Chinyere Emeka-Atu, a businesswoman from Lagos State, has been accused of defrauding traders and market women of almost N600 million in Lagos State. The woman utilized her organization, Family Food Support Association, to entice unwary members of the public, especially petty merchants, to part with N9,000 per month in exchange for a larger return on their investments. However, the businesswoman is said to have formed roughly 39 groups under the association, each led by an independent leader, in order to ensure adequate coordination. Those who invested in the program were reportedly divided into groups from all over the country. Things took…
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The Ogidi District office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) was set ablaze by hoodlums in the early hours of Monday, May 16. No fewer than 32 utility and operational vehicles were burnt during the incident. The hoodlums stormed the EEDC headquarters shortly after committing a similar act at the Idemili Secretariat, where a Magistrates’ Court was also razed down. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, while confirming the incident, expressed displeasure that efforts made to reach the Anambra State Fire Service did not yield any positive result. Ezeh stated that members of staff who were on…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced a total ban of Okada operations in some local governments in the state effective June 1st 2022. The affected local governments are Ikeja, Surulere, Apapa, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Isale Eko and Eti Osa local governments. The governor gave this directive today while speaking with all Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders across the State today at the Lagos House, Ikeja. According to him, “This is the phased banning that we are going to be embarking on so that others will know that in a short while it is either they get out or…
No fewer than three persons were feared dead and many wounded in an explosion that occurred in Kabba, Kogi state, on Wednesday evening, May 11. The explosion happened on Wednesday night at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction in Kabba town, according to a source. The source added that the explosion happened at 9:45 pm, when everyone were having a good time in the beer parlour. ”I heard a loud sound not far from where I was and as I went there, I saw three bodies, while the injured were taken to hospital. “The injured persons were taken to St. John’s General…
All junior schools in New Delhi, India were closed on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, and health warnings were issued for the sick and elderly as pollution remained at hazardously high levels for the second day. The air quality index that measures the concentration of poisonous particulate matter in the air was at a “severe” level of 471, where the maximum reading is 500. Any air quality index above 400 is considered unhealthy by the Central Pollution Control Board. Thick brown smog hung over the city with residents reporting smarting in the eyes and irritation in the nose and throat. Following…
Haiti, Zimbabwe and Fiji were named as the three countries which suffered most at the hands of extreme weather during 2016 in a climate report published on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Worldwide, some 524,000 people reportedly lost their lives between 1997 and 2016 due to around 11,000 extreme incidents. Furthermore, the total global financial loss was estimated at $3.16 trillion. The study, compiled by German global justice organisation Germanwatch based on data from Munich Re NatCatSERVICE, found that the impoverished Caribbean island state Haiti was one of the most affected nations on average between 1997 and 2016 along with Honduras…
The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 approved the “Africa Thriving and Resilient: The Bank Group’s Second Climate Change Action Plan, 2016-2020 (CCAP2)”. The approval of the document is said to be propitious as, according to the organisation, it echoes the on-going discussions at COP23 in Bonn, Germany to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping global temperature rises to 1.5C. The African continent is a minor contributor to global warming but is highly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change that threatens…
Former New York mayor and billionaire, Michael Bloomberg, is donating $50 million to help nations around the world shift from coal to combat pollution and climate change, expanding his funding outside the United States. The project would start in Europe and expand into other countries later on, his charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies, said in a statement on Thursday, November 9, 2017 on the margins of U.N. climate negotiations (COP23) among 200 nations in Bonn, Germany. The European Climate Foundation, a non-governmental group, will be the leading partner in Europe, it said. “Bloomberg’s announcement marks is first investment in efforts outside the…
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to invest $100 million over five years to tackle malnutrition in the worst-affected parts of Nigeria. The pledge was made during the Global Nutrition Summit 2017, which held recently in Milan, Italy. Gathering a array of governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses, the summit was convened to celebrate progress toward global goals on nutrition, and announce additional commitments to accelerate the global response to malnutrition in all its forms. “Nigeria’s high malnutrition rate is undermining progress towards improving child health and survival and putting the brakes on economic development,” said Zouera…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said Nigeria earned N69.2 billion from the solid minerals sector in 2015, an increase of 24% on the N55.8 billion earned from the sector in 2014. This disclosure is contained in the latest independent audit report of NEITI released on Sunday, November 19, 2017 following the approval of the report by the National Stakeholders Working Group, which is the board of NEITI. The audit report disclosed that the total production of solid minerals in the country stood at 39.27 million tons. This represents a reduction of 17% from the 47.1 million tons produced…