The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), in collaboration with the Wilder Institute, has donated equipment worth N8 million for the conservation of Cross River’s endangered gorillas. The foundation said it was part of its efforts in contributing to the protection of the nation’s threatened species such as the Cross River gorillas found in wildlife sanctuaries in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Communication, Mr Oladapo Soneye, and made available in Calabar on Friday, December 29, 2023. Soneye said the donation was to boost ongoing research on the conservation of the gorillas, in partnership with other…
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UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has urged the world to prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19. Guterres said this in a message on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. The International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, celebrated annually on Dec.27, provides an opportunity for renewed commitment to the vital work of epidemic preparedness. It’s also an ideal moment to reflect on the progress made to date – progress that in 2023 demonstrated the important link between global goals and local advocacy. The COVID-19 pandemic affected hundreds of millions of lives,…
The Zamfara State Government has earmarked N1.3 billion in the 2024 fiscal year for gully erosion control projects in seven major areas across the state. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mahmud Muhammad, stated this on Sunday, December 24, 2023, after defending the ministry’s budget before the Zamfara House of Assembly Committee on Appropriation. Gov. Dauda Lawal on Thursday presented N423.5 billion 2024 Appropriation Bill to the House for approval. Muhammad said the state government set aside about N20 billion in the 2024 estimate for viable environmental protection, sanitation, deforestation projects, among others. He said the government would procure…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says it has fulfilled its pledge of achieving the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on Area 5 Plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC). Rehabilitation work has been ongoing at the Refinery for over two years and the NNPCL had pledged to complete Phase One of the project (mechanical completion and flare start-up) of Old Port Harcourt Refinery (Area 5) by December 31, 2023. Speaking during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation project, which also coincided with the 15th Refineries’ Rehabilitation Steering Committee Meeting, the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari, said…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished over 30 houses which it described as illegal at Trademore Estate, Lugbe, in an attempt to prevent incessant flooding in the area. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to FCT Minister, who led the operation under the auspices of the FCT Ministerial Taskforce Team, revealed that over 100 illegal houses would be affected. “This is an ongoing removal of illegal structures on the flood plain at the Trademore Estate, Lugbe, along Airport Road. This estate has been a theatre of flooding, very intensive flooding here and…
The Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning, Urban and Regional Development said it sealed off 50 properties in the last two months for violating the state’s master plan. The Commissioner, Mr Isoken Omo, made this known on Friday, July 22, 2022, at a meeting with real estate developers in Benin City, the state capital. Omo said that the ministry had also visited 20,294 properties while it talked to 81,000 persons in Oredo and Ikpoba-Okha local government areas. This, the commissioner said, was to intimate them on the need to strictly adhere to the Benin master plan. Omo said the visit…
From September 8 to 10, 2022, the first edition of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF) will take place in Saïdia, in the Oriental region of Morocco. Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Forum is organised by United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), in collaboration with the Association of Moroccan Regions (ARM), the Council of the Oriental Region (CRO) and the Directorate General of Territorial Collectivities (DGCT) of the Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Morocco. The gathering, themed “The contribution of Regional Governments to the sustainable development and…
The Lagos State Government has said that the planned Fourth Mainland Bridge, estimated to cost $2.5 billion, will be completed within four years. Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, made the declaration in Ikeja, the state capital, at a media briefing on Friday, December 30, 2022, to announce the preferred contractor for the execution of the project. Adeyoye said the construction of the bridge would begin in the first quarter of 2023. She said that Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium won the bid for the project while Mota-Engil (Nigeria and Africa), China Communication Construction Company and CRBC…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of $115 million to support a major road rehabilitation project in Nigeria’s Abia State. The project will see the rehabilitation of roads, erosion control infrastructure and preparation of solid waste management facilities in the state capital, Umuahia, and the commercial hub, Aba. Financing for the project, estimated at a total cost of $263.80 million, will come through an African Development Bank loan of $100 million; a Canada–African Development Bank Climate Fund (CACF) loan of $15 million; and a $125 million co-financing loan from the Islamic…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he will demolish all illegal structures in the FCT as part of efforts to restore the Abuja Master Plan. Wike stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, August 21, 2023, to announce the short, medium, and long term plans to overhaul the FCT and reposition it among the best cities in the world. As the new sheriff in town, he said: “It is not going to be business as usual. Those distorting Abuja Master Plan: if you build where you are not supposed to, the building…