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COP28: ’40 per cent of PHCs in Nigeria lack access to electricity’
Minister of Health Ali Pate, says about 40 per cent of Primary Health Care centres in Nigeria lack basic access to electricity. Pate made this statement during the current COP28 Climate Summit, often referred to as the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28), which is being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is also known as the…
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COP28: Islamic Development Bank to assist Nigeria improve humanitarian crises, reduce poverty index
The Federal Government has partnered with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to help the country respond more quickly to humanitarian crises and lower the poverty index. The partnership comes Under the new Climate Change Adaptation Policy “fair, inclusive, and just transition conceptual framework and action plan,” according to a statement issued by the humanitarian ministry on Sunday. In the statement…
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Tinubu’s 2024 budget priorities echo core tenets of Renewed Hope Agenda – Idris
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said, the 2024 Budget Proposal of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, serves as a pivotal step towards realizing the ambitious and transformative objectives outlined in his Renewed Hope Agenda. The Minister stated this in Kaduna on Saturday at the 2023 Public Lecture of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute…
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COP28: Tinubu unveils bold vision for a greener Nigeria with rollout of 100 electric buses
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is taking a significant step towards a sustainable and eco-friendly future by introducing a pioneering initiative to deploy a fleet of 100 electric buses. The President spoke at a high-level meeting with stakeholders and investors on the Nigeria Carbon Market and Electric Buses Rollout Programme on Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the margins…
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COP28: Nigeria, Siemens sign power infrastructure agreement
Nigeria and Germany have agreed to add 12,000 mw of electricity to the national grid through the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI). The Power initiative, which will be financed by the Government export credit facility currently offered to Nigeria by a few German banks, would cost around $60 million and will include the procurement of 10 transformers and 10 power mobile…
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COP28: Tinubu meets King Charles III, discusses climate challenges
Ahead of the COP28 Climate Summit, President Tinubu has met with King Charles III of the United Kingdom (UK) in the United Arab Emirates. The two leaders met and talked about the significant climate challenges that African economies face and how more could be done to jointly mitigate them, according to a series of posts made on Thursday via the…
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2024 budget: Tinubu presents N27.50tn, says job creation poverty reduction top priority
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s national defence and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimization, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security are some of the top priorities of the 2024 Budget of Renewed Hope. Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly on the 2024 Federal budget proposal on Wednesday in Abuja, President Tinubu said…
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Difficult times temporary, Tinubu tells Nigerians says trillion dollar economy is highly possible
President Bola Tinubu has said leveraging the nation’s population and resources, with main focus on unleashing Nigeria’s full economic potential, his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda can build a trillion-dollar economy within the next decade. This, the President noted, can be further facilitated by ongoing efforts on job creation, access to capital for small and large businesses, inclusiveness, the rule of…
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Tinubu to attend COP28 climate summit in Dubia
President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, depart Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit, also known as the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28). At the World Leaders’ Summit, which takes place on December 1 and 2, 2023, under the theme, “Unite, Act, and Deliver,” President…
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Air Nigeria: How ex-aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika almost created a monopoly for Ethiopian Airline – Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed how his predecessor, Hadi Sirika, attempted to create a free economic advantage for the Ethiopian airline in achieving the National courier, Air Nigeria. Keyamo accused Sirika of signing a controversial agreement with the African air giants in a manner he said would have crashed other local airlines in Nigeria.…
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