Director-General/CEO of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Dr. Nkiruka Chidia-Maduekwe has emphasised that Africa will persist in advocating for changes to the climate finance framework. Maduekwe stated this during an interview with journalists at the Nigerian pavilion at the COP 29 in Baku Azerbaijan. She noted that change for climate change architecture is…
In a major boost to its agricultural sector, Imo State has secured approval for the Onitsha-Port Harcourt Corridor Market, a project aimed at enhancing agri-food trade and improving rural access in the region. This significant achievement was announced during a workshop on agri-food market development study under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP),…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a study identifying 17 pathogens that frequently cause disease in communities and require urgent vaccine development. A pathogen is a living thing that causes disease in a host, such as a human. The study, published in eBioMedicine journal and announced on the WHO website on Tuesday, is the…
No fewer than 60,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs have registered their interest in the upcoming National MSMEs Award by submitting compelling videos to showcase their achievements and innovations. The Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and MSME, Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Recall that on March 2, the…
Nigeria and Brazil have signed a $1 billion agreement to boost agriculture, food security, energy, and defense in Nigeria. The deal, signed in Abuja during an official visit by Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, includes the supply of mechanized agricultural equipment, training of specialists, and the opening of service centers across the country. Nigerian Vice…
To cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor has disclosed his government plans to sell rice at subsidized rate it was before the recent astronomical rise in the prices of the commodities. 100 trucks load of rice has been purchased and to…
….SOME LUCKY, SOME FRUSTRATED Sunday March 17 was an unusually busy day in Lagos State. Many people trooped out to designated markets where the Lagos State government assembled vendors to sell food items at discounted prices. The centres spread across 57 locations in five divisions in the state had people fill the spaces from about…
A front line Igbo ideologist and 2023 presidential election aspirant, Chief. CBN, Onwuasoanya Ezendigbo has reacted to a trending video depicting the best template to serve as a good leader of any nation. In a viral video titled, ” How Two Poorest Presidents In The World Made Their Country Rich By Good Governance And Transparency”,…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has called for collaboration between the organised private sector and the government needed to attract investments that would grow the states economy. The governor made the call in his speech at the 50th Annual General Meeting of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), recently in…
The government of Enugu State may have to re-assess its plan to revive the mining activities in the state. This, according to stakeholders in the state, is with a purpose to ensuring that adequate environmental impact assessment is done at the sites and the interest of workers, majority of who are yet to be properly…
