CSNews Desk The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is now accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the third annual Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF), a financing mechanism designed to scale effective business models for empowerment through women’s energy entrepreneurship. The WEF…
Lilian Ezejelue UN Secretary General, Bank Ki-Moon, while visiting Canada met with some students at McGill University, on the 12th of February 2016, to discuss the power of young people in shaping a new future. He touched on four of…
Lilian Ezejelue There is no gainsaying that the quality of our future as a nation is determined by the quality of the youth today. No nation can ever achieve anything without the strength of its youths. Ban Ki-moon, the UN…
Kemi Busari Failure to conform to the rules and regulations of the profession prompted the closure of 28 laboratories in Lagos State, Mr. George Olajide, the Assistant Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN)…
Kemi Busari The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has received a briefing on early warning and an update on the state of operationalization of the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS). The briefing is a follow-up to…
CSNews Desk Federal Government in partnership with the office of United Nations secretary general has agreed to end violence against children in Nigeria. The minister of state for health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire made this known in Abuja while meeting with special…
Kemi Busari As the world today marks annual advocacy day for hearing loss, a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report has listed ways to prevent and manage the scourge among children. The report titled “Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s…
CSNews Desk The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the immediate closure of Mile 12 market, Ketu, following the disturbance that took place yesterday at the market. The closure order came following news that some miscreants and criminal elements…
CSNEWS DESK The United Nations Climate Change secretariat is now accepting applications for the 2016 Momentum for Change Awards to showcase action and ambition as national governments work towards implementing the historic Paris Agreement. Momentum for Change is an initiative…
CSNews Desk Google on Thursday said that it is working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group’s efforts on the ground. A volunteer team of Google engineers, designers and…
