Author: David Great

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit, according to a statement from the presidency on Tuesday. His media aide Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement that Mr Tinubu would deliver a national statement highlighting Nigeria’s stance on various thematic issues, including renewable energy and climate financing. The summit, also known as the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28), will witness the World Leaders’ Summit, which takes place between December 1 and 2, with the theme ‘Unite, Act, and Deliver’.…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has adjourned an alleged procurement fraud case involving ex-CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele. The court rescheduled the ex-CBN chief’s trial for January 18 and 19, 2024, to allow for more proceedings. Emefiele is on trial on a six-count amended allegation of alleged car procurement worth N1.6 billion. He had entered a not guilty plea to the allegations. On November 17, 2023, he was granted bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties and held to the Kuje Correctional Centre till he met his bail terms. At the resumed hearing, the Prosecution Witness,…

The former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is a man who prides himself as a man of honour and whose words are always his bond, but if his utterances and actions are anything to go by, it is safe to safe that he is lacking in honour and integrity he so much derides many for lacking. In May 2022, many aspirants for the Presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressive Congress said they were going to build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari who was in office at that time, and one such is the current President Bola…

An elevator carrying workers to the surface at a giant South African platinum mine plunged out of control killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operators said Tuesday. Impala Platinum said the “devastating accident” happened on Monday at its Rustenburg mine, northwest of Johannesburg, as more than 80 employees were leaving a shaft at the end of their shift. The alert was raised shortly before 5:00pm (1500 GMT) as the lift “unexpectedly started descending”, according to the company. “Its rapid descent was stopped by the conveyance counterweight becoming trapped by the jack catches,” it said in a statement. Jack catches are…

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has adjourned till February 7 the trial of a 40-year-old clinical sexologist and marriage counsellor, Cecilia Agu accused of committing computer-related forgery and computer-related fraud. Cecilia May Agu and others at large were alleged to have swindled a web designer, Babatunde Oyebode to the tune of N275 million and $1,358,305. According to the amended nine-count charge filed before the court against her by the police prosecuting counsel, Barrister Samuel E. Iredia of Zone 2 Police Command Onikan, Lagos. It was alleged that Cecilia Agu and others now at large, on February 20,…

The University of Ilorin has announced that male employees will now be able to take paternity leave. This was revealed by the university’s registrar, Mr Mansur Alfanla, during a press conference on Monday. He highlighted that the development came as a result of the varsity’s recently updated circumstances of Service as part of efforts to improve the varsity’s working circumstances. Tinubu vows to grant full university autonomy According to him, male workers whose partners have a baby are entitled to 14 days of leave. ”Paternity leave is for serving male officers whose spouse delivers a baby. The period of the…

President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the close of FEC’s weekly  meeting presided over by Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Bagudu also revealed that the FEC approved the increment of the 2024 budget from the initial N26.01tn considered by the council to N27.5tn. Stating that the Federal Government is projecting N18tn revenue for the 2024 fiscal year, the minister said further details of the budget would be released when…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has seized crude oil from oil thieves in the Oguta local government area of Imo State. The NSCDC Spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, revealed this in a statement released on Monday. Afolabi noted that the products seized from the vandals have been burned by men of the Civil Defence Corps, who destroyed their makeshift storage facilities and warehouses situated inside the forest. “I want to inform you again that on November 24, 2023, the vigilant and eagle-eyed special intelligence squad of the NSCDC was able to detect and intercept another large quantity of vandalised…

Nigeria, the United States, Britain and 17 other countries on Sunday signed the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue actors, a senior US said as the push for companies to create AI systems that are “secure by design” intensifies. Reuters reports that in a 20-page document, the countries agreed that companies designing and using artificial intelligence need to develop and deploy it in a way that keeps customers and the wider public safe from misuse. The agreement is non-binding and carries mostly general recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data from…

President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Mele Kyari, Managing Director of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) as Group Chief Executive Officer. He also appointed his long standing friend, Pius Akinyelure as the non-executive board chairman in a statement by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngegale. “In compliance with Section 59 (2) of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) with effect from December 1, 2023,” the statement said The constitution of the NNPCL board and management team is the latest…