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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 governments overran and under the control of Boko Haram at the peak of the expansionist agenda of the ter...

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 never change the way we will govern our nation. “The same Ghanaians you chased away in 1983 du...

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 (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Envir...

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 Letter of Credence to the Togolese President at the Presidential Palace in Lome, said, he has been ...

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 funding is the latest of ECHO’s support to restore livelihoods and build resilience in the war-torn r...