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By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu came under immense criticism as Nigeria’s party was the highest from Africa at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to a list published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Nigeria is also third-highest overall in number of delegates at the conference. The provisional total for COP28 indicates that 81,027 delegates registered to attend the summit in person, with a further 3,074 attending virtually, this takes the overall total to 84,101. The figure is 30,000 more than those who travelled to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt for COP27

By Bliss Okperan A helicopter operated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday crash-landed and exploded at the NAF Base, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the incident in a statement, noting that the NAF-35p had taken off on an operation against oil thieves in Rivers State before the unfortunate incident. He said five persons on board survived the air mishap with minor injuries. “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI-35P helicopter crashed at Port Harcourt today, December 1, 2023. The unfortunate incident occurred at about 7.45 am shortly

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday departed Abuja for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit which takes place from December 1 —2, 2023, with the theme Unite, Act, and Deliver. According to the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, the President will be using the platform to advocate for funding as well as technical support to tackle the array of climate problems facing the country. He said Mr Tinubu was “mindful of the severe impact of climate change on Nigeria, such as desertification, flooding, erosion, drought, and national security risks arising therefrom, will maximise

By Adedapo Adesanya Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered illicit substances bound for Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the illicit substances intercepted included various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage. He noted that the operation was carried out by operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) at courier houses in Lagos, he said some of the items seized included tramadol 225mg concealed

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil prices continued to drop as expectations of more supply coming to the market amid expectations that demand is returning as more countries recover from the pandemic continue to confuse the market. Brent crude dropped 1.7 per cent or $1.29 to trade at $73.47 per barrel while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) lost $1.4 or 2.2 per cent to settle at $71.65 per barrel. Discussions among members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) over a supply policy ended without agreement this month after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) objected to extending

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday revealed that the inflation rate in Nigeria in the month of May 2022 went up by 17.71 per cent (year-on-year), the highest in 11 months. A month earlier, Nigeria’s inflation was 16.82 per cent (year-on-year), indicating that on a month-on-month basis, the figure rose by 0.89 per cent and moderated by 0.22 per cent when compared with the 17.93 per cent achieved in May 2021. According to the data released by the stats office today, the average price of the components of the consumer price index (CPI) amid a

**Condemns Invasion of Daily Trust Offices by Army The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has thrown its weight behind the call by the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately rescind the appointment of Hajiya Amina Zakari as the chairperson of the Committee on National Collation Centre. The umbrella body of all registered political parties and associations in Nigeria in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, urged “the electoral umpire to listen to its own advisory organ like IPAC. “We are taken aback that an electoral body like INEC,

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Public and private schools in Lagos State can begin full resumption from Monday, October 19, 2020, the Commissioner for Education has announced. Mrs Adefisayo, while speaking on Monday (today), explained that the decision to allow the full reopening of schools in the state was taken after careful deliberations and consultations with relevant stakeholders, including safety professionals and nursery school providers. According to her the physical resumption for the year 2020/2021 academic session will now include pupils in pre-primary institutions such as daycare, kindergarten and nursery schools. However, she advised all public and private schools to put safety

By Adedapo Adesanya The Naira was pressured against the United States Dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment of the foreign exchange (FX) market, the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and the parallel market on Thursday, September 29. At the official market, the Nigerian currency fell to a new low of N437.03/$1 after it lost 0.15 per cent or 66 Kobo. In the preceding day, the exchange rate was N436.37/$1. Business Post observed that the domestic currency was weakened due to a surge in forex requests during the session by 95.2 per cent or $113.81 million to $223.30 million from $119.49 million.

By Dipo Olowookere Those who sat for the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) of the National Examination Council (NECO) can now proceed to check their results. This is because NECO has released them. Announcing the results on Friday at NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State, Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, disclosed that a record of 88.51 per cent pass level was set in 2016. According to him, 88.51 percent of the candidates got at least five credits including in Mathematics and English Language. The Registrar noted that the comparative analysis of candidates performance in the examination

Jumia has announced that its anticipated brand festival has been scheduled to run from September 21 to 27, 2020. This virtual event will hold on the Jumia App and website, and it promises to be an explosion of fun-shopping, filled with great offers and these are the three things you should know about the event. The Partners – Your Favourite Brands Top brands like Unilever, Intel, HP, Nexus, Nokia Hisense, Sharp, Samsung, Binatone, XIAOMI, ABSOLUT, Dettol, and Logitech amongst others have been partnered with, to ensure that quality products are acquired at really low prices; Jumia is all about helping

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Five health facilities in Ifo Local Government have been shut by the Ogun Government for non-compliance with validation. Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, while monitoring the level of compliance with the re-validation/registration of private health facilities in Akute on Monday, disclosed that the decision to close to facilities was to safe guard the profession against quackery and reposition the sector for quality health care delivery. Represented by the Director, Department of Hospital Services in the ministry, Dr Solomon Sokunbi, the Commissioner said activities of unqualified health workers had caused a lot of havoc in the country