Author: Opalim Lifted

The federal government has stated that it intends to install facial recognition technology at major airports throughout the country. Clem Agba, the Honourable Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, announced this on Wednesday while hosting the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, and a team from NEC Corporation, an information technology company, in Abuja. He stated that the technology, which will be deployed through grant agreements between the Nigerian and Japanese governments, will detect impostors easily and improve airport security. He also pleaded for the cooperation of all relevant stakeholders, stating that facial recognition had proven to be…

Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has urged Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and others who ran in the presidential elections alongside President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to embrace peace and work together to rebuild Nigeria. Umahi announced this during a Statewide broadcast and Press Conference on Wednesday at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House in Abakaliki. The Governor urged them to see Tinubu and Shettima’s victory as God’s will and warned them against unnecessary lawsuits. He praised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmud Yakubu, for their invaluable contributions to Nigeria’s electoral process. He maintained that…

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorized the renaming of the State House Clinic back to a Medical Centre. Tijjani Umar, Permanent Secretary, State House, made this known after Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, conducted a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre. Mustapha was accompanied by Dr. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, and Clem Agba, Minister of State Finance, Budget, and National Planning. Umar said: ”In March 2019, the President, Mohammadu Buhari had approved that the State House Medical Centre, Asokoro, which was facing challenges…

Sen. Margery Okadigbo, Board Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has emphasized the importance of promoting gender equality in the energy sector due to the numerous benefits it provides. Okadigbo stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Women in Energy, Oil and Gas (WEOG) in Nigeria’s commemoration of International Women Day with the theme “The Limitless Woman: Leveraging Innovation and Technology.” The Petroleum Technology Development Fund hosted the event, which was organized in collaboration with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Women Commission, Kaduna Zone (PTDF). She stated that aggressive…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his best wishes to Muslims as they begin the month-long fast of Ramadan, urging them to use the season “to project the best and finest virtues of Islam by personal conduct, rather than precept.” Buhari said in a goodwill message to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja: “Let us seize this opportunity to put the best Islamic teachings, such as kindness and love of humanity, into practice.” “This is a time for deep reflection, greater fear of Allah, and abstaining from all…

Tanzania has confirmed its first cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to Ebola, according to the World Health Organization. According to a late Tuesday statement from the WHO, the disease was confirmed by Tanzania’s national public laboratory after the deaths of five of eight people in Tanzania’s northwest Kagera region who developed symptoms such as fever, vomiting, bleeding, and renal failure. According to the WHO, one of the dead was a health worker. The three survivors were being treated, and 161 contacts were being tracked. “Tanzania’s efforts to determine the cause of the disease are…

The World Bank announced on Wednesday that it had approved a new $7 billion partnership agreement with Egypt for the period 2023-2027, with a focus on increasing private sector employment, improving health and education services, and adapting to climate change. According to a World Bank statement, the Country Partnership Agreement (CPF) will include $1 billion per year from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and approximately $2 billion over five years from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The program’s goals include helping to level the playing field for the private sector, encouraging investment, and improving resilience to shocks…

Renowned Nigerian Afrobeats musician David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, addressed his fans on social media on Tuesday. Returning to social media on Tuesday, the singer thanked his fans in a tweet on his Twitter handle, saying that their love kept him going. The singer, who appears to be recovering from the death of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi, in 2022, stated that there is a time to mourn and a time to heal. He wrote: “There is a time for everything. A time to grieve and a time to heal. A time to laugh and a time…

Following the eventual declaration of the results of the contentious Obingwa Local Government Area results on Wednesday, the Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti, was declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election. Following the completion of the collation of the outstanding election results, the Peoples Democratic Party received 9,962 votes in the LGA, while the Labour Party received 3,776 votes. As a result, the LP has won in ten LGAs, the PDP in six, and the Young Peoples Party in one. The Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Abia State, Chief Alex Otti, was declared the winner of the 2023…

The Federal Executive Council approved N5.16 billion on Wednesday for the construction of two accommodation facilities with 192 flats of varying room capacities for National Drug Law Enforcement Agency personnel. The facility, which will be located in Abuja, will be completed in 60 weeks by the two contractors hired for the project. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, revealed this to State House Correspondents following this week’s Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, which was chaired by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Malami justified the approval by citing the security and…