By Rachel Couper, Teddie Mandala Global development agencies seeking to improve results are increasingly looking to diversify their stable of partners and implementers as part of a broader drive toward locally led development. In 2021, for example, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power set out a new target for direct funding to local…
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has concluded an intense week of discussions with world leaders and international partners at the UN General Assembly in New York with a series of pledges to tackle the current food crisis, aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the urgent climate and nature crisis…
The Sahel today is marked by food insecurity, persistent poverty, ineffective governance, high population growth rates, and recurrent climate shocks. This often drives vulnerable communities into a chronic cycle of crisis, conflicts, and the need for large amounts of humanitarian assistance for millions of people. This is particularly true in Zinder, a region of southern…
The Borno communities have pledged to adopt and implement measures to prevent the outbreaks of monkey pox, cholera and COVID-19 across the state. The pledges were made, yesterday, (Monday), in Maiduguri, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) flags off the sensitization campaigns and emergency responses in four councils. The preventative measures including vaccinations against the…
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (FWASD) has announced the election of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) member, Mrs Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia as Nigeria’s representative on the Convention On the Elimination of All Forms Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee. Mrs Eghobamien-Mshelia, who is the founder, Women Arise Development Initiative (WADHI) was…
The people of Abusoro community in Akure North local government area ofOndo State will have now access to a Primary Health Care Centre as theEuropean Union and Ondo State government has opened a health centerbuilt two years ago.In a statement signed by Daisi Omokungbe, Executive Director of PROMAD,said the organisation is happy about the news…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says scores of prospective anchor tenants seeking to establish world class hospitals and pharmaceutical industries in the new Special Medical Free Zone in Lekki area of Lagos signal gradual end to unnecessary medical tourism abroad. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, NEPZA Managing Director made the remark while playing host to…
By Kwiza Mbumbeh, Maiduguri The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that children are denied justice against the high risks of violence and sexual abuse in Nigeria and West African countries. According to the Fund, children’s access to justice system is still not a reality to protect them against psychological or sexual abuse. UNICEF…
Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Mrs. Eloho Aiboni, has reiterated commitment to lower co2 emissions in Nigeria . he made this commitment, in Lagos at the opening session of the 2022 edition of the Sub-Saharan African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC). Aiboni said Shell companies in Nigeria have a…
Nigeria’s 2008 Olympics long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before the women’s 100m semi-finals after testing positive for human growth hormone at an out-of-competition…
