Yearly Archives: 2021

Renewable energy described as critical driver of Africa’s post-COVID-19 growth recovery

Renewable energy will be a critical driver of Africa’s post-COVID-19 growth recovery and economic prosperity, panellists in a 2021 UK Africa Investment Summit event said...

Ghebreyesus welcomes US pledge to maintain membership in WHO

At the meeting of the 148th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) held on Thursday, January 21, 2021, WHO...

Guterres welcomes US steps to rejoin Paris Agreement

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, has warmly welcomed US President Joe Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the...

Biden takes US back into WHO, Paris Climate Agreement

Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden has signed multiple executive orders aimed at combating the Covid-19 pandemic, starting with a “100 Days Masking Challenge” mandating...

Why world needs swift transition to sustainable energy – Espinosa

Whilst setting out key deliverables for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, at the end of this year, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa...

Delta to shut down illegal dump sites

The Delta State Waste Management Board says it will shut down all illegal dump sites across the state within the next two weeks. Chairman...

Lockdown averted 5.8m COVID-19 infections in Nigeria – Study

As Nigeria grapples with rising infections caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international public health researchers have revealed...

What we expect from Biden and Harris, by activists, scholars

Some 52 international activists and scholars including Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey in an open letter to US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene a one-day Hybrid Youth, CSO & Media Roundtable on Youth,...
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Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has inaugurated the “One Humanitarian-One Poverty Response System...

Ikeja Electric cites generation drop for Lagos outages

Ikeja Electric (IE) says residents and businesses across Lagos are experiencing reduced electricity supply following a nationwide drop in...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene...

Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr...