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World population by 2100 may be 2bn less than UN’s estimates – Study

A group of scientists says the number of people will peak in 2064 and drop to about 8.8 billion by 2100, which is two...

Michael Simire - July 15, 2020

Human Welfare

Trade in fake COVID-19 products booming amid demand surge, says UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that illegal trade in fake or faulty COVID-19-related products is booming amid a...

Michael Simire - July 8, 2020

Human Welfare

Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on poor communities in Addis Ababa

The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated some of the best health care systems in the world. Having felt such damage by what are considered “developed”...

Michael Simire - June 25, 2020

Human Welfare

Empowering refugees in fighting Coronavirus

UN Secretary General Antoni Guterres observes that many refugees across the world have put their lives on the line to save humanity in efforts...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2020

Human Welfare

A young executive’s prescription for COVID-19’s depression

Last year, Hamzat Lawal, Founder/CEO of Follow The Money and Connected Development (CODE), faced what he describes as one of his darkest moments and...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2020

Human Welfare

How a female drug user received a lifeline amid a pandemic

One out of every four people who uses drugs in Nigeria is a woman - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Report, 2018 Yemisi, a student in one of the...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2020

Human Welfare

Nigeria inaugurates committee for Lake Chad region recovery, development

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday, June 15, 2020 inaugurated a National Steering Committee for the restructured Multi-sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) currently...

Michael Simire - June 15, 2020

Human Welfare

Nigeria’s education budget cuts threaten the girl child’s future – Malala Fund, CODE, others

The Malala Fund, together with the Abuja-based Connected Development (CODE) and several other civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari of...

Michael Simire - June 12, 2020

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