I Got Married at 20, and Divorced at 22 – Don Jazzy

EnvironmentMusicPeopleI Got Married at 20, and Divorced at 22 – Don Jazzy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2021

Popular music producer, Don Jazzy, has disclosed that he got married 18 years ago to an American model and writer, Michelle, but was divorced two years after the wedding. The popular Don Baba J posted his wedding picture, where the couple were seen in a warm embrace on his verified Instagram account. The Mavin boss explained that he got the divorce because he made music his priority. He wrote, “For so long, everyone keeps asking...

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UNN in 100m Suit Over Environmental Degradation

EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsUNN in 100m Suit Over Environmental Degradation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 5, 2021

The people of Ajuona Obukpa Autonomous Community in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sued the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, demanding ₦100m damages for alleged degradation of their environment. The community in suit No N/86/2020 before a Nsukka Division of the Enugu State High Court, asked the court for a perpetual injunction to restrain the university from continuing the construction of its 11,900-room hostel, which was the cause of the problem. The...

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Stop Plotting And Destructing The Milliken Hill, Warns Edeoga Enugu Commissioner For Environment

EnvironmentLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaStop Plotting And Destructing The Milliken Hill, Warns Edeoga Enugu Commissioner For Environment

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 8, 2021

The Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources warns individuals, communities, and authorities involved in the ongoing destruction of the Milliken hills especially behind the new Enugu State Infectious Disease Hospital, formerly known as Colliery Hospital Enugu and other hills in the state, to desist from such actions. A statement signed by Chijioke Edeoga Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, warns that defaulters will be made to face the full wrath of the state...

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AfDB Commits $12.5bn to Climate Finance

AfricaClimateEnvironmentAfDB Commits $12.5bn to Climate Finance

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

ABUJA — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed an additional 12.5 billion dollars to climate finance between 2020 to 2025 in Africa. President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said this at the first online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on Monday. The two-day summit, hosted by the Dutch government, aimed to adopt a roadmap for a decade of transformation toward a climate-resilient future by 2030. Adesina said that the amount would be ...

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Association Embarks On Sanitation Exercise To Keep The State Capital Clean

EnvironmentHealthNewsAssociation Embarks On Sanitation Exercise To Keep The State Capital Clean

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 24, 2021

YOLA — Due to lack of official designated areas for dumping of refuse by residents in Jimeta-Yola, the Adamawa state capital forced them to dump the garbage along roadsides and into drainages thereby blocking the free flow of water sometimes resulted in flooding particularly during the rainy season. As a result of this, the Adamawa State Environmental Managers Association (ADSEMA) had conducted sanitation exercise along Yola to Jimeta road to clear the refuse so as...

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2021: Ebonyi Embarks on Intensive Campaign to End Open Defecation

EnvironmentHealthNewsNigeria2021: Ebonyi Embarks on Intensive Campaign to End Open Defecation

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

The Ebonyi Government says it has embarked on an aggressive campaign to address environmental challenges to complement the infrastructural development of the present administration. The state, in a bid to achieve this, on Nov 25, launched the ‘Clean Ebonyi, Use the Toilet Campaign’ saying that the government would spare no efforts in addressing environmental degradation in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ebonyi was rated highest in states that practice open...

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Gombe Govt Moves to End Open Defecation by 2025

EnvironmentHealthNewsNigeriaGombe Govt Moves to End Open Defecation by 2025

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

The Gombe State Government on Wednesday in a bid to end open defecation by 2025, declared a state of emergency on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). The state Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Mijinyawa Yahaya, disclosed this at a news conference in Gombe after the State Executive Council Meeting. Yahaya said an Executive Order was signed to that effect by the state governor. The commissioner said that the declaration was subject to the memo submitted...

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Lagos Impounds 60 Vehicles for Traffic Offences

EnvironmentHealthNewsNigeriaLagos Impounds 60 Vehicles for Traffic Offences

PilotnewsDecember 27, 2020

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has impounded 60 vehicles from drivers who commit various traffic offences over the weekend. The chairman of the task force, SP Shola Jejeloye said this in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs Unit, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offences included driving against traffic (one-way), driving on BRT lanes by unauthorised vehicle drivers,...

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ECOWAS Laments Inability to Access Climate Fund

EnvironmentNewsWest AfricaECOWAS Laments Inability to Access Climate Fund

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lamented members’ inability to access fund to tackle climate change. The ECOWAS Commission said that the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement by the Commission member states in 2015 signified an important turning point in combating the process of climate change. Speaking on Tuesday at the opening of a four-day training for national experts in the development of climate project to access the Green Climate Funds...

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We Can’t Grow or Develop in An Insecure Environment – Buhari

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaWe Can’t Grow or Develop in An Insecure Environment – Buhari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday emphasized the need for adequate security in Africa. He said no insecure environment will experience any growth or development. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving a special envoy of the Algerian President, who is also the Foreign Minister of the country, Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The statement was titled, ‘We’ll deepen economic cooperation...

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