Coca-Cola Drives Partnerships Towards Plastic Waste Reduction

Creates Green Recycling Hubs Across Abuja and Lagos Coca-Cola, through its philanthropic arm, The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) has recently provided a grant to the Initiative For The Advancement of Waste Management in Africa (W.A.S.T.E AFRICA), a non-governmental organisation, to promote waste as a valuable currency for social good and economic inclusion through the establishment of green recycling hubs across Abuja. The NGO whose mission is to increase awareness of WASTE challenges and solutions specially targeted...

Buhari Approves N13bn for Community Policing–NEC

The National Economic Council (NEC) says President Muhmmadu Buhari has approved N13 billion for the implementation of Community Policing in the country. The approval was disclosed at the virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja.  The virtual meeting was anchored from the Presidential Villa on Thursday in Abuja. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement said the president’s gesture was borne out of his resolve to rejig the security architecture...

Flavour and Phyno are Coming Your Way: Team Up on a New Theme Song For Life Lager

Phyno and Flavour have once again collaborated on a new song. After months of teasing, both stars  have now released their brand new track titled “Chop Life”. The two music stars are frequent collaborators with songs like “Vibe”, “Authe” and “Culture”,  which also starred the Obiligbo Brothers. Over the years, Phyno and Flavour have risen to prominence thanks to their impressive blend of highlife and contemporary music, and this new song is  a perfect exhibition...

Edo Governorship Election: INEC to Arrest, Prosecute Vote Buyers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will arrest and prosecute anyone found buying votes during the Edo and Ondo governorship elections on Sept. 19 and Oct. 10 respectively. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), gave the warning at a one-day sensitisation forum for journalists in Benin. Okoye said there would be security personnel at each voting centre to ensure strict implementation of the directive. “We will...

France Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

The military operation by the French forces continues in Mali, Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s comments come two days after a mutiny led to the forced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the western African country. “The Barkhane Operation, asked for by the Mali population and authorised by the UN Security Council, continues,” Parly said on Twitter. Some 5,000 French troops started Barkhane Operation in 2014 in Sahel...

PIB for Presentation to National Assembly in Few Weeks, Says Sylva

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be presented to the National Assembly in the next few weeks. Sylva said the Executive arm would be requesting the lawmakers to specially reconvene to receive and begin deliberations on the Bill. According to him, the Bill is key to repositioning Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry under its post-COVID-19 agenda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

BREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers. The NBA disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc. According to the tweet, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision...

Osun  Deputy Governor Debunks Bankruptcy Claims

The Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi has refuted claims the state is bankrupt. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Olaniyi Ajibola, he stated that hose behind the rumour lacked the knowledge of macro-economic theories and indices of Fiscal Sustainability Index. The deputy governor, who said Osun was indebted as other states, insisted there was no logical parity between incurred debt and insolvency in a market economy. “Our government remains committed to...

Senate Threatens MDAs With Zero Budget Allocations Over Non Defence of 2021-2023 Budget

Senate says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), that fail to appear to defend their inputs in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), will have zero budgetary allocations for 2021-2023 budget years. Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, made the disclosure, at the opening of a five day public hearing on 2021-2023 MTEF and FSP documents on Wednesday. Adeola said the 50 revenue-generating agencies of government...

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