Africa is facing a growing challenge of managing its waste and natural resources in a sustainable way. The current traditional linear economic model, characterized by a “take, make, dispose” pattern that is extracting, consuming, and disposing of materials, is inefficient, wasteful, and harmful to the environment and human health. According to the World Bank, Africa generated 174 million tonnes of waste in 2016, and this is expected to increase to 516 million tonnes by 2050. Only 4% of this waste is recycled, compared to 44% in Europe and 35% in China. A circular economy, which aims to keep materials in…
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Growing investor confidence and strong market participation have continue to boost optimism about Fidelity Bank’s stock as the bank experienced a remarkable 20% surge on the Nigerian stock market, with its share price surpassing the N13 mark by the third week of September. This upward trend follows the bank’s combined offer, which included a Public Offer and Rights Issue launched on June 20, 2024. The combined offer consisted of 10 billion ordinary shares priced at N9.75 for the public and 3.2 billion shares at N9.25 for existing shareholders, collectively raising N127.1 billion. After a consolidation period from June to August,…
In alignment with its commitment to promoting Nigeria’s cultural heritage and supporting national development and sustainability, Adron Homes and Properties has recently unveiled sponsorship and partnership with the House of Oduduwa for the 2024 Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State. This significant collaboration was revealed during a courtesy visit by Adron Homes and Properties management, led by Managing Director Mrs. Adenike Ajobo, to the Ooni of Ife and the progenitor of Yoruba Race, Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II CFR, on September 19, 2024, at his Enuwa palace. For the past six years, Adron Homes and Properties has been…
DAYLIGHT Publisher,Chief Azuh Amatus with father-in-law, Pa Sunday Peters Ojo with his sons, Messrs. Wilson and Charles, at the event With my loving father-in-law, Pa SP Ojo (Grandpa), and his wonderful sons, at a recent milestone cum three-in-one event, celebrating his 80th birthday, his wife’s 70th and their 50th wedding anniversary. Happy birthday once again sir, to you and our amiable Grandma. Many thanks for the unending prayers and immense love. May God continue to protect and preserve both of you for us. Amen! #Godisgreat #Longevity #GrandpaRocks #GrandmaRocks Chief Azuh Amatus, NGE. Publisher, DAYLIGHT Online.
Azali Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Thursday chaired a cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed. Assoumani is seen in the video with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving at the presidential compound. He greeted advisors and ministers before sitting at the end of the cabinet table where he looked through files. AFP correspondents saw the president’s motorcade enter the presidential compound, but reporters were not allowed in. The 65-year-old president had not been seen…
Elumelu Transformative Economic Growth, Youth Employment, Energy Transition Critical for the Continent African philanthropist and business leader, Tony Elumelu, will make Africa’s transformative economic growth, youth employment, and energy transition central to the discussions at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), taking place late September in New York. Elumelu will call for urgent action in a series of engagements, including a roundtable discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative with former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and at an event co-hosted by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), led by WFP Executive Director,…
Osimhen Reports from Turkish media suggest that Victor Osimhen, the Super Eagles striker who recently made his highly-anticipated Galatasaray debut, might face restrictions on wearing his protective face mask during matches in Turkey. Despite contributing a crucial assist in Galatasaray’s 4-1 victory over Çaykur Rizespor, Osimhen’s mask has become a point of contention following an incident in the game. Çaykur Rizespor’s Khusniddin Alikulov, who collided head-on with Osimhen, sustained a concussion. Although initial fears of a facial fracture were unfounded, the injury has sparked a debate on whether Osimhen’s mask, which includes metal fasteners, poses a risk to opponents. In a November…
Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, lamented the high level of corruption among Nigerian politicians, advocating that such individuals should be imprisoned. Obasanjo, Nigeria’s first democratically elected Head of State, who served for eight years from 1999 to 2007, decried the criminal behaviour among certain political officeholders. “If you examine the people in government today at both executive and legislative levels, some of them should be permanently behind bars for their past misdemeanours and criminal misconduct. “You cannot expect thieves to deliver fair judgment in favour of the rightful owner of the property,” the ex-military leader said virtually during…
Akpata The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has denied stepping down from the race. Akpata in Benin on Friday, said documents purporting that he has stepped down for the People Democratic Party candidate, were false, wicked machinations of those who have held our State captive for a quarter of a century. He said, “This press conference has become necessary following a report that I have stepped down for the Peoples Democratic Party, candidate, Asue Ighodalo. There is no way I would step down when I am the most qualified…
Abuja A yet-to-be-identified man has been arrested for tying the hands and legs of his lover in a hotel in the Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The man was accused of attempting to use her for ritual purposes before luck ran out of him. A video of the incident, seen by our correspondent on Thursday, showed people ordering the man to untie her. Reacting to the incident, the FCT Police Command said it was aware of the video. The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the man in the video is a suspected internet fraudster.…