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Nigeria Firm on Nuclear Test Ban, Says Vice President Shettima
The Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima says the country remains committed to the ban on nuclear weapon testing.
He stated this during a meeting at the Presidential Villa with a delegation from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) led by its Executive Secretary, Dr Robert Floyd.
Shettima stated that Nigeria, like many countries in Africa, is facing numerous socio-economic challenges, including poverty and climate change.
According to him, Africa’s priority, at the moment, is to address its existential challenges of poverty and the effects of climate change, not the pursuit of nuclear weapons capability.
“The outcome of any nuclear conflict is never a win-win situation; it is always the opposite. We are fighting poverty; we are fighting a war against the relationship between the economy and ecology in sub-Saharan Africa. We have no business dabbling in anything that has to do with nuclear weapons.
“I want to assure and reiterate our commitment to a comprehensive nuclear test ban, and I want to appreciate your organisation for the extra vigilance you have taken, having 337 stations spread across the world. All seven tests conducted by DPR Korea were detected,” he said.
Shettima commended the CTBTO for also serving civilian purposes such as detecting tsunamis and volcanic seismic activities as well as contributing to the stability of global ecology.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of CTBTO, Dr Floyd, applauded Nigeria’s leadership under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for contributing to the attainment of the global average in the reduction of nuclear testing and establishment of strong norms against it, describing the relationship between the organisation and the country as a natural partnership.
Dr. Floyd commended Nigeria’s contributions through its key agencies—the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA)—noting the high quality of technical input and the country’s strong commitment to advancing the goals of the CTBTO.
Ogun State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA has sealed an automobile assembly plant,Carry Heavy Industry Limited CHIL Moloko – Asipa near Abeokuta that specializes in the production of heavy-duty and passenger vehicle for contravening Section 2b(a) of the OGWAMA law which explicitly forbids anyone or industry from burning waste in the state.
In ordering the closure of the Industry,Special Adviser to the Governor on Waste Management who doubles as Managing Director of OGWAMA,
Hon Farouk Akintunde said the Authority had no other option than shutting the company down after several warnings to its management to patronize government approved Waste Private Sector Participants PSP to service them instead of burning them which is illegal, wicked and self centered.
According to him,by burning their waste they caused air pollution through toxic emissions and health risk not only to their workers but to their vulnerable neighbors which he said is not acceptable to the state government which lays emphasis on the wellbeing of its residents at all time.
Akintunde said the company will remain shut until they comply with the state extant law which forbids burning of waste and property register with Waste PSP for legal and proper disposal of their waste or in the alternative face strict legal sanctions.
In the meantime, the Ogun state Waste Management Authority,OGWAMA has also warned Camellin Industry Limited on the Sagamu Interchange, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has equally been sanctioned for the same offense.
According to Akintunde,they were equally found guilty of waste burning which is inimical to the wellbeing of their workers and their immediate environment adding that the management of the industry has been invited to show cause why they should not be sanctioned or prosecuted.
The Nigerian government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has resumed issuance of petrol import licenses to petroleum marketers.
According to report, the licenses were issued to six petroleum marketers expected to import around 720,000 metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).
The report says beneficiaries are major oil marketers such as NIPCO, AA Rano, Matrix, Shafa, Pinnacle, and Bono.
NIPCO is expected to import 120,000 metric tons; AA Rano, 150,000 MT; Matrix, 150,000 MT; Shafa, 120,000 MT; Pinnacle, 120,000 MT; and Bono, 60,000 MT, totaling 720,000 MT of petrol imports.
Although the NMDPRA officially stated the reason for the fresh licenses, Dangote Refinery has reiterated its capacity to meet local fuel consumption demand,while NMDPRA’s recent industrial data showed that the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery supplied 90 percent of the country’s daily consumption.
NMDPRA’s recent decision toward petrol imports has stirred concerns among stakeholders.
The development comes barely a week after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Rabiu Abdullahi Umar as Chief Executive Officer of NMDPRA.
President Tinubu had sacked Saidu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA while he was on official duty in Germany.
Former Vice President and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar has officially obtained his payment receipt for purchase of the party’s presidential election nomination form ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The payment for the N90 million nomination form was made on May 8, 2026.
The ADC disclosed this in a post on its official X handle on Saturday.
The post read: “A New Chapter in Nigeria’s Democratic Journey:
“H.E. Atiku Abubakar, GCON, has officially received his payment receipt to contest under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 Presidential Election.
“This development marks another significant moment in the growing movement for national renewal, democratic inclusion, and people-driven leadership within the ADC.
“As Nigerians continue to seek credible alternatives, the ADC remains committed to providing a strong platform built on unity, competence, economic recovery, security and national progress.
“The formal presentation of nomination forms is expected on Monday at the ADC National Secretariat, Abuja.
“The movement is growing. Hope is rising. Expect more.”
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