The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nigeria has commended the country for effectively handling the humanitarian crisis in the North East. The UNHCR’s External Relations Officer, Mr. Hanson Tamfu, gave the commendation during an interactive session with…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday received the Certificate of Admission of the State as one of the 100 Resilient Cities ‘100RC’ in the world pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, saying that it was a starting point and…
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said he will be glad to have a new Lagos which represents more adequately a mega city and also made it clear that he will be glad to see the yellow buses popularly…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with Chi Farms and Niji Foods, has launched two new agribusiness partnerships. The event highlighted USAID’s agricultural and private sector strategy using partnerships with government, local organisations and private industry to develop…
While much work remains to find a cure for cancer – the good news is we know that many forms of cancer are preventable. On World Cancer Day, a moment when the global community comes together to reflect on those…
The CVL annual lecture – the flagship of all CVL programmes, which has been held every February 6 since 2004, is a key instrument we have adopted to constructively contribute to nation building and national development. This day also…
With the advent of social media and the wider access to the internet in Nigeria and other countries of the world, the news is no longer what it is. Unlike in the past when we all depended on the traditional…
The worsening power generation and distribution nationwide has stifled socio-economic and political life forcing productive activities to a halt. Experts in the industry are now calling for immediate dialogue between the federal government and stakeholders in order to look for…
In Nigeria, there are stakeholders in the maritime industry who see nothing wrong in introducing high duties on luxury items. However, they argue that to generate high revenue from the sector, government needs to reduce duties on other essential goods…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas , strongly condemns Tuesday’s deadly attack against a United Nations Technical Monitoring Team that was conducting a…
