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Nimet DG, Prof. Anosike says timely climate information critical to agriculture, food security
The Director General/CEO, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has said that providing farmers with timely and accurate climate information, is critical to agriculture and food security.
Anosike spoke on Monday at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NiMet and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF).
The MoU is a strategic partnership deal to drive climate-resilient agriculture across and would see both organizations work together to develop climate-smart weather tools, build capacity for farmers, and promote technologies that strengthen agricultural value chains against the impacts of climate change.
“For agriculture to be truly climate-resilient, access to reliable weather and climate information is essential. This MoU enables us to combine our expertise with AATF to deliver impactful solutions to farmers,” Anosike said.
In his remarks, Dr. Jean Baptiste Tignegre, Regional Director of AATF, highlighted the foundation’s mission to remove barriers that hinder small holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa from accessing transformative agricultural technologies.
He added that this partnership with NiMet is an important step in ensuring that farmers in Nigeria are better equipped to face climate challenges, noting that collaborations like this can scale innovations that will improve food security and livelihoods.
The MoU establishes both parties’ collaboration in key areas including the development of climate-smart weather support tools for women- and youth-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in agriculture, capacity building on climate-smart agricultural tools, provision of technical support in agreed project locations, and the joint development of funding proposals for climate-smart technologies in Nigeria.
The agreement, which runs until January 31, 2028, sets out frameworks for transparent project implementation and joint planning, while ensuring both organizations retain their mandates to enhance farmers’ resilience to climate change, strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural value chains, and contribute to sustainable food security nationwide.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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