Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative Should Be Supported, Widened: Ambassador Terekhin
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative should be “supported and widened” as it is crucial to mitigate climate change, Russia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin said.The Green Legacy Initiative is a flagship program launched by Prime Minister Abiy A…
Nation Striving to Sustainably Conserve Wildlife, Maximize Economic Benefits: Wildlife Conservation Authority
Ethiopia has been undertaking activities that sustainably conserve wildlife and maximize economic benefits, according to the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.Authority Director-General, Kumera Wakjira told ENA that the country is carrying out…
Fuel Subsidy: Edo govt reduces work days to 3
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday reduced the number of work days that civil and public servants would have to commute to their workplaces from five days to three days a week, amongst other measures.In a statement made available to newsmen in Benin…
WED: Foundation donates 100 recycling bins to schools in Ogun, Lagos
The Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE) on Monday said it had donated 100 giant recycling bins to schools in Ogun and Lagos States.The founder of FABE, Mrs Temitope Okunnu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the donation was to …
Gov. Lawal commends NAHCON’s commitment to hajj administration
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for its unwavering commitment to uplift Hajj administration in the country.The commission’s Head of Information and Publication Division, Malam Moussa Uban…
Swapo CC to deliberate on same-sex marriage ruling
The Swapo Party Central Committee is expected to convene to discuss the Supreme Court ruling that recognises same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia.In a statement issued on Tuesday, Swapo’s Secretary for Information and Mobilisation, Hilma Nicano…
Namibia’s top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere
The Swapo Party Central Committee is expected to convene to discuss the Supreme Court ruling that recognises same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia.In a statement issued today, Swapo’s Secretary for Information and Mobilisation, Hilma Nicanor, sa…
Power outage engagements ongoing to stop electricity suspensions – Lukas
Engagements between the Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (NORED), NamPower and other key stakeholders at the national level are ongoing to ensure there will be no further suspensions of electricity to Nored’s customers.The head of corporate co…
May & Baker shareholders approve N517.57m dividend for 2022
The shareholders of May & Baker Nigeria Plc have approved a total dividend of N517.57 million for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2022.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the shareholders gave the approval at the company’s 72nd Annual Gener…
Nigeria records N927bn trade surplus in Q1 2023 – NBS
Nigeria recorded N927.16 billion trade surplus between January 2023 and March 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says.This is contained in the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q1 2023 released in Abuja on Tuesday.In its repo…