Elephants
1 Sep
Namibia, renowned for its diverse wildlife and breathtaking landscapes, is grappling with a severe food shortage due to an unprecedented drought, which has pushed millions towards hunger and severe food shortages. In response, the Namibian government has announced a controversial plan to kill over 700 wild animals, including elephants and hippos, to provide meat for…
28 May
“Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?” This is the title of Louis V. Gerstner memoir, the “miracle-manager with a magic wand” who midwifed IBM’s historic turnaround that begot IBM 2.0 in the 1990s.
1 Jan
The Federal Government has warned that it will prosecute those killing endangered species, while pledging legislation and effective enforcement measures to safeguard wildlife in the country.
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The Police in Adamawa have apprehended two suspects for alleged murder of a Police Inspector, Ibrahim Maizabuwa, attached to Police command in Gombe State. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Thursday in Yola. Nguroje said the suspects were among five other suspects, who allegedly committed…
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The Katsina Zonal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has buried second-hand bales of clothes seized for more than four years in the state. The exercise took place in Katsina on Wednesday, at the special refuse dump provided by the state’s emergency management agency at Barawa, in Batagarawa local government area. Tthe event was…
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The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Board over the 2024 Hajj exercise has protested against the allocation of 50 per cent airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabian airlines. The panel called on the Federal Government to review the allocation, describing the…
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The Edo State Government has revealed why Governor Monday Okpebholo decided to suspend the free bus initiative for residents. Okpebholo's spokesman Fred Itua gave the reason for the suspension in a statement on Wednesday evening, adding that the governor is still being briefed. “The governor is being briefed on issues surrounding the operation of the…
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Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has concluded arrangements to refund over N95 million to 1,572 pilgrims, who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise from the state. The Director-General of the board, Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, on Wednesday. Labbo said the refund…
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The Edo State Vehicle Recovery Committee has successfully recovered 30 government-owned vehicles from former officials of the previous administration. The committee's chairman, Kelly Okungbowa, revealed that the vehicles were retrieved following valuable information provided by whistleblowers, a statement by Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, said on Monday. Among the recovered vehicles…
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Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has elected Alhasasan Yahaya of the Gombe Media Cooperation (GMC) as its new president. Yahaya emerged at the 8th Triennial national delegates conference of the Union held in Owerri, on Wednesday. He garnered 436 votes out of the 602 delegates votes to clinch victory in the poll, having defeated Mr.…
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A flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings, Access Bank, says it has completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank, in Angola, and in Sierra Leone. Mr Roosevelt Ogbonna, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Access Bank Plc disclosed this in a notification sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogbonna said: “We are…
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The Police Command in Jigawa has apprehended seven persons believed to be responsible for cattle theft in the north-western state. Its spokesperson, Lawal Shiisu, confirmed the development in a statement in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said that two of the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday after a combined patrol team intercepted a vehicle carrying three…
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Over 1,000 cybercrime suspects from Africa have landed in INTERPOL's net following its recent joint major cybercrime operation with the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL), tagged Operation Serengeti. Nineteen countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Cameroon and Algeria, participated in the operation between September and October. The others were Angola,…