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Says Climate Change will drop Nigeria’s GDP to 30 per cent by 2050 United Kingdom High Commission to Nigeria has expressed concerns over the influence of carbon emissions in Nigeria due to climate change impact. Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Harriet Thompson during the event to commemorate World Environment Day (WED), organised by the Federal Ministry of Environment in Abuja advised the country to strive and protect the environment to achieve sustainable development. The 2017 WED was themed, “Connecting with nature.” She noted that even though the country is endowed with good vegetation and human resources, “there are challenges about getting right-security, transport access, and facilities and protecting the nature will be key to sustaining it. As a tourist attraction -no one will want to come and see a decayed broken landscape.” While quoting the 2011 Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI), Thompson said the country could lose Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of b...

If North Korea's foreign minister hoped to draw a response from U.S. President Donald Trump with his Saturday speech to the U.N. General Assembly, he succeeded. "Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N.," the president tweeted late Saturday. "If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!"  Follow Donald J. Trump   ✔ @realDonaldTrump Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer! 4:08 AM - Sep 24, 2017   30,737 30,737 Replies     21,219 21,219 Retweets     66,915 66,915 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The president was referring to Ri Yong Ho, who on Saturday called Trump "a mentally deranged person full of megalomania," and promised that a strike on the U.S. mainland was "inevitable."  "Little Rocket Man" was Trump's now-infa...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) and Dantata Solar Limited that would guarantee uninterrupted electricity to the institution in the next six months has been signed. The deal was facilitated by the Ondo State Government as one of the benefits of the Nigerian-German Energy Partnership. It is one of the moves of the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led administration to provide regular power supply to towns and rural communities across the state. Akeredolu lauded the cooperation between Nigeria and Germany through which the university would begin to enjoy a new lease of life, having lacked electricity supply from the national grid for years. Akeredolu said the MoU would spur other institutions to emulate the university in their drive to deliver welfare, impart knowledge and turn out quality graduates for the overall development of the nation. The governor, however, pleaded with the Consul-General of Germany, Ingo Herbe...

Grief has enveloped the Federal University at Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), with the death of its bursar, Mr. Adebayo Adejuyigbe, during the governing council’s meeting in Lagos, last Thursday. Adejuyigbe, 59, was said to have slumped. Though later revived, he died at an undisclosed hospital. The meeting was called by FUOYE Governing Council’s Chairman, Prof. Saadat Mabadeje. The deceased was reportedly buried according to Islamic injunction on Friday at Offa in Kwara State. A source, who witnessed the incident, said: “He was in the meeting when suddenly he started shaking and slumped. He was revived and was rushed to the hospital where he died. “His health situation deteriorated on the way to the hospital and he died after he got to the hospital.” FUOYE’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Kayode Soremekun described Adejuyigbe’s death as a big loss to the institution. The vice chancellor said his prudence and administrative acumen would be missed. Soremekun, who confirmed Adejuyigbe’s deat...

SIR:  It is said in Africa that “a chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches” – meaning that you can easily foresee the future of something through the character and tell-tale signs it shows today. The overwhelming drums of discord emanating from various ethnic juggernauts calls for an intervention by Statesmen Response Team (SRT); they are needed to tackle the severe hate parasite infesting deep into national psyche, douse tension and calm frayed nerves in the interest of peace, development and national cohesion. Breaking the shackles of conflicts needs the commanding efforts of unbiased and sincere moderators.  The dearth of moderators early in conflicts results into hullabaloo, leaving on its trail tears and blood. The consequences of wars are far-reaching and breeds sores of vengeance in the aftermath. It is despicable to have such clamours at this globally revered and spiritually rewarding month of Ramadan-a symbol of love, empathy and c...

Several weeks ago, Birdman and Sy Ari Da Kid released a music visual at the expense of Rick Ross’ likeness. After commanding attention with the audio for his anti-Cash Money record, “Idols Become Rivals,” Rozay has gone in for the kill with a visual of his own. “I used to see you niggas on my TV screen/And wondered what was life like, was it all a dream?/And then I met you out on LiveNation dates/Came to the realization that your watch was fake” The most surprising chapter of the “Idols Become Rivals” video comes not from the hostile gospel opener but courtesy of the cameo from former Cash Money hitmaker Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford (“A Milli,” “6 Foot, 7 Foot,” “Did It On’em”), who infamously sued the house Baby built, went on to sign a production deal — and still walked away unhappy. For his bridge-burning effort, Ross saw the accompanying album,  Rather You Than Me  debut at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with more than 105,000 units sold its first week out. Follow...

Sen. Andy Uba says he has not defected from  the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the outcome of the Anambra governorship primaries. Uba, who is from Anambra South made this known to newsmen at his country home, on Tuesday. He debunked  reports making the rounds that he planned to dump the APC for a new party. In a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Joseph Itazi, the senator said that he was still a supporter of the APC, irrespective of the outcome of the party’s primaries. “Let us put the record straight, I have no intention of leaving our great party -APC – for another party. “I have always supported the party, so please people should stop spreading false news that I am planning to defect to another party. “I am still a member of the APC,’’ he  said. Uba  emerged second with 931 votes at the just-concluded APC primary election, losing to Mr Tony Nwoye. Uba and Nwoye were members of the PDP before def...

There seems to be no end in sight to the rift between Kogi State government and workers in its tertiary institutions. Teachers at the Kogi State University and Kogi State Polytechnic have rebuffed the directive to return to work. But, non-academic counterparts have since complied. MOHAMMED YABAGI reports. IN  defiance of the government’s directive, sfaff of the Kogi State University (KSU) and Kogi State Polytechnic (KOGI POLY) have refused to return to work since their school resumed on June 5. But their non-academic counterparts have since returned to work. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said its members would return to work when the government meets its demands. The schools reopened after more than five months strike by state-owned tertiary institutions over non-payment of salary arrears. Six of the eight affected schools re-opened last month, but KSU and KOGI POLY remained closed until last week. The resumption was not without drama. The academic staf...

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of raising false alarm against security agencies. The governor, on Wednesday, claimed the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives were behind kidnapping and robbery in the state. Rivers APC, at a news conference in Port Harcourt by its Publicity Secretary, Chief Chris Finebone,  Secretary Emeka Beke and other leaders of the party, accused the governor of having sewn police uniforms for thugs used by his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the 2015 elections and rerun in Rivers. It stated that Wike ought to have emulated his Abia State counterpart, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who was proactive by declaring three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia, with the curfew later extended to today, to prevent further breakdown of law and order. Rivers APC noted that the failure of Wike’s government to engage in productive ventures, was responsible for in...

Mr. Edward Singhatey, the Vice President, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission says that plans are on-going to establish a solidarity Fund for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the North-East. Singhatey made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during the celebration of the 2017 World Refugee Day with the theme “We stand together with refugees and IDPs”. He said the Solidarity Fund was in compliance with the decision of the Mediation and Security Council to support the Federal Government’s Plan for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of North-East Nigeria. He said that the humanitarian crises in the insurgency affected states of the North-East was enormous, adding that it was constantly being assessed by the ECOWAS Commission. Singhatey said that the dire situation in the North-East deserved special attention, adding that it had necessitated the international community and ECOWAS Commission to engage in several interventions. He said that the EC...