Category: General

Presidential envoy targets sustainable agricultural practices

Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, is working towards sustainable agricultural practices and food system alignments to minimise forest destruction and biodiversity loss.

Ngelale, who stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, ad…

Police record more cases of sexual abuse of children in Germany

The number of known cases of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Germany increased in 2023, according to a police report published on Monday.

However, as the police assume that there are a large number of unreported cases of this type of offe…

Governors, NDDC partner for sustainable dev’t – Uzodimma

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, says that governors of the nine oil producing states are partnering the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for sustainable development in the country.

Uzodimma said this at a news conference on the sidelines of a mee…

Panic in Y’de as UK judge to reveal names in Glenore gate

Barrister Akere Tabeng Muna, a member of the African Union High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, chaired by H.E. Thabo Mbeki, and Co-Chair of the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), revealed that UK Judges may soon re…

NPC ready for census, awaiting presidential approval- Chairman

The National Population Commission (NPC) is prepared to conduct the National Population and Housing Census but awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s approval for a date, the Chairman, Mr Isa Kwarra, says.

Kwarra said this on Monday in Abuja at a new confe…

Guild decries members’ nonchalant attitude to health insurance

The Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria (CDGN) has decried the nonchalant attitude of its members toward the health insurance scheme plan provided for them.

Its National President, Mrs Joy Osawaru-Akinyemi, said this in an interview with the News Age…