The Government of Italy invested more than 14 million U.S. dollars in the ECOWAS region to support a better understanding of risk disaster and sustainable development. The Ambassador of Italy to Nigeria, Mr Stefano De Leo, said this at the inauguration of the ECOWAS Disaster Operation Centre in Abuja on Thursday. De Leo said the investment was through the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). “The Government of Italy is particularly proud of the cooperation in this sector with ECOWAS, United Nations Office for Disaster and Risk Reduction, International Center for Environmental Monitoring, and the Federal Republic of…
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The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved $1 billion to fight against the Tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV in Nigeria in the next three years. Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Bassey said Dr Jean-Thomas Nouboussi, the Country Portfolio Manager in Nigeria, said this when Global Fund team, led by Mr Ayo Ipinmoye, Acting Chairman of Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism for Nigeria, visited SGF Sen. George Akume in his office. “The Global Fund has approved…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday, disqualified a witness,, Erastus Ofoma, subpoenaed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) from testifying against Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. The Chairman of the three-man tribunal committee, Justice Arum Igyen-Ashom ordered Ofoma to step down as he could not testify in the matter. The tribunal held that the witness’ statement on oath was uploaded out of time and outside the 21 days stipulated under the Electoral Act. The tribunal ruled on the matter after taking submissions from counsels representing parties in the petition. Other members…
Dr Ruth Bello, the Executive Director, Nasarawa State AIDS Control Agency (SACA) has said that the prevalence rate of HIV in Nasarawa is two per cent. Bello said this during a tour of Lafia by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in Lafia on Thursday. She scored the state’s HIV response high in the area of prevention and treatment, saying “we have about 80,000 persons now identified with HIV and currently under treatment in the state. “We also have a law against discrimination and stigma in the state, which has gone a long way in encouraging marriages…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), under development by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja, Nigeria, has received the award for the Best Health Deal in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. The award, presented at the 15th Annual EMEA Finance Achievement and Project Awards Charity Dinner in London on 7th June, recognises the AMCE as the most significant health-related transaction across the EMEA region. The EMEA Finance Achievement Awards recognize the achievements of the best banks and the most impactful deals and transactions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa Region.…
The Comptroller of Correctional Service in Kwara, Salami Abdulraheem, on Thursday decorated no fewer than 367 officers who were recently elevated to higher ranks. Speaking with journalists after the decoration exercise in Ilorin, Abdulraheem commended the Comptroller General (C-G) of the Service for working assiduously to improve the welfare of personnel of the Service. He charged the newly promoted officers to consider their elevation as additional call to duty and demand for increase in service delivery to their fatherland. Abdulraheem urged them to demonstrate more competence and commitment to justify their new ranks and offices. He implored the newly promoted…
The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured President Bola Tinubu of the absolute loyalty of the Nigerian Army to him and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yahaya gave the assurance on Thursday during the inauguration of the newly-constructed ultra modern headquarters of the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) complex in Makurdi, Benue state. He assured that the Nigeria Army would at all times remain professional to enable the president achieved his vision of having a safe and secured Nigeria for economic and other social activities to thrive. “Be assured of our…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have destroyed 57 illegal refining sites and apprehended 16 suspected oil thieves in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces. Danmadami said the troops had sustained the tempo in the war against oil theft, illegal refineries and other criminal activities through aggressive raid, patrol and clearance operations amongst others. He said that 27 wooden boats, 158 storage tanks, 149 ovens and eight dugout pits were discovered and…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Laoye Jaiyeola, paid a condolence visit to the family of Senator Anyim Ude in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, over the death of their Patriarch, a renowned broadcaster. Mr Laoye Jaiyeola commiserated with Mr Nnanna Ude, the son of the late Senator and board director of the NESG, on their father’s death and thereafter signed the condolence register. Senator (Elder) Anyim Ude, MON, was born on the 1st of June, 1941, in Amuzu-Ubegu, Iyioji, Akaeze, in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He was…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Despite the recent increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 18.5 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to curtail the rise in inflation, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation rose to 22.41 per cent in May 2023. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Thursday indicating the fifth consecutive surge in 2023. According to the report, the figure showed an increase in 0.19 per cent points when compared to the 22.22 per cent recorded in April 2023. Similarly,…