Nigeria’s military says it has agreed a truce with Islamist militant group Boko Haram and the schoolgirls it has abducted will be released. Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, made the announcement. Boko Haram has not made a public…
ActionAid Nigeria congratulates the Nigeria Police for appointing a Force Gender Adviser in the person of CSP Olabisi Kolawole. The anti-poverty and women’s rights organisation noted that this laudable step will go a long way in addressing issues of violence…
According the United Nation Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in 2014, the world is ageing. Globally, approximately 700 million people or 10 per cent of the world’s population is already over the age of 60, and by 2030, there…
CSR-in-Action (CiA) organisers of the forthcoming Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) 2014 Conference has restated its readiness to host a successful event that would have lasting impacts on the sector through creating new windows of opportunities for qualified Nigerian…
Leading Indigenous Oil and Gas giants in the downstream sector, Oando Marketing Plc, have joined other top organisations as sponsors of the forthcoming Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) 2014 Conference. Announcing this during a recent visit to the corporate…
For the 3rd Sustainability in the Extractive Industries Conference Are you an innovative or aspiring entrepreneur operating, especially, in the extractive industries (oil, gas and mining)? Or do you simply have a vision of an economically prosperous Nigeria, propelled by…
It was an evening of celebration of the transformational role of ICT in Nigeria’s development at the Civic Centre, Lagos as the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) honoured the pioneers, innovators, change drivers of the technological revolution in the…
As part of a new International Data Relations series that engages with executives, leaders, and country experts on philanthropy and the social sector from around the globe, Sue Rissberger, liaison for Africa and Asia in the International Data Relations department…
The 23 September UN Climate Summit was a multi-dimensional event which brought together more than 120 Heads of State and Government, along with leaders from civil society and business, to catalyze ambitious action to address climate change. During July and…
Tomorrow is the second Light Lagos Pink Friday ofSebeccly’s Light Lagos Pink Campaign for the month of October. If you’d like to join in supporting breast cancer this month then wear pink and donate N1000 to Sebeccly’s Campaign. Funds raised will be used to help…
