An Environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus has called for a transition from coal mining and usage to renewable energy alternatives. Bulus, the founder of Bridge-that-gap Initiative, an environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The environmentalist harped on the need to embark on a coal transition campaign to curb the negative impact of coal mining activities on the environment. “The coal transition campaign is a campaign seeking for a fair transition from the use of coal to other clean energy sources that secures the future of our environment…
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Lucy Samu, the Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Ebonyi on Tuesday reaffirmed the corps’ readiness to continue to prioritise training of its officers on intelligence gathering and security reporting. She said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), following the successful conclusion of a capacity building training for some of its officers in Abakaliki on Monday.“The importance of intelligence gathering and effective security report writing cannot be over-emphasised, they are fundamental to our mandate of securing the people and protecting public infrastructure,” she said. Samu explained that the essence of…
Health activities have fully resumed at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, after the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) ended its seven-day warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the situation on Tuesday in Enugu, observed that health workers were busy at their various duty posts. Some patients at the hospital expressed joy that they were attended to by the health workers while they appealed to the Federal Government to quickly meet JOHESU’s demands for the healthy living of the citizens. They said that incessant strikes in the public health sector would continue to cause more deaths,…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday ordered a 25-year-old student, Akeem Yakubu, to cut grass in the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station for two days for stealing two cell phones worth N8,700. The police charged Yakubu with theft. He pleaded guilty to the charge and told the court that he sold the phones for N5,000 and used the money he realised to buy clothes. Chief Magistrate Aliyu Shafa, ordered that he should report to the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station by 10 a.m. and close at 2 p.m each day. Shafa also ordered the convict to return to his…
Mr Desmond Urama, a Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Lockdown 2020 enthusiast, says Laycon, one ofthe housemates, will emerge overall best in the Sunday grand finale of the live TV show. Urama who operates a TV viewing centre for European League Football on Ogururu Road, Nsukka, made the prediction in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Tuesday. He said that Laycon had been an interesting and intelligent team player among the BBNaija housemates. “Laycon, since the commencement of the contest has been a good team player who relates to every member of the house freely as well as…
Health workers at various federal hospitals across Kaduna state resumed work fully after the Joint Health Workers Union of Nigeria (JOHESU) called off the seven days warning strike across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the health workers and other staff of all public hospitals, laboratories and clinics across the state resumed normal activities. Some of the patients who spoke with NAN expressed delight at the suspension of the strike, saying lives would be save with the development. Musa Liman, a patient with the National Ear Centre said that the strike affected most of…
Prof. Alex Akpa, Director General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says Nigeria can attain food security with the adoption of sustainable technologies that can advance food production. Akpa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja. He emphasised that Nigeria must embrace agricultural innovations currently being adopted by nations of the world who were termed food secured. “For Nigeria to be classed as food secured, all people at all times must have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food,” he said. The professor pointed out that food…
The Ondo State Sports Council will support the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare on all decisions regarding the postponed 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF). President Muhammadu Buhari on March 17, approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival Edo 2020, as a precautionary move against the spread of COVID-19. The General Manager of the council, Wande Fabuluje, said: ”the minister expressed willingness for the festival to still hold this year, but it is not yet clear which month it will hold. “Mind you, we have just three months left in the year. Maybe it can be held…
The market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed transactions for the week on Monday with a marginal growth of 0.01 per cent, amid cautious trading. Speficially, the market capitalisation which opened the week at N13.364 trillion rose by one billion naira or 0.01 per cent to close at N13.365 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index appreciated by 1.78 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 25,574.35 from 25,572.57 posted on Friday. The uptrend was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Presco, UACN, International Breweries, MTN Nigeria Communications and Guaranty Trust Bank.…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says records show that 10 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases treated are below the age of 19 years. Ehanire made this disclosure at the daily briefing of the PTF on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. According to him, with regard to COVID-19 and growing complacency, it is important to stress that, even though adults, especially those 60 years and above are more vulnerable, complications do occur in all age groups. “Records show that 10 percent of all positive cases we have treated are below the age of 19 years. ” They…