The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has officially inaugurated the steering committee for the ‘Building Agricultural Systems Resilience In Nigeria Project’. The ceremony took place at NiMet’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering in his capacity as the chairman of the steering committee, Anosike,…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Friday said that the Federal Government (FG) plans to initiate a General Multipurpose Card (GMPC) to streamline the hectic process of multiple forms of identification. NIMC explained in a statement circulated to newsmen saying, the new identity card is designed to serve as a solution to different kinds…
Nigeria Ranks 5th is the first conducted Global Crime Index after the United States (US) and below Romania with Russian as first on the list. This report which is the first of its kind conducted by researchers of the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, and the University of New South Wales, Canberra, which identifies…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a reminder to the public to prioritize security and report any suspicious activities during the Eid celebrations. In a press release, Peter Afunanya, Director of PR & Strategic Communications at the DSS, emphasized the agency’s commitment to collaborating with other security agencies and stakeholders to ensure a…
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse. Kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has been prevalent in the country for years. President Julius Maada Bio called the drug a “death trap” and said it posed an “existential crisis”. One of the drug’s many ingredients is human bones – security…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has rejected the hike in electricity tariff, saying it will worsen the suffering of the people. In a series of tweets on Friday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the last election accused the government of unleashing another dose of reforms without adequate notice and without an adequate post-reform…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) ₦200m for violating a new tariff order. In a statement on Friday, NERC stated, “AEDC has been fined ₦200,000,000 (Two Hundred Million Naira) for failure to comply with the prescribed customer band classifications for the tariff billing.” The decision comes…
In less than a day after the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) announced a planned protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the organization has accused the Nigeria Police and the United States of plotting to disturb their International Quds Day procession in the country. The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites…
Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has been discharged from the hospital. Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, had previously said his doctors suggested that he try a pig kidney when he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year. According to CNN,…
The Kano State Government has filed an eight-count charge against the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly collecting $200,000 from a contractor, among other infractions, it emerged yesterday. Daily Trust made efforts to speak with the Attorney-General of the state, Haruna Dederi, last night but he did not respond to…
