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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Environmentalists, journalists and stakeholders have weighed in on sustainable development option for reducing and removing carbon from the atmosphere to keep global temperature rise from exceeding 1.5 Celsius. It was part of the consensus reached by Environmental Rights Action (ERA) and its allies at a meeting of June 8, marking the 2021 World Environment Day with …

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has received the 2020 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award from the Airports Council International (ACI). NAIA Airport Manager, Mr Sani Mahmud, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at an event to celebrate the feat. Mahmud said the award was given to NAIA as the best airport by size and region and had recorded between five …

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a draft supplementary budget of N895 billion for the year 2021. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Minister of Finance, Dr Zainab Ahmed, revealed this when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmed said the next …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will install the next president of Nigeria in 2023, leveraging on the e-registration process to increase its membership ahead of the polls, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said, with confidence on Wednesday. The governor stated: “I am the chairman of the National Committee for e-registration for PDP; the position is very significant. PDP will install …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, criminalization of Nigerians and other people using Twitter, and the escalating repression of human rights, particularly the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and media freedom in the country.” …

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has declared that he cannot guarantee security in the state if left alone. After meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Uzodimma told newsmen that stakeholders, including traditional, religious and political leaders, must engage more with the people to restore normalcy in the beleaguered state. According to him, former …

…as Abaribe, Elumelu lambast APC govt The two minority caucuses of the Senate and the House of Representatives in the National Assembly have asked Nigerians nationwide to ignore the ban on Twitter operations and the concomitant of threats of arrest by the federal government and continue tweeting. In a statement jointly signed by the leaders of the two Caucuses, Senator …

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect on Wednesday. Mohammed in a statement by his media aide, Mukhtar Gidado,said that the Governor “has approved with immediate effect the dissolution of members of the State Executive Council and other political appointees that include, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff …

Amidst the controversy trailing the recent tweet made by President Muhammadu Buhari on insecurity in Nigeria, human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday, accused the president of heating the polity more. He spoke at a security summit, themed: ‘21st Century Policing, Intelligence and Crisis Management’, organised by civil group, Police Eminent Persons Forum, PEPF, at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, in …

• Malami logs into the suspended site to deactivate the account• Gbajabiamila orders probe into the propriety of the ban• Senate silent as PDP Reps stage walkout, insist on reversal• CSOs defy FG order, say it will continue Twitter use• SERAP takes Buhari to ECOWAS court over suspension• APC urges talented Nigerians to develop homegrown alternatives Despite widespread anger over the …