Sustainable Devpt

Over 150 students benefitted from the Sustainability training organised by Nestlé Nigeria in collaboration with the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) for schools under the Nestlé for Healthier Kids (N4HK) programme in Ogun State. L-R: Public Affairs Specialist at Nestlé Nigeria PLC, Edidiong Peters; three best perming leaners of Salvation Army Primary School 1, Agbara, Ogun Ogun State; and ...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Friday, August 6, 2021 sworn in seven new commissioners, charging them to remain on the path of sustainable development in the state. Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The seven commissioners were reappointed from the list of 17 former commissioners sacked by the governor on June 28. The reappointed commissioners include Mr Akinola Ojo, Ministry ...

Germany has reached its target of having one million electric vehicles on the roads, local media reported on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Sustainable transport: Achieveing zero emission from electric cars “With one million electric cars on German roads, we have reached a decisive milestone,’’ German newspaper chain Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland quoted Peter Altmaier. The federal minister for economic affairs and energy ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the process of training and empowering its Forest Guards to effectively carry out surveillance activities to prevent further damage to the environment in FCT. Dr Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, in a statement on Tuesday, ...

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says plans are underway to plant between 45,000 and 70,000 trees in Anambra State as part of the Natural Forestry Trust Fund (NFTF) mandate. Anambra Forest-Landscape Restoration Action Plan Workshop, held in Awka Dr Joseph Onoja, Director, Technical Programme, NCF, said this at a two-day Anambra Forest-Landscape Restoration Action Plan Workshop in Awka, the state ...

TotalEnergies says education, youth entrepreneurship and inclusion are key to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and eradication of poverty in Nigeria. Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies Mrs Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, the Executive General Manager, Total Country Services, made the assertion at a virtual news briefing on Friday, July 23, 2021. Popoola-Mordi said Total Nigeria ...

Nigerian environmental campaigner and green economist, Wole Adegbule, has been selected to address the rest of the world at this year’s Elevate Festival. Wole Adegbule Elevate Festival, known for music, arts and political discourse, is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various venues in Graz, Austria. With a focus on cultural and socio-political topics, it holds from August 4 to ...

The Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, is to plant more than 100,000 fast growing timbers by 2022, thereby creating as a source of internally generated revenue. Vice Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Prof. Sunday Elom The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sunday Elom, stated this in a statement issued by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Ikechukwu Ubochi, on ...

The Aid Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), says it’s  mobilising relevant stakeholders to plant over six million trees in Kaduna State. Tree planting Mr Emmanuel Bonet, Executive Director of the Foundation, said this on the sideline of a one-day engagement with relevant stakeholders in Kaduna on Friday, July 16, 2021. Bonet said that the initiative was under a project tagged, ...

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, has said that the immense challenge of COVID-19 pandemic has reversed the progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Amina J. Muhammed Mohammed made the observation at the closing of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development  (HLPF) on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at the UN headquarters in ...