The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria must build at least 39 million toilets annually to end open defecation practices in Nigeria by 2025. Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at UNICEF, Jane Bevan, while speaking at the opening of a two-day Maiden Toilet Business Owners Conference on Monday, July 3 in Abuja said the nation’s
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The Toronto School of Management (TSoM) Scholarship has been established in order to support and encourage International students and their family members to join the Toronto School of Management (TSoM) and help them to continue working to achieve their educational goals. The Sherryl Kintu Scholarship was also set up as a tribute to, and in recognition of, the passions and
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Power Africa Presidential Initiative, and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have signed an extension and expansion of their existing Regional Development Objectives Agreement (RDOAG). The move deepens the strategic partnership and expands the basis for cooperation in developing innovative and sustainable solutions to combat energy poverty, and climate change, and
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As part of its efforts to put nature on a recovery path by the end of this decade, the Global Environment Facility’s, GEF, governing board has approved plans to establish a “game-changing” new fund to finance the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The GEF Council decision, taken during a meeting in Brazil in June, clears the way for
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The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) will deploy $63 million in urgent funding for countries on the frontlines of climate change following a meeting of the Global Environment Facility-managed funds in Brazil. In its 34th meeting, the LDCF/SCCF Council approved six projects to boost climate resilience in countries including Bhutan, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti,
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African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies invites applications from civil society actor, religious/ traditional leader, representative from an African civil society organisation national or international organisation from or working on Africa for a capacity building training on Regional & International Human Rights mechanisms. Deadline: 16 July 2023 Click here to apply: www.Acdhrs.org/training Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR)
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King of the Bapindi Kingdom Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Arnold Kufulula, has emphasized the profound significance of peace in his nation as a catalyst for the development of Africa as a whole. Speaking against the backdrop of a recent UN humanitarian agencies which stated that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager for the greater Horn of Africa emergency Liesbeth Aelbrecht, in a statement that children in the area were also in urgent need. According to him, “About five million
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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