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The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu has appointed Dr. Hussein Gadain as the new Representative in Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Dr. Gadain arrived in Nigeria early July 2025 and has since assume his new role, bringing over three decades of experience in natural resource management, food security, and agricultural development in Africa and the Middle East. According to a statement jointly signed by David Tsokar-Communications Specialist and Kelvin Nwachuku-Communications and Reporting Specialist of the FAO, prior to his appointment in Nigeria, he served…
President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has accused powerful international oil trading groups of deliberately sabotaging refinery development in Africa through the operation of an offshore floating market near Lomé, Togo. Dangote said the Lomé floating storage terminal, which holds over one million tonnes of petroleum products on vessels offshore, is controlled by these traders who sell fuel to African countries at inflated prices, undermining local refinery operations and new refinery projects. Africa’s richest man Dangote stated this at the Global Commodity Insights Conference on West Africa, jointly organized by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and…
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Tuesday emphasized that cooperation and determination of all stakeholders are crucial for the successful and effective implementation of the Supreme Court’s judgement on local governments’ financial autonomy. Minister Edun disclosed that a recent meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) had agreed to more consultations between the federal, state, and local governments on the developmental needs of citizens at the grassroots level. Edun stated this while speaking at the Agora Policy Conversation in Abuja on the theme “Local Governance Reforms a Year after the Supreme Court’s Ruling.”…
The rising cases of unrest in the Ojodu Berger Community of Lagos State are fast generating great concerns with calls for relevant authorities to take appropriate actions. Since January 7, 2014, when Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, signed the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill (SSMPA) into law, there have continually been reported cases of violent attacks by youth groups against individuals suspected to be involved in acts of homosexuality, in parts of the country, in most cases, without proven evidence. The Ojodu Berger community of Lagos State is one such notorious area where mob attacks intending to impose Islamic-based punishment against…
The Blueprint Newspapers Limited has nominated the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Professor Joseph Utsev for the 2024 Outstanding Service Delivery award. General Manager of the news organization Mr. Aminu Ado who presented the nomination letter to the Minister in Abuja, explained that the nomination was in recognition of his exemplary public service and commitment to efficient service delivery in Nigeria’s water and sanitation sector. A statement by the Personal Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity Terhemen Oraduen said that Blueprint Newspaper noted that the innovative reforms, prompt execution of water and sanitation projects as well as…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State on Thursday night met with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa for the first time since defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Although no official statement was issued about the closed-door meeting, our correspondent gathered that the Akwa Ibom State Governor was joined by the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio, and other key stakeholders of the state. The meeting is largely seen as a formal seal on Governor Eno’s political realignment to the APC as he positions himself ahead of the 2027 general…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, died on July 13, 2025, leaving a legacy of service and dedication to the pristine values of discipline, hard work, and honesty. In no small measure, the outpouring of eulogies from leaders across the world attests to former President Buhari’s stature as a significant and well-respected leader. He lived an eventful life hedged around sacred principles. He lived and died an honourable man. It was deeply stirring to see hundreds of people withstand hours of heat on the roadsides — from Katsina to Daura — to say their goodbyes to Mai Gaskiya. But there seems…
…..By Festus Keyamo at the expanded special Federal Executive Council Meeting in honour of late President Muhammadu Buhari PROTOCOLS The passing of late President Muhammadu Buhari has evoked different emotions and reactions from the length and breadth of Nigeria and even beyond. This is expectedly so because he was one of only two persons in the history of our country who had the opportunity to govern this country twice – first as Military Head of State and later as a democratically-elected President whose actions and policies shaped this country in many respects that affected and defined the lives and destinies…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Festus Keyamo on Thursday described the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as a quintessential patriot who made history and remains viewed by millions as an enigma even in death. Minister Keyamo stated this during the expanded Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting summoned by President Bola Tinubu to pay tribute to the late Nigerjian leader. Keyamo joined several other speakers including the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, the Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the tribute led…
In a country where power is often worn like jewelry loud, glittering, and never subtle Yusuf Buhari is cut from a different cloth. He does not shout, does not seek camera flashes, does not trend for sport. Yet here he stands, the only son of one of Nigeria’s most consequential leaders President Muhammadu Buhari now late. And with that quietness, Yusuf has inherited a weight most young men his age could neither carry nor comprehend. The name Buhari is no ordinary name. It comes with expectation. With honour. With controversy. With discipline. With scars. And now, it rests on the…