The Lagos Waste Management Authority, (LAWMA), and the state’s Ministry of the Environment, have paid a field visit to Polysmart, a wholly indigenous multimillion dollar plastic recycling facility, located in Aiyetoro, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to explore areas of partnership, towards solving…
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…
African Energy Stakeholders Endorse National Innovation Diploma by Asteven Energy Institute
….to establish regional training centers ….to become an accredited center for clean cooking stoves certification Energy Stakeholders in Sub-saharan Africa have reiterated their insistence on the need to develop and reinforce regional focused indigenous manpower in the renewable energy sector.…
Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Strengthen United States (US) Partnership with Ghana and Promote Regional Security
The United States supports the holistic approach being taken by Ghana, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Togo to address threats of violent extremism and instability, combining security, development, and peacebuilding The United States and Ghana enjoy a strong bilateral relationship…
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…
ESG practices towards transformative change for a more sustainable world
Currently, the world is facing multiple sustainability challenges at a global scale, such as the global climate crisis, our overreliance on fossil fuels, ecosystem collapse, wars and human rights violations, gender discrimination, racism, migrant crises, and the list goes on.…
HEDA urges NJC to ignore calls for EFCC cases boycott
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to ignore calls for boycott of cases brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is contained in a statement by…
LASTMA NAB ANOTHER FAKE TRAFFIC OFFICER AT IKOYI, LAGOS
…recover fake identity card and reflective jacket. …Agency launches manhunt for others in the acts. Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) over the weekend nabbed another serial fake traffic officer around Ikoyi area of Lagos. In…
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.…
LWC, NIMechE, mark world water day with SDG 6 Essay Competition
winning students go home with laptops and gifts participating schools get monetary support To mark the International Water Day, the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) in collaboration with the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, earlier today, held the grand finale of…
