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Operator Rolls Out One Year Transition To Solar Power

29.07.2025

Ahead of its 2040 zero carbon emissions target, APM Terminals Apapa has embarked a one-year road map towards its transition from reliance on diesel as a fuel source to gas and eventually to solar and battery powered solutions. In a statement by the Terminal Manager, Steen Knudsen the company explained that replacing diesel would reduce...

Alia Harps On Imperative Of Collective Action To Foster Peace

29.07.2025

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, yesterday attended the NBA North-Central Security Summit on the theme: Strengthening Security, Rule of Law and Justice Delivery in North-Central Nigeria. Declaring the summit open in Makurdi, the governor thanked the NBA for the initiative to hold the summit and discuss critical issues of security, rule of law, and justice...

Gombe Govt Approves 365 Hectares Of Land For GSU Faculty Of Agriculture

29.07.2025

…Council Okays Installation of Additional Solar Street Lights Across State Capital …Sets Committee to Revitalize Water Supply in Gombe Metropolis, Environs The Gombe State Government has approved 365 hectares of land for the newly established Faculty of Agriculture at Gombe State University, Malam Sidi Campus, to ensure a smooth take-off and promote academic excellence. The...

EERC Insists Only States Can Make Laws On Electric Distribution

29.07.2025

…Says denying any state federation account-funded electricity subsidy unconstitutional The Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC) has responded to the Public Notice issued by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC), questioning its power tariff slash for Band A customers in the state from N209/kWh (per kiloWatt) to N160/kWh, effective from August 1, 2025. EERC said...

Bayelsa Community Appoints Lumumba Tuke As Caretaker Chairman Of Ikebiri Kingdom.

28.07.2025

Stakeholders and concerned Indigenes of the Ikebiri Kingdom which comprised Ikebiri 1, Ikebiri 2, and Ikebiri 3 (Opuadino) communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State have appointed Lumumba Tuke as Caretaker Chairman of the Kingdom till further notice. This was as the kingdom was said to have suspended his Highness, (Chief) Francis Timi...

Be Proactive In Financial Crisis Mgt, Senate Tells NDIC Team

28.07.2025

The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions has counselled newly appointed Managing Director of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Dr Oludare Sunday and his team to be proactive in crisis prevention in the financial institution rather than focusing solely on interventions after institutions collapse. The committee tasked the NDIC team to safeguard...

African CSOs Unite To Share Global South Priorities

28.07.2025

GAIA Africa hosted an online media briefing for African journalists ahead of the resumed fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on the Global Plastics Treaty. Held on July 24, the session emphasised the critical role of journalists in amplifying the key priorities of African civil society, urging governments to adopt an ambitious position...

Adamawa Govt Rejects Atiku’s Flood Response Criticism As Unfair

28.07.2025

The Adamawa State Government has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s suggestion that it was unprepared or inactive during recent floods as “unfair and misleading,” stressing that it responded swiftly and effectively to the disaster that killed and displaced hundreds of residents across the state. In a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the...

Reps Committed To Tackling Religious, Racial Discrimination In Nigeria- Abbas

28.07.2025

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the parliament is committed to combating all forms of religious and racial discrimination to ensure peaceful coexistence of Nigerians. He gave the assurance while declaring open the 2025 Interfaith Legislative Roundtable Engagement organized by the House of Representatives in Abuja on Monday. Represented...

Thousands Of Scavengers, Scraps Dealers Endorse Soludo’s Re-election

28.07.2025

As the November 8, 2025 Anambra governorship election draws closer, group, Anambra State Scraps Dealers and Scavengers Association (ASSDSA) has pledged to rally grassroots support for Governor Charles Soludo, to ensure his second term victory. State chairman of the association, Mr. Azubuike Stephen Igboke, who read out resolutions of the association during monthly get-together of...