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Ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has advocated for consideration of “energy justice” in the implementation of energy transition. The 26th UN COP26 will hold in November 2021, in Scottish city of Glasgow. Discussions on…

Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the former President of Mauritius and Laureate of the 2007 L’Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science, has called on African leaders to close the region’s science and technology gap to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). She said in a lecture delivered…

Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, says the Federal Government is working very hard to improve quality and quantity of electricity supplied to Nigerians. A statement by Mr Odutayo Oluseyi, Assistant Director, Press, Ministry of Power, on Thursday in Abuja, quoted the Minister as saying this during a courtesy visit…

Freight forwarders have issued a threat to down tool from the nation’s seaports in the next two weeks due to alleged extortion and high handedness by shipping companies. The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) disclosed this in a letter addressed to all the shipping companies on Thursday.…

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to reposition the gas sector for effective service delivery. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known while declaring open the 2021 World Energy Day Conference in Abuja. The conference organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has as its theme:…

Some beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) under the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Special Project have commended the Federal Government for boosting dry season farming in Gombe. The farmers gave the commendation at a news conference organised by RIFAN in Gombe on Thursday. According to Mr Mohammed…

Nigerians from the South-West zone have decried the rising cost of food items and cooking gas, calling on the Federal Government to swiftly intervene and address the situation. Bearing their minds in Kwara, Osun, Oyo and Ogun, they complained that the cost of food items and cooking gas had soared…

Mohammed Momoh Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a South East secession group, has pleaded not guilty to the seven charges preferred against him by the Nigerian Government. Kanu, who is championing the re-enactment of the 1967 declaration of Biafra republic from…

Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), said that indigenous scientists have successfully developed insect and drought resistant maize seeds in the country. Mustapha stated this at the inauguration of a two-day retreat for the North East based journalists, farmers and agricultural extension agents, on Wednesday in Yola.…

Mohammed Momoh President Recep Erdogan of Turkey and his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari have signed eight memorandum of understandings (MoUs) on key sectors in an occasion which the visitor seized to alert that terrorist from Turkey were in Nigeria. President Erdogan told his host on October 20, 2021 at a…