President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of 10 additional national parks in Nigeria.
Minister of Environment, Mohammad Abubakar, announced this on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja.
He said the establishment of the 10 parks would increase the country’s national parks to 17, adding that an executive bill would...
VP says terrorism in Sahel region a global challenge at King's College public lecture
Africa can lead revolutionary approach to climate change crisis
Sees digitalization as continent's best opportunity to leap-frog
"Africa can take full advantage of the global complexities we see today and indeed thrive in the face...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has stressed the need for a legislation that will strengthen the role of traditional rulers who are custodians of traditions to revive the cultural values and norms that have eluded the society.
He noted that such issues could be better solved by empowering the traditional institutions.
Governor...
Directs NSIA to develop Nigeria Carbon Market Activation Plan
NSIA, Vitol sign $50M carbon avoidance & removal initiative in Nigeria
Stakeholders commend VP’s leadership on Energy Transition Plan
Given Africa’s status as the lowest emitters of carbon coupled with its young and vibrant population that is capable of effectively...
The Nasarawa State Ministry for Women Affairs, has commenced the distribution of 4000 bags of 5kg wheat flour to women, being food items sent to the state by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, as palliative to women in the state.
Flagging off the distribution of the...
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in the spirit of charity during the holy month of Ramadan, has commenced the distribution of food items to Imams and Islamic scholars in Kwara as a welfare package.
The beneficiaries of the annual distribution exercise, according to his Press Officer...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Tuesday inaugurated the state's anti-corruption commission, declaring that his administration's zero tolerance for corruption remains unshakable.
The governor, who was speaking inside the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor's Office, Agodi, Ibadan, said that with the inauguration, Oyo State as Pacesetter State, will...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has said that the governor-elect of the State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) scored only 178,374 votes in the just-concluded governorship election in the state and shouldn’t have been declared the winner.
The Independent National Electoral Commission...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday laid a foundation stone for the construction of Al-Ansar University, which is expected to be not just the first privately owned University but also tertiary institution in the state.
Zulum had months back, approved the allocation of 100 hectares of land...
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has started repaying some of the loans used in financing the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals.
While giving his address at the commissioning of the project in Lagos on Monday, Emefiele...
