A rights group, Lagoswomen 2030, yesterday staged a protest to the Lagos State Assembly over the killings in the country, just as it rejected the cattle colony policy of the Federal Government. Led by their coordinator, Kate Duru, the group…
I had a rare peep into the inner recess of the palace of the Emir of Kano last night. I have been to the Palace many times in the past and have been welcomed in the outer part. I never…
Significant new financial commitments from donors and developing countries will enable new and improved support for the education of millions of children. Ten current and three former heads of state and more than 60 ministers gathered at the Global Partnership…
Africa could see its energy shortfall significantly improved with the launch of a map showing the continents rich resource potentials and opportunities for investors in especially renewable energy exploitation. The new Atlas launched on January 30th,2018 in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire,by…
Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to continue with my Presidential race series today. It has become obvious that nothing else, but the lack of competent, visionary, detribalised, selfless, accomplished, exposed, urbane, capable, cerebral, determined and ambitious leadership, has been the…
According to the latest 2017 State of Food and Agriculture report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are transforming rural communities and promoting agriculture. To that end, it…
Nigeria, which accounts for 65 per cent of cargo generated and accounts for the largest population within the region, is central to the success or otherwise of the fight against piracy in the GoG. Maritime insecurity has economic, social and…
ActionAid has called for an overhaul of the tax system to provide the funding needed for education at an international conference today. Its demands are based on a new report, A Taxing business: Scaling-up domestic resources for financing SDG 4. It…
Children are the most vulnerable when conflict or disaster causes the collapse of essential services such as healthcare and unless the international community takes urgent action to protect and provide life-saving assistance to them, “they face an increasingly bleak future,”…
Four years after the Central Bank of Nigeria launched the N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF), disbursement of the fund is still shrouded in secrecy, MICHAEL EBOH of the Vanguard newspaper reports. Favour Okoro runs a small tailoring and…
