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Naija Entrepreneurship Academy Launched to Address Youth Unemployment. An entrepreneurship initiative – Naija Entrepreneurship Academy (NEA), has been launched to curb youth unemployment nationwide. The launch, initiated by Fatima Sadiq Mohammed, a social development consultant, followed the endorsement of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The project is an online portal that hosts free learning courses for…
ECOWAS Finalises Framework for Establishment of USD75 Million Renewal Energy Facility. Tuggar Calls for Creation of Enabling Environment First Private Sector to Thrive. The Economic Community of West African States has finalised the framework for the establishment of a $75 million ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Facility. The regional bloc is also interested in…
Speaker HOR Assures Removal of Systemic Barriers For Women in Government The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass, has assured that the National Assembly will work to remove all systemic barriers to women’s participation in governance in the country. Abass gave this assurance in Abuja at the National Citizens’ Summit on…
Environmental Stakeholders Strategise on Enhancing Nigeria’s Carbon Market Transition Stella Peters Stakeholders in the nation’s environment sector have met in Abuja to devise strategies for enhancing Nigeria’s transition into a thriving carbon market. The National Council on Climate Change Secretariat (NCCCS) is organizing a workshop titled 3-Day Stakeholders Engagement on Nigeria’s Carbon Market Policy and…
US Supports Ancient Nigerian Earthworks at Sungbo Eredo The United States has provided $400,000 to preserve the Ancient Nigerian Earthworks at Sungbo’s Eredo. According to a statement on Wednesday by the US Embassy in Nigeria, the U.S. Mission to Nigeria proudly marks the culmination of a five-year effort to preserve and document Sungbo’s Eredo, a…
UNODC, Others Host Chess in Prisons Championship. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Chess in Slums Africa, and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have collaborated to host the first-ever Annual Chess in Prisons Championship. The event, which coincided with International Human Rights Day, was held on Tuesday at the Maiduguri Maximum Security…
UNODC: Many Nigerians See Corruption as Anathema, Ready to Fight it to a Standstill The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that Nigeria is on the right track to seeing an end to a culture of correction as many of its citizens see corruption as anathema and are willing to wage…
Don’t Pity Dele Farotimi! Dayo Thomas – A journalist The cases of Dele Farotimi and Aare Afe Babalola are indeed disturbing examples of how state power can be misused to persecute individuals who dare to challenge powerful people in Nigeria. This case involves a dispute between Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola. Farotimi accuses Babalola of…
Tinubu Insists Nigerians Are One President Bola Tinubu has pleaded that Nigeria should not be allowed to disintegrate on the altar of political differences, calling for peace and unity in the country even though he insisted that Nigerians are one no matter the divide. He appealed on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Bola Ahmed…
NHRC Officials March The Street of Abuja To Promote Respect for Human Rights. … Solicits Support for Human Rights FundMichael Olugbode in Abuja The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday marched on the streets of Abuja, the Nation’s capital, to call attention to the country’s respect for human rights and support for the Human Rights…
