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Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has concluded plans to finally relocatethe people of Abadam local government, in the fringes of the Lake Chad back to their homes. The governor, in order to actualise this, on Monday, inaugurated a committee for the resettlement of internally displaced persons and refugees that were indigenes of Abadam Local Government to Malamfatori, the local government headquarters. Abadam local government was one of the local gover...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Ghana government has denied a disparaging comment credited to its president, Akufo Addo on Nigeria and Nigerians. The Ghanaian President in the report on the social media was alleged to have asked Nigerians to go back to their country and make it better. The headline of the publication read: “Go Back to your Country and Make it Better- Nana Akufo tells Nigerians.” The body of the report read: “The Nigerian government sending special envoys to us will...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Federal Government has launched the Nigeria’s National Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy document that would tackle the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation. The development of the REDD+ Strategy document was done with the support of the UN-REDD Programme, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank, and the technical guidance of other development partners like the United Nations Development (U...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Nigeria has expressed her willingness to resuscitate the bilateral trade agreements she has with Togo by reactivating the Nigeria-Togo Joint Commission. Nigeria’s renewed interest in trade and commerce with Togo was communicated to the President of the Republic of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe at the weekend by Nigeria’s Ambassador to the West Africa country, Adebowale Adesina. Adesina, who was the Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian Newspapers, while presenting his...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has mobilised over $1 million for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to enhance food production and mitigate protection risks among households affected by insurgency and COVID-19 pandemic in the North-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. A statement issued yesterday by the FAO Representative in Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), Fred Kafeero, said the fun...

Michael Olugbode A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who used multiple identities and wore hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Benue State along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra State to Gombe State. Chioma, who used such names such as Amina, Uzoamaka and Ifunaya to cover her criminal activities was arrested on...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Nigeria will be hold the fourth international conference on the Safe Schools Declaration in October, 2021. The conference, the first in Africa with the theme: ‘Ensuring Safe Education for All: From Commitment to Practice’, is a hybrid event with participants attending in person at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja, as well as attending virtually. Addressing a briefing on the preparation towards the event yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey O...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The French and German Governments have donated money to the United Nations World Food Programme (UN/WFP) humanitarian projects in the North-east region of Nigeria. A statement issued yesterday by the two embassies of the countries in Nigeria said €400,000 has been donated to support humanitarian projects in the Nigeria’s troubled region. The statement read: “On behalf of our respective governments, France and Germany have decided to make a voluntary contribution ...

Michael Olugbode The French Institute in Nigeria has reopened its library in Abuja. The library located at the centre of the town within the institute, is open to the members of the public. Ms. Onyinye Madu, a Press Officer with the French Embassy in Nigeria, in a statement, said the library was reopened after a year of hard work to renovate the building and to acquire more than 200 new French books. According to her, “the new library is aimed at the general cultural boost of the institute’...

Michael Olugbode The Nigerian Ambassador to Gabon, Raymond Brown, has presented his letters of credence to the Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba. The ceremony took place yesterday at the presidency in Gabon, which lasted for ten minutes. Brown said the Gabonese president, having received his letters and exchange pleasantries, stated that Nigeria and Gabon have a lot of work to do in the areas of fighting insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, piracy, fight against terrorism and Boko Haram, as we...