By H.E. Yu Dunhai, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria On September 1, 2025, President Xi Jinping solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus Meeting held in Tianjin, China. With its profound insight into the times, broad humanistic commitment and clear value orientation, this initiative aims to address a pressing subject of our times which has attracted high attention from the international community, namely what kind of global governance system to build and how to reform and improve global governance. It further contributes Chinese wisdom and proposes a Chinese approach to strengthening and improving global governance,…
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The Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum (ABMPF) hereby calls on President Bola Tinubu to immediately halt the ongoing onslaught on Northern traders and their business associates in Alaba Rago Market, in Lagos State. We strongly condemn the systematic and unlawful demolition of shops and places of worship at the Market by the Lagos State government and warn that its action is capable of igniting retaliation in the North. The account of the victims indicates that the demolition, a land grab disguised as a modernization attempt, was carried out without regard to due process or notice to allow them to salvage…
By Miriam Humbe The Ag Director General of FEMD, Engr Abdulrahman Mohammed has appealed to the Nigeria Railway Corporation, (NRC) to do more in terms of security and maintenance of the trains and rail tracks. Nkechi Isa, FEMD’s Head of Public Affairs disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. While commending the NRC on its efforts to respond to the situation, Engineer Abdulrahman said this would ensure that the rail tracks are not sabotaged. He commiserated with passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train which derailed on Tuesday morning. The passenger train departed Abuja around 9.45am today en route Kaduna when…
By Miriam Humbe The FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has commiserated with the family of the victim of a building foundation collapse at an excavation site within the vicinity of Radio House, Area 8 Garki. Nkechi Isa, FEMD’s Head of Public Affairs disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday. The incident which occurred at about 5.50pm yesterday, claimed the life of a 25 year old man who was one of the labourers at the site. According to the head of the FEMD Search and Rescue Team, Mr Monday Adie, the foundation wall collapsed as the labourers were excavating about…
By Miriam Humbe The Dangote Cement Plc hosted the International Youth Day at its Obajana plant, Kogi State. The Plant Director Nawabuddin Azad, who was represented by the General Manager, Social Performance, Ademola Adeyemi, said the company’s policy is in alignment with the United Nations’ ideals of empowering the youth to enable them to play significant roles in social and economic development of societies. Mr. Azad, who was speaking on the theme: Local Youth Action on SDG and Beyond, said the youth has always been in its job creation drives and empowerment programmes. He noted that, only recently, youths from…
Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, on Tuesday led the Agency’s rescue team to the site of a train derailment along the Abuja–Kaduna rail line close to the Idda sub-station. The incident occurred after 11a.m on the same day. Although no fatalities were recorded, seven passengers sustained varying degrees of injury. The injured were promptly administered first aid at the scene before being taken to hospital for further medical attention. The rescue operation was a multi-agency effort coordinated by NEMA, with the swift support of the Nigerian military, the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Immigration…
By Miriam Humbe “As Chiefs of Defence Staff and heads of our armed forces, we must lead the charge in modernizing our forces, investing in cyber defence, artificial intelligence, and indigenous military technology, without which it would be difficult for us to achieve our security”. General Christopher Gwabin Musa, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff said this on Monday in an address to the African Chiefs of Defence Summit which held in Abuja. General Musa said the battlefield is evolving even as the threats of today are no longer confined to conventional warfare but are digital, asymmetric, and often invisible. The…
By Miriam Humbe The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged Nigerian youths to resent corruption and all forms of economic and financial crimes. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. He gave the charge on Monday, August 25, 2025, at the 13th Annual Teenagers Workshop, organized by Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society at Epitome Model Islamic School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State. Speaking on: “The dangers of corruption and the importance of integrity” through the Head of the Enlightenment and Reorientation Unit of the Commission, Assistant Commander of…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, condemned in the strongest terms, the involvement of one of its former staff, Olakunle Alex Folarin in a matchmaking programme running on Leke Miami social media platforms. Dele Oyewale EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. Folarin was recently dismissed from the Commission for certificate forgery. He was a driver at the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the EFCC. The Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered his arrest for being in possession of some Commission’s properties, including an Identity Card,…
By Miriam Humbe The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, August 25, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on on Monday. The convicts are: Olawale Waliu, Akinyele K. Fatai, Olufemi K. Ayomiposi, Shonekan Waris Bolaji, Adeleye E. Jesutofunmi. They are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested during a sting operation on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun…
By Miriam Humbe The Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Permanent Representative of Nigeria with WMO, Professor Charles Anosike, on Monday 25th August 2025, delivered an opening remarks at the Best Practice Workshop on Public-Private Partnership for Climate Information Services & Validation of the Climate-Smart Agribusiness Partnership for Resilience (CSAPR) Programme in Abuja. Commending IFAD and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for convening the workshop, Prof. Anosike emphasized: “Climate Smart Public Private Partnership (PPP) is critical in this era of Climate Change to enable integration of climate related risks into agro infrastructure development. “This can…
By Miriam Humbe The Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, on Wednesday 20th August, attended the 2nd Regulatory Roundtable on the Implementation of ISSB’s Sustainability Reporting Standards in Nigeria, hosted by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria. Delivering a goodwill message, Prof. Anosike commended the FRC’s leadership under Executive Secretary/CEO Dr. Rabiu Olowo for deepening national understanding of sustainability disclosures amid accelerating climate risks. He noted that ‘in this era of climate change, sustainability reporting is evolving to encompass climate risk as a core element, demanding greater transparency and accountability from companies regarding their climate-related…