… pledges commitment to poverty eradication among women On the occasion at the school premises in Abuja, the Founder and International President of FEENI Network, Ms Anne – Marie Adanna Kanuh said the gesture was part of the Organization’s values of eradicating poverty among women and girl child through the provision of skills acquisition, training,…
PARIS and DUBLIN, 21st June 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today launched its Carbon Solutions Hub (the Hub), a new knowledge repository built in collaboration with Accenture. The Hub is designed to help CGF members and the broader retail and FMCG sectors to navigate the sustainability landscape, find inspiration, and make and execute against net…
By 1. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa; 2. Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All; 3. Amani Abou-Zeid,Commissioner for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union CommissionCommission for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union Commission ●Amani Abou-Zeid During the United Nations…
Full text of Vladimir Putin’s speech at SPIEF on June 17, 2022: Thank you very much! Dear Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich! Dear friends, colleagues! I greet the participants and guests of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. It takes place at a difficult time for the entire world community, when the economy, markets and the very…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has appointed former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Executive, Mrs Chioma Nonyerem Njoku, as the Chairperson of the Women-in-Business Trade Group of the Chamber. In a letter signed by the Director General ACCI, Victoria Akai on Tuesday, the DG stated that…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate for the 2023 General Elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has solutions to the numerous challenges bedeviling the country. Okowa said this on Thursday in his acceptance speech after his nomination as Vice-Presidential Candidate of the PDP at the party’s National Secretariat…
A political group, Atiku/Okowa Movement has welcomed the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by the PDP presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as running-mate as a clear statement that the party is prepared to take over power in 2023. In a statement by the Interim Secretary, Sarafa Ibrahim, the group acknowledged the choice Delta State Governor…
By Law Mefor It was Mallam Nasir El Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who once observed that the real problem with Nigeria is impunity, not corruption. Of course, he was right that the brazen corruption and primitive accumulation rocking the nation today and warranting psychiatric evaluation, is borne out of impunity and callous disregard for…
The perfunctory relish of satisfaction after the emergence of JANDOR as our party gubernatorial candidate could not be over emphasized given the inherent political fluidity and faultlines we find ourselves. ‘Lagos PDP’ have been through too many challenges for over two decades with purported party ‘ Leaders and Elders’ constantly at loggerheads with each other…
Shell-funded impact investment company, All On is pleased to announce a $500k investment in Greenage Technologies Power Systems Limited to fund the construction and expansion of its charge controllers and inverters manufacturing facility in Enugu State in South-Eastern Nigeria. “We’re delighted to receive this support from All On that will reduce the cost of solar…
