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By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigerian government has outlined its priorities for the upcoming 28th Conference of Parties (COP) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Speaking to journalists at a pre-COP workshop organised by the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), the Director General of the council, Mr Salisu Dahiru, said the country has a number of issues dear to its economy and journey towards climate resilience that it hopes to achieve at COP28. COP 28 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place from November 30 to December 12. COP takes place every year and is the world’s

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Programme Coordinator for Media and Policy at the Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), Mr Jerome-Mario Utomi, has challenged the Lagos State government to lead the movement against environmental injustice. Mr Utomi, while speaking on Tuesday as a panellist at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, also advised the government to stop being the coach and captain during environmental conversations. At the panel discussion themed “The role of multi-stakeholder engagement in achieving environmental justice, he noted engagement and collaboration have been overused by those in the position of

By Adedapo Adesanya The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, Mr Isiaka Ibrahim, has said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) must be insulated from political interference to perform more effectively. Mr Ibrahim said this at a Public Lecture to mark the 2023 African Statistics Day celebration in Abuja on Wednesday themed Modernising Data Ecosystems to Accelerate the Implementation of the AfCFTA: The Role of Official Statistics and Big Data in the Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development of Africa. He said the reliability of data from the stats office would be questioned if

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A key suspect in the Dangote Cement price slash scam, Mr Benjamin Ezeukwe, has been arraigned in court by the police in Lagos State. A statement issued by the spokesman of the Lagos Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the accused person was taken to court for prosecution after he was arrested in Rivers State. The Police Public Relations Officer, who is a Superintendent of Police (SP), disclosed that Mr Ezeukwe was picked up by police operatives on Thursday, October 19, 2023, in the Rumuolumeni area of Obio/Akpor local government area

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The board of Fidelity Bank Plc has been expanded following the addition of two directors; Mr Henry Ikem Obih and Mr Kenneth Onyewuchi Opara. A statement issued by the financial institution disclosed that while Mr Obih is joining the board as an independent non-executive director effective September 21, 2020, Mr Opara is coming as an executive director from January 1, 2021. “Both appointments have been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),” the statement dated Sunday, October 4, 2020, and signed by the company secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje, disclosed. Mr Obih joins the board of Fidelity Bank

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Local brands running adverts during the English Premier League live matches will soon be paying a fine of N100,000 each time such adverts are run. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, during a Good Morning Nigeria programme aired on Monday by the federal government-owned Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). He said the government will no longer accept the situation where brands selling their products to consumers in Nigeria will produce their adverts outside the country to run on international broadcast stations like CNN. According to him, “If you do an advert

By Adedapo Adesanya Chinese phone maker, Vivo, has been announced as the only official sponsor in the smartphone industry of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, set to begin next month. The company’s new foldable device, the X Fold+, which was launched in mainland China in conjunction with FIFA’s 118th anniversary, is the first official foldable smartphone and will appear in Qatar 2022 matches to provide support for the preparation and staging of the event. As the exclusive official smartphone sponsor of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Vivo will connect international football fans who are as passionate about the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote, has charged staff of the agency to discharge their duties with diligence and professionalism so as to reinvigorate the tempo of Nigerian Content implementation for the benefit of Nigerians. In his New Year message to staff, the Executive Secretary harped on the need for all personnel to adhere strictly with the Board’s core values, policies and processes and adopt positive work attitudes and culture, describing the attributes as necessities for achieving the Nigerian Content mandate. He assured that the Board’s position and role

By Adedapo Adesanya The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed that it is getting closer to achieving its goal of introducing capital market studies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the country. This was disclosed by the Head of Corporate Communication, SEC, Mrs Efe Ebelo, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, saying that the move would boost the level and quality of financial literacy among the citizens. She said that the delivery of the plan would change the face of financial literacy in the country. According to her, the plan is also in line with the World

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka Global Credit Ratings has affirmed the national scale long term credit ratings of A(NG) accorded to Series 1 Notes issued under United Bank for Africa Plc’s N345 billion Medium Term Note Programme A statement issued by the local rating agency disclosed that the rating was accorded with stable outlook and is valid until September 2019. It was disclosed that the accorded rating is supported by UBA’s established franchise, significant domestic market share (being one of the top-tier banks in Nigeria) and status as a systemically important bank. Further rating support is derived from the bank’s risk appropriate

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Taken objectively, there is no doubt that as a people, we derive more comfort, protection and security from our ethnic identity than from our common sense of nationhood. It is equally a statement of fact that during the forthcoming elections, most people will vote along sectional lines, be it religion or ethnicity, corporate world, the academia and other sectors of our national life. Under this condition, can Nigerians truly say in both concrete and moral terms that they are united in all aspects of nationhood? If not, what is holding the nation back? Is it leadership