The Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar, has pledged to increase efforts towards afforestation in order to address the issues of climate change in Nigeria. Maina-Bukar gave the pledge while addressing journalists in Abuja to mark his first anniversary in the office recently. He said, “Since the inception of the agency, afforestation and restoration activities have been at the heart of its activities.” “We have, therefore, focused on implementing afforestation and reforestation activities as well as land restoration and sustainable land management practices, and we have made notable achievements.” Maina-Bukar noted that the…
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As more young Nigerians pursue their dreams abroad, international airlines, travel agencies realized a whopping $1.1 billion from ticket sales in 2022. Bankole Bernard, chairman of the Airlines and Passengers’ Joint Committee (APJC) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) who disclosed the ticket sales said the foreign airlines were making good money from Nigeria, even though the trapped fund’s challenges still persist. He added that in the whole of Africa, ticket sales from Nigeria are still the highest. “The airlines have sold more. In the whole of Africa, Nigeria sales is still the highest. We have done over…
Lionel Messi on Saturday opened the scoring for Paris Saint-Germain against Nice in Ligue 1. This was the Argentine’s 702nd club goal in Europe and he is now the leading goalscorer in European club football, going past his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of 701 goals. The PSG talisman achieved the feat playing 105 fewer matches than Al-Nassr captain, Ronaldo. Messi’s 26th-minute goal was his 14th in the league and he has 13 assists to go with that. He’s been directly involved in more goals than anyone else so far in the league. While playing at Barcelona, the 35-year-old scored…
Former Big Brother Naija reality show star and actor, Tobi Bakre, has admitted to taking strong alcohol to act a role in the new feisty crime movie, ‘Gangs of Lagos’. Tobi, who played Obalola, a street king started up nondescript with a childhood nestled with scars of little beginning. He said it was his first time playing a lead character, and the first time he really let himself go to embody a character. The ex-BBNaija star was featured in the recent episode of Menisms’ audiovisual podcast by Olumurewa and Michael Sonariwo. Tobi said, “For ‘Gangs of Lagos’, that was challenging…
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a 43-year-old man, Yusuf Hassan, for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, ablaze, hence, burning down the whole building. Superintendent of Police, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi explained that the incident happened at 127, old Schorlar Palace, Igan Road, Ago Iwoye, in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun at 1:15 a.m. He said the suspect was arrested on April 4 by the Police. The police spokesperson added that the arrest followed a…
Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has resumed individual training following his absence from the team the last two weeks due to a tear in his abductor muscle. Napoli are in a race against time to recover their star striker ahead of their Champions League quarter-final clash with Milan on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Nigerian forward missed the Partenopei’s last two league outings against the Rossoneri and Lecce after suffering the concerning injury at such a vital stage of the season while on international duty with Nigeria. Things went from bad to worse for Napoli as backup striker Giovanni Simeone suffered a…
Despite facing a financial crisis, which has compelled it to obtain huge foreign loans, the Federal Government has yet to recover about N8tn taxes withheld by international and local oil companies, Global System of Mobile telecommunication service operators, insurance companies, pension fund administrators, and gaming and betting companies. The withheld revenue was uncovered by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. Investigations by the agency indicated that an approximate Value Added Taxation of N3.9tn and withholding tax of N3.7tn had also not been paid to the government’s coffer as well as various other amounts in foreign currencies. In a report submitted…
China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a “stern warning” to the self-ruled island’s government following a meeting between it as president and the US House speaker. Dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, the three-day operation — which state media said includes rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan — will run until Monday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen immediately denounced the drills, pledging to work with “the US and other like-minded countries” in the face of “continued authoritarian expansionism”. China’s war games will send planes, ships and personnel…
Frank Lampard’s return started with a loss for Chelsea as his first game back in charge ended in a 1-0 defeat at Wolves on Saturday. Lampard made a surprise return to Stamford Bridge on Thursday when he was appointed until the end of the season following Graham Potter’s sacking last Sunday after just seven months in charge. But the ex-Chelsea midfielder, who was dismissed by the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich in January 2021, could not provide an immediate lift for the Blues. Chelsea, on their third manager this season following Potter’s exit and Thomas Tuchel’s sacking in September, remain…
In a FIFA Women’s World Cup warm-up game, Nigeria women’s football team, the Super Falcons, overcame Haiti 2-1 on Friday. The game played at Emir Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey saw the Falcons make it two consecutive wins after successfully ending a seven-match winless run. Chiamaka Nnadozie, Halimat Ayinde, Onome Ebi, and Asisat Oshoala were in action as coach Randy Waldrum made a few changes as preparations for the mundial continue. The nine-time African champions broke the deadlock close to halftime when the freekick of Saint Etienne forward, Esther Okoronkwo, found its way into the back of the net. The Falcons…
The National Youth Service Corps has announced the dates for the 2023 Batch A Stream II online registration exercise. This was announced in a post on the Corps official Twitter page on Saturday. The scheme announced that the registration would commence on Tuesday April 11, until Monday, April 17, 2023.
Those attacking the Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka over his comments on Datti Ahmed’s call for anarchy lack a deep sense of history and are a threat to democracy and human civilisation, the Alliance of Yoruba Democratic Movements, AYDM said in a statement issued at the weekend. The group said supporters of Peter Obi are noted for a culture of banality and contempt for common sense. AYDM said Obidients criticisms are driven by a blind rage and fury with neither logic,reason nor common sense. AYDM said Nigerians have now learnt that it would be a grave error if Peter Obi…