Author: Akintayo Adams

The European Union has announced intentions to contribute an additional €37 million to support initiatives including mini-grids that are separated and connected, hydropower, and solar energy for healthcare institutions. This is separate from grants totaling €200 million given to the industry since 2008. This was revealed by EU ambassador to Nigeria Samuela Isopi while in Abuja visiting Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu. Godfrey Ogbemudia, the program manager for energy, and DE Luca Massimo, the new EU Head of Cooperation, accompanied her. The EU’s numerous power sector intervention programs were discussed by the ambassador during the visit, with the statement that “the…

According to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), it has worked with the Ministry of Works and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to terminate all non-performing contracts under the road construction tax program. The N2.73 trillion financing deficit under the program is a topic on which FIRS said in a statement on Friday that they have also decided to write and submit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The FIRS said that on Friday in Abuja, its chairman, Zacch Adedeji, had a private meeting with the NNPC chief financial officer (CFO), Umar Ajiya, and minister of works, David Umahi.…

For the first time since President Bola Tinubu’s administration took office, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lowered the exchange rate from N1,515.48 to N1,472.75 to the dollar for calculating customs duty rates. The margin of N42.244, or 2.8%, represents the reduction. The CBN adjusted the Customs exchange rate barely 24 hours after it had increased it to N1,515.48, a move, which triggered backslashes and angry reactions from Nigerians. Earlier on June 24, 2023, the CBN adjusted the exchange rate from N422.30/$ to N589/$, and on July 6, 2023, it was adjusted to N770.88/$, on November 14, 2023, it…

Ethiopia is the first nation in the world to forbid the import of any vehicle that is not electrically driven, breaking a tradition in which less developed nations served as dumping grounds for used automobiles from other countries. Whereas the European Union plans to outlaw the sale of automobiles with internal combustion engines starting in 2035, Ethiopia is around ten years ahead of schedule. Speaking, Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport & Logistics, Alemu Sime said, “A decision has been made that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia unless they are electric ones.” The Ministry of Transport and Logistics in Ethiopia has just made…

To lessen the impact of the current hardship on Nigeria’s most vulnerable citizens, Olukemi Tinubu, the first lady of the country, and Bashir Adeniyi, the comptroller general of Nigeria Customs, unveiled the N500,000 million Customs Officers Wives’ Association, or COWA, assistance funds. This was announced during the Customs Officers Wives’ Association, or COWA, recent relaunch in Abuja. Oluremi Tinubu stated that the federal government backs any effort to get Nigeria out of its current predicament, as represented by Oghogho Musa, President of the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association. “What makes our nation exceptional is not our shared political beliefs…

The United Kingdom and Nigeria have launched a joint initiative to modernize the health workforce’s professional capabilities. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Pate stated that the program was a part of the endeavor to realign the nation’s healthcare system and to close manpower shortages during the official launch of the health workforce training program in Abuja. Additionally, he stated that the program will expedite the achievement of universal health coverage. The minister said: “In addressing these identified gaps, the ministry has devised strategic priorities aimed at fortifying the health workforce and overall health system. These priorities include…

Stanley Nwabali, the goalie for the Super Eagles and Chippa United, has stated he is not in a rush to join a European team. One of the surprises from the recently concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, in which the Eagles placed second, was Nwabali. A few weeks prior to the competition starting, he was the lone player selected for the squad and given the first pick spot. The 27-year-old continued to shine, with four straight clean sheets. He also made two stops in the victory over South Africa in the penalty shootout. His outstanding play for the Eagles reportedly…

Ajuzieogu MacElvis Ugochukwu, an airport employee, was found guilty by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos of trying to smuggle tramadol into a bottle of dietary supplements that was meant to be carried by a traveler headed for Ghana. The owner of the illegal drug, Okosun Paul Punnit, and Ugochukwu, an employee of Pathfinder International Ltd., an airport security service provider, were both given one-year prison sentences. Following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy and illegal drug exportation presented by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Justice Lewis-Allagoa rendered the verdict. Recall that on…

Six geopolitical zones in the nation would get an immediate improvement of sixteen health facilities, as agreed by President Bola Tinubu. The president issued an order for the institutions’ equipment and infrastructure to be improved right now. The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Surulere are two of the institutes. Six teaching hospitals have been designated to receive oncology and nuclear medicine centers during the next 12 to 18 months, with each center to be established separately. The modernisations are “in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social…

The African Union has designated President Bola Tinubu as the Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership. This was said in a statement headed “President Tinubu appointed as AU Champion for health” that was signed on Friday by the president’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. According to the presidency, this was done in “recognition of President Tinubu’s commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers nationwide within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the federation from 8,800 to over 17,000 over…