The Global Initiative for Food Security and Preservation (GIFSEP) has expressed worries over under-representation of climate change impact in 2023 election campaigns. The NGO, therefore, called on Nigerians to vote for candidates that have climate action plan. The Executive Director and Team Lead of the GIFSEP, an NGO, Mr David Terungwa, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Terungwa, a climate change expert and an activist for Climate Justice Coalition, gave reasons Nigerians should vote for candidates that understood climate change issues in 2023 elections. He said that climate change was critical to…
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The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has admonished Nigerians to embrace the new year with excitement, describing 2023 as a special year for the country. He said this in Abuja in a new year day message made available by Mr Celestine Toruka, Deputy Director and Head Media and Public Relations of the commission. He said,” the new year would be special not because it is an election year, but it is a year of God’s divine mercy and upliftment for Nigeria.” Pam urged Nigerians to be hopeful and to trust in the Lord for His promises…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has called on all Nigerians to unite their efforts in the journey of taking back the nation. “We should arise to take back our country from the cold hands of corruption, insecurity and unproductivity,” Obi said in his New Year message to the nation issued by his media aide, Mr Valentine Obienyem in Enugu on Sunday. Obi said that “2023 is a very critical year that will determine the next direction of the nation”. He explained that the nation could not continue in its retrogressive movement in the coming years,…
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has reassured residents of the state of good governance, while promising to remain responsive and accountable towards repositioning the state for greater heights. Adeleke said this in his New Year address to the people of the state on Sunday in Osogbo. He said that in spite of the tension and anxiety in 2022, the state had gallantly emerged stronger with the support and goodwill of everyone. “I put on record my deep appreciation to you, our people, for your strong support for my political party and I during those struggling days. “I promise to remain…
Search engine giant Google is wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2023 and it is celebrating it with a special animated doodle on its website. To celebrate the new year, upon visiting Google website, the doodle shows 2022 turning into 2023 as firecrackers burst around Google’s logo. Upon clicking on the new year doodle, a new web page loads showing search results for “New Year’s Day 2023” as confetti showers on the screen. This New Year’s doodle features bright colours such as blue, red, green, and purple while the alphabets of the Google logo have been represented as new year…
The Police in Ebonyi said hoodlums have shot and killed the wife of the Commander of Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Afikpo-South local government area of the state. The command spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu told reporters in Abakaliki that the hoodlums also set the commander’s house ablaze. “A report filed in by CSP Ayodele Umujose, the Divisional Police Officer, Afikpo-South Division in the state, has it that the Ama-Etiti Amaoso Edda Youth Leader, Nnachi Mba, reported that at about 0230hrs on Jan. 1, 2023, the house of the Afikpo-South Ebubeagu Commander, Oyeku Kalu Chima located at Owutu Edda, was attacked. “His house was…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has lauded the support of residents and other stakeholders to the various peace-building initiatives in the state. The governor gave the commendation during a state broadcast to mark the new year celebrations on Sunday in Jos. “We also thank most specially the security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, civil society organisations, community development associations, youth and women groups for their active roles in rescuing Plateau. “As we look toward more progress in the New Year, we should remain steadfast and continue to think and act Plateau because the common good is always superior to our…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three traffickers with a total of 256 kilogrammes of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that on Dec. 26, a team of NDLEA officers on stop and search duty along Ilorin-Jebba highway arrested a suspect, Idris Saeed, 19, with 60 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa, weighing 30kg. He added that operatives in Niger on similar operation along Jebba-Mokwa road also recovered 240 blocks of…
The Ondo State Government said it would ensure more jobs are created for the youths in the state this year. The Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa, stated this in his New Year message made available to newsmen on Sunday in Akure. Ologunloluwa said that 2023 would witness a rapid transformation in his ministry for youth development. The commissioner said that Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu-led administration prioritised youth development as a means of building a virile state. He said various projects that the governor had approved would soon commence, especially community sports, as well as youth empowerment that…
NITDA Code Tramples on Media Rights, Usurps National Assembly Powers – GOCOP Preamble: The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, is a body of online publishing organizations, run by professional journalists with backgrounds in Broadcasting, Print and New Media. We are a self-regulating professional body and we subscribe to the Ethics of the Journalism profession which hold facts, truth, fairness and balanced reporting as sacred in the discharge of our duties. GOCOP, as Body of Professionals, has put in place structures for effective peer review and regulation of its members. GOCOP has several Committees including the Disciplinary Committee/Ombudsman, which has…