wanted billionaire drug baron, include: 1.4 million pills of tramadol 225mg weighing 826 kilogrammes; 3.2 million pills of codeine with gross weight of 3,360 kilogrammes; and 2,841 cartons of codeine syrup containing 284,100…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady, Honourable Wahab Alawiye-King has been inducted as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). Alawiye-King was inducted as Fellow of the Institute during its Awards, Fellowship and Spouses Day which took place on Thursday, 17 August, 2023. The induction took place at the Shell Hall of the Muson Centre, Onikan Lagos. Although the Presidential Aide was not on hand to be physically inducted, he was well represented by a team from the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), his last…