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Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project in Edo State (Edo NEWMAP) is test running a plastic redemption application to assist in dealing with the threat posed by plastic waste clogging stormwater drains and natural moats. The State Coordinator of Edo NEWMAP, Dr. Tom Obaseki, who revealed this at a one-day workshop on ‘Advancing Sustainable Plastic Waste Management in our Cities,’ …

*Insurgency won’t end by military approach alone – OBJ *We must sustain pressure on FG to end killings, kidnappings – CAN *Elites promoting insecurity in Nigeria – Edwin Clark *Middle-belt suffering unprovoked attacks – MBF *Nigeria must trash 1999 Constitution to overcome security challenges – Gani Adams *Poor leadership bane of Nigeria’s security – NEF *Bandits on revenge mission –  …

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says there might be an introduction of new tariffs and levies in 2022 ”as the economy was now on a recovery path”. Mrs Ahmed made this known while addressing ‘stakeholders’ at a public hearing on the 2021 Finance Bill organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday in Abuja. She said that …

Prof. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy on Monday reiterated the need for formulation of security policies with technology mindset to tackle insecurity challenges in the country. Pantami made the call in Abuja at the maiden annual conference of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA), Abuja Chapter. The conference has its theme as “Digitisation as an Enabler …

It is no longer in doubt, that the recently introduced eNaira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Digital Currency (CBDC), is fast gaining acceptability among Nigerians; including those in diaspora as well as the international community. With less than two months into the public launch of the eNaira on October 25, 2021, availabe statistics, and international attention it has …

Leaders of West African countries have agreed to the reopening of all land borders in the region by January 1, 2022. They also welcomed the reopening of already opened borders. This was part of the resolutions reached at the 60th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, held in Abuja on Sunday. “The Heads of …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, revealed the salaries and emoluments of members of the National Assembly to the public in Abuja. Lawan also said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),  has surpassed his predecessors on assent to bills. He stated this in a  paper presented at the First Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the …

Smart Okotie Jnr The parents of late Sylvester Oromoni’s deserve the sympathy and kindness of the Nigerian people. The world needs to know the facts and the truths of this case. We need to know who is lying and who is actually liable! A range of key questions pop-up as objectivity scans available details of the sad and unfortunate experience. …

VP challenges the young generation to “deal with the biggest issues that confront the world, and our nation.” Nigeria’s young generation can find solutions to present and future local and global challenges, with the right ideas, innovation and application of technology, according to Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo made the statement against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s …

Leadership of Arewa Concerned Civil Society Organisations of Nigerian (ACCSON) has said that in the interest of fairness and equity, the Presidency in 2023 should go to the Southeast since the has turned into a human abbattoir under the incumbent administration. The ACCSON frowned at a statement purportedly credited to one Alhaji Yerima Shettima, President of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, …