Tunji Bello, 24 Others Make Sanwo-Olu’s Commissioners List

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 Bliss Okperan The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has announced its election of Danladi Jatau, representing Kokona West Constituency, as the new Speaker. The state parliament also disclosed on Friday that it now has a new Deputy Speaker, who is Mohammed Oyanki, the lawmaker representing Doma North Constituency. The election of the two principal officers of the legislative arm of the state followed the sacking of its former Speaker, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday. While the new Speaker is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), his deputy is a member

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 Dipo Olowookere A training and job-matching scheme aimed to address the high unemployment rate in Nigeria has been unveiled by the trio of ReelFruit, Temploy, and Made Culture. The organisation, at a parley with newsmen last Friday, disclosed that the initiative, ReelSkills for Agribusiness, will be used to train about 1,000 youths on technical and soft skills demanded by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) within the Agri-processing sector in Nigeria. This programme, according to them, will improve economic opportunities for Nigerian youths as applications for the next cohort are ongoing on bit.ly/joinreelskills2b with additional information on https://temploy.ng/reelskills/. Business Post

By Dipo Olowookere Nigerian music star, Simi, has expressed her desire for up-and-coming female artists to gain fame without going through many hurdles. The singer said this while reacting to her selection as the Spotify EQUAL Africa music programme ambassador for July, joining the likes of Tiwa Savage, Ayra Starr, Asa, and FAVE. The mother of one stated that she has managed to stay on top of her game due to the hard work she has put into her music career but wants things to be easier for those coming after her. “Striving and thriving as a woman in a

By Ahmed Rahma The Women In Successful Career (WISCAR) has announced the appointment of Ms Fabia Ogunmekan as an Executive Director. Her appointment was announced as part of the activities to celebrate the association’s 13th anniversary. She was WISCAR’s pioneer Executive Secretary in March 2018 and has since led the executive management team, contributing significantly to the organization’s growth. In her role as Executive Director, she will continue to work strategically with the advisory board towards delivering on WISCAR’s strategic vision. This vision includes strengthening governance, managing talent and succession, scaling WISCAR’s structured mentoring methodology, and gender advocacy efforts for

By Dipo Olowookere More details are beginning to emerge on the newly launched national carrier for the nation, Nigeria Air. According to reports, federal government, which announced having five percent stake in the new company, Nigeria Air Limited, said it would run the firm for one year before listing the shares through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Nigeria Air is expected to finally begin operations by December 2018 after obtaining at least five airplanes of the 30 it plans to have. It was earlier disclosed by the Minister of State for Aviation, Mr Hida Sirika, that about $300 million would

By Dipo Olowookere Africa’s richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, has explained how the Federal Government can take Nigeria out of her economic woes. Mr Dangote, speaking with exclusively CNBC Africa, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to start selling off some of the country’s assets. According to the successful businessman, it would be wrong for the FG to turn to the IMF or World Bank to borrow money to inject into the economy. He said, “I think the real challenge for us is now for us to have the political will in terms of selling some assets. “I think it’s an easier

By Dipo Olowookere A solar power plant has been inaugurated on Monday, December 12, 2016, in Soroti, Uganda amid pomp and pageantry. It is made up of 32,680 photovoltaic panels and the new 10 megawatt facility is the country’s first grid-connected solar plant and will generate clean, low-carbon, sustainable electricity to 40,000 homes, schools and businesses in the area. Located on a 33 acre plot of land in Soroti District, the power plant has the potential to increase its net output capacity by a further 20MW of solar energy. At peak construction the plant had over 120 local workers involved,

By Dipo Olowookere Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has charged Nigerians to understand their rights as consumers in order to stand up to market abuses which undermine those rights. She said the rights of the consumer must be protected and those on the wrong side of the law be made to understand that their rights come to an end where the rights of the consumer begins. Mrs Buhari, who was represented by the wife of the Governor of Nasarawa State, Mrs Mairo Tanko Almakura, made the charge during her investiture as Consumer Ambassador of Nigeria by Consumer Protection

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Management of Dangote Sugar Refinery has expressed its intention to source for N21.2 billion from the capital market through equity injection before the end of this year. The amount, the firm said, would form part of the N106 billion budgeted to finance its operations within the next six years, aimed at achieving the Dangote Sugar Master Plan, which is in two phases; targeting production of 690,000 MT of sugar across five northern sites, and production of 881,000 MT of sugar and creation of 75,000 jobs. At the company’s ‘facts behind the figure’ presentation at the Nigerian Stock