South Africa Targets Nigeria’s Lithium to Drive Electronic Vehicle Revolution

…Backs Nigeria’s G20 Bid South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to work with Nigeria to harness its lithium reserves to power the electric vehicle, EV, revolution. Speaking at the Nigeria-South Africa Business Roundtable on Tuesday in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said Nigeria’s minerals could be a game-changer for green energy and EV battery production. “There is also much opportunity for cooperation on pharmaceuticals. Our two countries are strategically positioned to benefit from the rapid growth of...

Ekiti Court Remands Farotimi, Rejects Bail Application 

An undisclosed court in Ado-Ekiti has, on Wednesday, remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, following his arrest yesterday. This was made known in a post on X formerly Tweeter, by activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore. According to him, the lawyer was denied bail as the judge who presided over the hearing adjourned the case till 10th of December 2024. He said, “The Nigerian justice system is whack, as expected has been hurriedly prosecuted and sent...

Desist From Including Niger Delta As Part Of Biafra, PANDEF Tells Agitators 

Hon Engr Donben Donyegha, he National Youth Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has told the proponents of Biafra Republic to desist from including Communities in the Niger Delta, the South South Geo-Political region in their secession agitation. Donyegha, in a press statement he signed on Wednesday, noted that the Apex Social Political body of the Niger Delta is not party to the agitation, stressing that the continued inclusion of the PANDEF areas is provocative....

Igbo Youths Condemn Proposed Tax Reform Bill

Igbo Youths Progressive Forum (IYPF), a socio-political organisation has condemned the proposed tax reform bill introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Comrade Victor Onuoha Ukeh, the National President of the organisation, has in a press statement on Wednesday noted that the bill is anti-people, unjust, and a clear attack on equity and fairness in Nigeria. He said, “At a time when Nigerians are struggling with high inflation, unemployment, and poverty, this proposed reform seeks...

Nigerian Trailblazers Make BBC 100 Women List

The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has released its 2024 edition of the BBC 100 Women list, recognising Adenike Titilope Oladosu and Kauna Malgwi from Nigeria among the world’s most inspiring and influential women. Adenike Oladosu, founder of I Lead Climate Action, is a renowned climate advocate dedicated to empowering women and youth in sustainable farming practices, especially in areas affected by shrinking water resources. Kauna Malgwi, the chairperson of the Nigeria chapter of the Content...

Hon. Noble Igwe Announces Funeral date for his Demised Father

The member of Anambra State House of Assembly representing Ogbaru I constituency, Hon. Noble Chukwunonso Igwe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and one of the most active members of the House of Assembly in the 7th and current 8th Assembly, has lost his father, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe, popularly known as Ichie Ozioma. Until his death, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe was a community leader in his village of Umuokpulukpu, Umuomaku in...

Anambra Government Demotes Six Head Teachers For Collection Of Fees

Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, has demoted six head teachers for collecting fees from their pupils. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Vera Nwadinobi announced the measure during a press briefing in Awka. Recall that Anambra State Government has been implementing free education policy from Nursery to Junior Secondary Schools extending the policy to Senior Secondary Schools this year. Sanctions has been meted out in the past on head teachers and principals...

Chief Ben Etiaba Endorses Sir Azuka Okwuosa for Governor

Reputable Chattered Accountant and former Chairman of the London Group of Nigerian Professionals in the United Kingdom, Chief Ben Etiaba, has endorsed the aspiration of Sir Azuka Okwuosa for governor, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress – APC. A member of the APC, Chief Etiaba ran for the Anambra State governorship in 2021, following the dispute from the primaries of the party, he later ended up with Action Alliance, as its candidate in...

Enugu Lawmakers to Improve on Oversight Function

…as Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading The Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu urges lawmakers to take their oversight functions seriously as this is in the interest of the electorates they represent. Ugwu said this on Tuesday when the bill for a law to make provision for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one billion, eighty-four million naira only (N971,084,000,000.00) to the services of the Enugu State Government of Nigeria...

FG Unveils Plans  To Create 20 Million Jobs

In a bid to empower youths across the country, the Federal Government has unveiled a-24 month action plan of creating 20 million jobs, through the recently launched “Nigerian Youth Economic Engagement and De-Radicalization Programme (NIYEEDEP), a pro-youth socio-economic intervention scheme jointly anchored and driven by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development and the Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Sports Development. A total of 20 million jobs will be created through entrepreneurship revolution, in such...

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