The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the welfare and health of its workforce by organising an extensive medical screening program for its sanitation workers, commonly referred to as street sweepers. The event took place at…
Food State of Emergency: IRC recommends simplified approaches for significant gains
Simplified approaches can lead to significant efficiency gains and scale, enabling policy shift that can help us reach more children now The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has recommended for President Bola Tinubu to implement approaches to reach more children. Babatunde…
Food Security: Sorghum Farmers Commend President on State of Emergency
The Sorghum Farmers Association of Nigeria (SOFAN), has commended President Bola Tinubu for declaring a state of emergency on food security. The President of the association, Alhaji Lawal Gada, made the commendation when he addressed newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.…
80% of Africa’s people facing hunger due to conflict
The World Food Security and Nutrition Report has stated that over 80percent of people suffering from food security live in conflict ravaged locations. The recently released report by the International Committee of the Red Cross paints an extremely uncomfortable picture…
122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019 Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including…
Coldhubs unveils 5 units of 20 tonnes refrigeration trucks
By Fabian Ekeruche ColdHubs, manufacturers of solar powered cold rooms has unveiled five units, 20-tonnes refrigerated trucks into its refrigeration transportation services in Nigeria. The five additional refrigerated trucks makes it a total of seven trucks ColdHubs is deploying…
Climate Change: Private sector crucial to overcoming Africa’s critical investment gaps – African Development Bank
Private sector crucial to overcoming Africa’s critical investment gaps – African Development Bank Bank’s partnership with the African Sovereign Investor’s Forum represents important step in terms of increasing the leverage of investments as well as reassuring global investors seeking to…
Easter: Club donates N300, 000 food items to orphanage home
The Evergreen G6 Club, a Non-Governmental Organisaion (NGO) has donated some food items worth N300,000 to Rachel’s Home for the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Kurudu, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Bamidele Olujobi, the President of the Club, represented…
Climate Resilient Indigenous Crops Underutilised even as Climate Change Threatens to Cripple Food Systems
By Joyce Chimbi Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting’ang’a village in the Central part of Kenya, growing up on a diet heavy on Amaranth and pumpkin. The 45-year-old speaks about the shame of neighbours finding out the frequency with…
International Efforts to Combat Water Threats Are Announced at COP27
The effects of climate change on water supply and sea level rise were among the water issues that preoccupied delegations and organisations at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh. To try to combat the effects of climate change…
