Wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Aderonke Ademiluyi Ogunwusi has advocated the need for an enduring synergy among producers of Adire indigenous textile across the South West. Olori Ogunwusi said this during a special visit to the Chairman of the National Union of Textile Garment Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) Kampala Sector, Comrade Ibrahim Lawal, at the union Secretariat, at Itire-Ikate LCDA, Lagos. The Ife queen, who is also the Creative Director of Adire Textile Hub in Ife, indicated her interest in building a unifying template that would also showcases the beauty of Yoruba indigenous textile materials…
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A former soldier in Bauchi State has been arrested by the Nigerian Army on suspicion of supplying weapons to Boko Haram members. The Army joint task force in a report said its troops apprehended the suspect in Boi, an area situated in the Bogoro Local Government Area (LGA). While the Army did not reveal the identity of the suspect, it said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had been dismissed from 5 Brigade Damasak. During the arrest, two pistols, two magazines, and eight rounds of 9 mm ammo were recovered from the individual. “On 18 July…
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase, says the commission will focus on the retraining of police personnel to meet citizens expectations. “Nigerians want to see a responsible police force that can react to complaints, elicit that degree of respect for human rights and be able to win the hearts and minds of the people,” Arase said in Abuja. The PSC chairman who spoke to newsmen on Friday, said training and retraining were key to responsible policing. He therefore said that the PSC would continue to focus on raising the capacity of police personnel…
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has disclosed that his country will offer preferential loans to enable Nigeria and other African companies to buy industrial goods from the European country and enjoy after-sales services. He said his government was devising a leasing mechanism tailored for Africa. According to him, the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance would provide insurance for the planned preferential loans. The Russian leader made the disclosure during the ongoing Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum holding in St. Petersburg, Russia. According to him, the Russian government is also about…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released $533.48m for foreign education between October 2022 and March 2023. PLATFORM TIMES reports that these amounts were released by banks through the Central Bank of Nigeria . Many Nigerian Students have left the shire of the country for greener pastures and Foreigh Education. This gesture has continued to put huge pressure on the naira as migrating students have been forced to source dollars from Bureau De Change operators owing to delays by banks to process respective Form A. According to the CBN data obtained from its latest statistical bulletin,…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has urged exporters in the country to fully participate in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to increase the reach of Nigerian goods in the continent. Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Promotion Group (MANEG), a subgroup of the MAN, said this at a two-day free export training programme. The Ag. Chairman of MANEG, Odiri Erewa-Meggison, MANEG spoke on the themed ‘Exporting under the AfCFTA’. She said other countries have begun the utilisation of the medium to trade unhindered to fill the market gap in the continent. “The practical implementation of AfCFTA started in…
The removal of the petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu is taking a toll on European refiners, according to Reuters. Citing Refinitiv Eikon data, the news agency reported that average monthly West African (WAF) fuel imports plummeted by 56 per cent in the second quarter compared with the first. It revealed that both North America and West Africa, with Nigeria at the top, have been the top two destinations for petrol exports from Europe (which produces more petrol than it uses). The data further disclosed that benchmark profit margins for petrol popularly known as gasoline in northwestern Europe have floated…
By Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien on his 99th birth anniversary. Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba on Friday, said that Obi Chike Edozien is a distinguished medical scholar and Nigeria’s first Professor of Physiology. He remarked that since his ascension to the throne in 1991 as the 13th Asagba of Asaba, Obi Edozien had continued to provide purposeful leadership for his people and residents of Asaba, the State capital. Oborevwori said that under the monarch’s reign, Asaba…
Exactly 60 Days after he was sworn in for second term as governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has submitted the list of Commissioner nominees . PLATFORM TIMES reports that Abiodun was sworn in May 29,2023 after he was declared winner at the governorship election held March 18,2023. PLATFORM TIMES also reports that the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, confirmed that the Assembly has received a correspondence from Abiodun. Oluomo was reported to have said that the governor in the correspondence was requesting for the confirmation of Commissioner Nominees that would be appointed to superintend…
World Health Organisation has raised the alarm that the world has passed from a warming phase into an “era of global boiling.” US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this while speaking about climate change at UN headquarters in New York City on Thursday. Guterres pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has unfortunately moved from warming to boiling. The secretary-general described the intense heat across the Northern Hemisphere as a “cruel summer.” “For the entire planet, it is a disaster,” he said, noting that “short of a mini-Ice Age over the next days,…