The Assembly is being hosted by the government of Kenya in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) The Second United Nations Habitat Assembly (UNHA2) is set to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 9…
Defence College provost backs call for drug test on public office holders
Prof. Adam Ahmed, the Provost of National Defence College, Centre for Strategic Research and Studies, has backed the call for drug test for all public office holders in the country. Ahmed made his position known while answering questions from newsmen…
USAID partners Lagos Water Corporation to improve Water Supply
“OUR AIM IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER SUPPLY IN LAGOS” – LWC MD/CEO Lagos State Government, through the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), has said her aim is to improve access to potable water supply in the State. This…
NSSF to build community confidence in vaccines through series of webinar
By Augusta Uchediunor The Nigerian Solidarity Support Fund(NSSF) says it is committed to expanding access to vaccines through building community confidence in vaccination. Dr Fejiro Chinye- Nwoko , General Manager/CEO NSSF disclosed this in a statement made available on…
Groundwater Access Facility to Boost New Solutions to Horn of Africa Droughts
The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing the worst drought in 73 years and is about to face its sixth consecutive failed rainy season The governments of Ethiopia and of The Netherlands, supported by technical partners including the World…
Provide safe water for underserved communities, WaterAid charges stakeholders
WaterAid Nigeria has appealed to the government and the Organised Private Sector to provide access to safe drinking water to underserved communities in the country. The Country Director, WaterAid Nigeria, Evelyn Mere, made the appeal on Wednesday in a goodwill…
Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa
By Marine Olivesi Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the last school year.…
Global leaders say Africa can achieve water security by 2030, present three pathways supported by action plan
The three proposed pathways outline how to unlock and scale an unprecedented pipeline of investable water projects through greater risk sharing between public and private finance Achieving water security and sustainable sanitation for all in Africa is possible by 2030…
Coca-Cola: Creating A Better Shared Future Through Women Economic Empowerment
‘Equality is not just the right thing to do, it is smart economics. No society can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contribution of half its citizens.’ At Coca-Cola, we…
LAWMA Partners Firms for CSR to Communities
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has partnered AOA Windstream and Applistructure Consulting Ltd to launch a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, tagged “LAWMA GrassRoots Benefit,” which saw the distribution of packages of essential commodities, to the people of Otto, Ijora-Olopa…
