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The World Bank has commended the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project for its massive achievement in restoration of land in parts of Northern Nigeria. ACReSAL, is a World Bank approved project aimed at increasing the implementation of sustainable landscape management practices in targeted watersheds in northern Nigeria and strengthen the country’s long-term enabling…
By Sami Abdelhalim Saeed, PhD Two Diplomatic Initiatives for One CrisisOn September 12, 2025, the Quad—comprising Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America—released a joint statement proposing a path to end the conflict in Sudan. The statement recalls that the war has provoked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and…
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for strongly supporting the agency’s recent deployment of its foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries. Otuaro said the PAP had, as at the last count, sent 161 post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to universities in the U.K. for the 2025/2026 academic…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the Federal Government’s ongoing reforms and development initiatives are aimed at lifting between 40 and 50 million Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty within the next decade. The Vice President who was represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure, Sadiq Wanka, at DevFest2025, themed “Ending Poverty…
The Rivers State Police Command has declared one Gift Adegoke aged 19 years missing. Spoksperson for the Rivers State Police Command,Grace Iringe Koko who is also a Superintendent of Police,SP said the missing girl is a native of Aremo community in Ibadan north/Oyo Local Government in Oyo State but resides at 12 Rumuevolu off Ada…
A leading public procurement advocacy in Nigeria, Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD), has criticized the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) for offering weak and “deceptive” defense to an honest and highly integrous report of the United States of America alleging corruption and lack of transparency in Nigeria’s public procurement….
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has formally endorsed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) launched by President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China. The endorsement was conveyed by the Director General of the Nigeria–China Strategic Partnership (NCSP), Mr. Joseph Tegbe, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, and the Government of Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja,…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has threatened to revoke the operational licenses of recycling facilities who refuse to comply with agreed protocol for remediation of Ogijo Community in Ogun State . The Director General of the agency, Prof. Innocent Barikor gave the warning on Monday during a meeting with recyclers whose…
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Mohamed Fall, has reiterated the need for global commitment to peace, dialogue and reconciliation to bolster sustainable growth. Fall said this in an address on Monday night in Abuja, during the commemoration of the International Day of Peace, observed annually on September 21. The event convened under the…
…Tinubu’s Reforms Shake Off Allegations of Corruption and Lack of Transparency By Emamuzo Iboma In a fierce rebuttal to the United States Department of State’s recent report accusing Nigeria of opacity in public procurement, the Federal Government has dismissed the allegations as baseless and misleading. The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) fired back yesterday, insisting…