Lagos State has been ranked top among the 36 states of the country on Climate Governance Performance. Gombe States was ranked second with Ebonyi State taking the Number three position, both Borno State and Ekiti State jointly ranked fourth. Oyo, Kano and Zamfara States were ranked 34, 35 and 36 respectively, in the result announced on Thursday, 25 July, 2024, in Abuja at an event organised by the Department of Climate Change in the Federal Ministry of Environment in conjunction with Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP). Speaking at the event, the President, SPP, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke decried that Nigeria…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The crisis rocking Ogbeozoma community in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has taken a dramatic twist with the reported attack by criminals which led to the injuring of security operatives. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday, 22 July, 2024 while the hoodlums were said to be led by one Chinedu Okeke, a.k.a Ekwe-Ogidi. Chinedu Okeke, the Managing Director of Ekwe Ogidi Integrated Resources Limited is also said to be the Chief Executive of Golden Tulip Hotel, Asaba. Several calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages sent to the Spokesperson of Delta State Police Command,…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for increased collaboration of all stakeholders in the fight against corruption. He made the call in Abuja on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 when the Old Students Association of Federal Government College Ikom, Abuja Chapter came on one-day familiarisation visit to the corporate headquarters of the EFCC. Olukoyede who spoke through the Head, Media and Publicity Unit and Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale stated that winning the anti-corruption fight required multi-stakeholders’ collaborative involvement in all aspects of the fight including whistleblowing. “The fight needs collaborative synergy, collaborative whistleblowing, collaborative building and collaborative integrity to be defeated. Corruption is not happening…
Technical Adviser of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Gbenga Ogunbote, has officially extended his stay with the Oluyole Warriors. After weeks of discussion with the management of the club, the Oracle, as the widely traveled tactician’ is fondly called, agreed to renew his contract with the club, in a deal that will see him staying with the club for the next two years. Speaking after signing the contract extension papers, the former Rangers International, Lobi Stars, Sunshine Stars, defunct Sharks FC of Port Harcourt and Remo Stars’ sweat merchant, expressed joy over the development. “I am thrilled to…
Meta has delisted at least 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. The US-based firm disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024, titled, ‘Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria’. The latest development come few days after the Nigerian consumer regulator, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), imposed a $220 million fine on Meta and its instant messaging platform, WhatsApp over data privacy breaches and discriminatory practices against Nigerians. Although Meta had earlier expressed its stance to appeal the fine, it said the removal of the 63,000 is a punitive…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024 officially welcomed former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim into the All Progressives Congress( APC) family. Recalls that Anyim, a Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwifuru presented Senator Anyim to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Senator Anyim in March 2023, signalled that his days in the main opposition were over when he directed his supporters in his home state, Ebonyi, to vote…
Celine Dion is set to smile to bank with a whopping $2 million [approximately N3 billion] for a one-off comeback performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The 56-year-old singer had taken a break from her career after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) in 2022, a rare neurological disorder. Celine Dion is now preparing to return to the stage in France, where she will perform a single song. According to TMZ, a source revealed that Celine is “getting ready to take the stage Friday” and will earn the $2 million for her performance. This news follows…
This is indeed not the best times for embattled American music mogul, Sean Combs, popularly addressed as Diddy, as he has been fingered in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Bad Boys Records boss is accused of paying $1 million for Shakur’s assassination by suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested for the murder last year, in new court documents, according to the U.S. Sun. In the papers filed on Thursday, 18 July, 2024, Diddy is named 77 times by his various pseudonyms: Puffy, Puff Daddy, Puff and his government name, Sean Combs. “Defendant [Keefe] has asserted publicly…
An estimated 1.3 million people became infected with HIV in 2023, three times more than the target of fewer than 370,000 by 2025. While there has been marked progress in sub-Saharan Africa, for the first time, in 2023 more than half of the new HIV infections occurred outside of sub-Saharan Africa, a report released on Wednesday said. The report by the Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GBC), said the rising new HIV infections are evident in several countries, particularly in countries where key populations including men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people and people who use drugs, are…
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have launched the second phase of its education programme – “Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS),” to build the capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi who spoke at the launch of the Programme in Abuja, explained that the second phase of the programme which focuses on teachers, complements the first phase, Education and Youth Empowerment in North Western Nigeria, launched in 2023. According to Isopi, the funding for both phases amounts to €45.4 million, under the Global…