Nigeria has received a United Nations’ award for its excellent performance towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets, as well as helping to maintain the momentum across Africa and beyond. The Regional Director, Africa, UN Millennium Campaign, Mr.…
THE United Nations (UN) has said it would continue to remind the political office holders and the agency saddled with the responsibility of overseeing the welfares of the extreme poor persons in the country to perform their constitutional responsibility to them. The Regional…
Africa on the run: can the opportunities from climate change spring the continent to transformative development? The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) will organise the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) at the UNECA Conference…
Twenty-first century has been put into a lot of climate change phenomenon causing environmental problems, with increase in temperature and unpredictable rain fall, leaving millions of people displaced by causing disasters like; Flood, Desertification, Drought, Erosion leading to food security,…
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Sub Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most dynamic regions and includes six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies. Despite robust economic growth and increasing commitment to democratic governance across the continent, vast income disparities and ethnic and religious…
In just 2 days’ time, African leaders could kill off a great institution, leaving the world a more dangerous place. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the world’s first and only global court to adjudicate crimes against humanity. But leaders of Sudan and…
Two Nigerian journalists, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye of Sunday Punch and Tolu Ogunlesi , freelance journalist with Ventures Africa have won two categories of this year’s CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year awards. Ogunseye, Editor, Sunday Punch won the Environment prize, while…
The General Assembly is embarking on a new partnership between Member States and civil society, the President of the 68th body, John Ashe, today said highlighting the role of non-governmental organizations and other partners in shaping a new global development…
