USDA to Triple Commitment with Initial $2.8 Billion Investment Piloting New Revenue Streams for America’s Climate-Smart Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Landowners, with Additional Projects to Come. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of…
Government workers are not excluded from paying waste bills…Says LAWMA MD
“Nobody is exempted from paying for waste evacuation, including civil servants”. The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has called on residents in the state, especially civil servants, to support efforts of the Authority to…
Nelson Mandela was a healer, mentor to generations – UN Chief
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Secretary-General António Guterres has hailed late Nelson Mandela, the first black President of Post-Apartheid South Africa and racial justice icon for the outstanding legacy he left after his demise. Guterres described Mandela as healer and mentor…
Pan-African coalition ‘ll advance just energy transition — Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a Pan-African position articulated and promoted by leaders of the continent on global Net-zero emissions target by 2050-2060, will further advance quest for a just energy transition. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in…
Robin Hood Foundation Announces No City Limits 2021 Lineup
Chelsea Clinton, Senator Cory Booker, Marcella Nunez-Smith, José Andrés, Ai-jen Poo and other leaders to speak at virtual, poverty-fighting conference Feb. 24 – Feb. 25 Robin Hood Foundation today announced the lineup for No City Limits: Reimagining the Poverty Fight 2021, the…