Nigeria, AFDB Back African Mineral Local Value Addition
Alake stressed that the continent’s vast mineral wealth could generate far greater benefits if countries worked together rather than pursuing isolated national approaches Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called for stronger African control over the continent’s vast mineral resources, advocating data sovereignty, regional collaboration and strategic financing as essential to ensuring that mineral-rich countries in Africa derive...
A’Ibom Intensifies Flood Control Measures, Inspects Desilting Projects Across Uyo
The inspection coincided with the monthly statewide environmental sanitation exercise, providing an opportunity for authorities to monitor compliance. The Akwa Ibom State Government has stepped up efforts to tackle flooding and improve environmental sanitation, with top officials inspecting ongoing desilting and drainage projects in flood-prone areas of the state capital. Leading the inspection team was the Deputy Governor, Senator Akon Eyakenyi,...
Nigeria’s Ibrahim Pam Named Acting Head Of World Bank Accountability Office
Pam, who currently serves as Chair of the World Bank Inspection Panel, will oversee the CAO on an interim basis pending the appointment of a substantive Director-General and Vice President of the World Bank Group Independent Accountability Mechanism. Nigerian international lawyer and anti-corruption specialist, Ibrahim James Pam, has been appointed Acting Director-General of the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman...
Katsina Communities Revamp Over 3,900 Public Facilities
This follows the disbursement of ₦3.61 billion in community-managed grants by the administration of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda. The Katsina State Community Development Programme (CDP) has facilitated the renovation and rehabilitation of more than 3,900 public facilities across the state’s 361 political wards, following the disbursement of ₦3.61 billion in community-managed grants by the administration of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda. State...
Gov Bago Mourns Slain NSCDC Officer, Orders Hunt For Killers
The governor noted that the officer lost his life in the line of duty while protecting the nation's resources and defending the interests of the country. Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has expressed grief over the killing of Assistant Superintendent of Corps II (ASC II) Aminu Eshin, a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who was...
Imo Police, Stakeholders Forge United Front Against Kidnapping, Farmer-Herder Clashes
Stakeholders also praised Governor Hope Uzodimma for strengthening grassroots security through community-based vigilante structures. The Imo State Police Command has renewed its commitment to strengthening security and fostering peaceful coexistence in Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Owerri West local government areas through closer collaboration with community stakeholders. The commitment was reiterated during a high-level security stakeholders’ meeting held at Gold Crown Hotels, Port...
Troops Arrest Wanted Soldier Allegedly Supplying Military Equipment To Terrorists
The military said that the suspect was apprehended at Jidari Bus Stop in Maiduguri while allegedly attempting to flee to the Republic of Cameroo Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a Nigerian Army soldier who had been declared wanted over his alleged involvement in supplying military accoutrements to terrorists and other criminal elements. The suspect, identified as 23NA/84/1939 Private Mohammed...
Ogun Police Arrest 16 Suspects For Vandalism, Illegal Petroleum Dealings, Others Offences
Police said investigations have commenced to apprehend other members of the syndicate and unravel the network behind the alleged illegal activities. The Ogun State Police Command says its operatives have arrested 16 suspects at different locations across the state for offences bordering on suspected illegal petroleum product dealings, vandalism of critical national infrastructure, burglary, housebreaking, theft, receiving stolen property and...
Senior ISWAP Finance Operative, 46 Others Surrender To Troops In Borno
Items recovered from the ISWAP finance operative include one AK-47 rifle, four magazines, 101 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, one motorcycle and ₦40,000 in cash. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have recorded another major operational breakthrough with the surrender of a senior Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) finance operative, highlighting the sustained impact of ongoing kinetic and intelligence-driven...
Cardoso, Okonjo-Iweala To Lead Discussions At 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum
The event, which will take place at the CBN Headquarters in Abuja, is themed “Building Resilience Amidst Geoeconomic Uncertainties. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, and the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will headline the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum scheduled to hold in Abuja on July 29 and 30,...
