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Belém, Brazil (November 7, 2025) — The Gates Foundation today announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and protect hard-won gains against poverty. Announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where leaders are emphasising locally driven adaptation, the four-year, $1.4 billion investment will expand access to innovations that help farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia adapt to extreme weather. In these regions, where food security and livelihoods depend on agriculture, smallholder farmers and the communities they feed are among the most exposed to droughts, floods, and rising temperatures. Yet less…
The author of From Soldier to Statesman, Charles Omole, has said that there are five cabals within the government of President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST on Thursday, Omole said the first cabal is headed by the President himself. According to him, others include the Femi Gbajabiamila–Wike group, the Seyi Tinubu group and the First Lady, Remi Tinubu group. “President will always have people around him. But you need to put systems in place to avoid state capture or presidential capture because, for example, the current government…
Emeritus Prof Peter Adeniyi has handed over the Egbeoba High School Library, Ikole-Ekiti, which was upgraded by his foundation. The upgrade included renovation and equipment of the library with modern ICT facilities. Adeniyi, who is the Chairman of Prof Peter Adeniyi Foundation, explained that the library was upgraded to serve as a hub for knowledge, imagination, and opportunity. “This library symbolises gratitude, hope, and lifelong learning. May it inspire students to dream higher, reach further and become better,” he said. He recalled old memories of his school days, urging old students to commit to the advancement of education and the…
The National Treasurer of the Accord Party High Chief Abdulazeez Salaudeen has declared that the party has no factions. Salaudeen, who made this known in a chat with newsmen in Minna, Niger State, further disclosed that the party conducted its party primaries and Senator Ademola Adeleke emerged as the sole Governorship Candidate “Our Party has conducted its primary election in Osun State on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, in accordance with the Party’s guidelines and the Electoral Act, 2022, as amended under the supervision of the state’s members and the Independent National Electoral Commission “The fact remains that His Excellency, Senator…
A Nigerian man, Okitipi Samuel, has been taken into custody by the Nigeria Police Force for his alleged role in a global cyberattack on Microsoft 365 users. The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of investigations carried out by the National Cybercrime Centre of the Nigeria Police Force. Hundeyin said the centre, under the leadership of its Director, Commissioner of Police Ifeanyi Uche, commenced investigations in collaboration with Microsoft, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Secret Service, and the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency. According to…
It is not an exaggeration to say that the average Nigerian driver often behaves like an unintentional suicide risk. The danger does not usually come from mechanical failure or acts of fate but from our everyday recklessness and collective disregard for the basic rules that govern road use. We eat while driving. We drink while driving. We answer phone calls, scroll social media, record videos, and even livestream while behind the wheel. Each act may appear trivial in isolation, yet together they form a culture of danger that has turned Nigerian roads into silent killing fields. This recklessness is not…
The race for the Osun and Ekiti State governorship elections is heating up as the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party battle for control, while the African Democratic Congress says it is poised to make a strong impact in both states. PDP National Chairman, Tanimu Turaki, told Sunday PUNCH that both states are PDP strongholds and expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious. Meanwhile, ADC National Youth Leader, Balarabe Rufai, in an interview with our correspondent, stated that with the backing of the party’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, ADC is set to take control of Osun and…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Mulisiu Oseni as Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, following the confirmation of the commission’s board members by the Senate. Oseni’s appointment indicates that Tinubu has dropped Abdullahi Ramat, whose name he had initially sent to the Senate for confirmation in August. The PUNCH reports that Ramat, a former Chairman of the Ungogo Local Government Area in Kano State, was nominated for the NERC chairmanship position by Tinubu on August 7, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. His nomination came when the…
The Gates Foundation has invested $27m in Nigeria’s Primary Health Care Challenge Fund over the past four years, with the bulk of the funding deployed as performance-based awards to drive reforms and improve service delivery at the state level. According to the foundation, about 70 per cent of the $27m investment was dedicated to performance awards under the Challenge Fund, which was designed as a proof of concept to incentivise state governments to prioritise, reform and sustainably finance primary health care. Speaking on behalf of the foundation during the Nigeria PHC Challenge Fund event in Abuja on Friday evening, the…
Celtic have been criticised for their treatment of Kelechi Iheanacho after the Nigerian striker suffered his second hamstring injury since joining the Scottish club in August. Iheanacho lasted just 30 minutes during Celtic’s League Cup final defeat to St Mirren on Sunday before pulling his hamstring, having been Celtic’s best performer before the injury. Football pundits Peter Martin and Tam McManus described the former Leicester City striker as a “panic buy” and accused Celtic of “battering” him with fitness work despite his lack of match sharpness after leaving Sevilla. “Iheanacho does have good movement. Can hold the ball up. Can…
