World leaders are rallying support for a coordinated and coherent approach to reverse the loss of healthy land in the light of the role it can play in the global efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to deal with the crises of climate change and the loss of biological diversity. At a virtual high-level forum today (Thursday, 17...

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has entered into a partnership with a cassava flour and chips production company, Pacific Ring West Africa Limited (PRWAL) as government’s effort to diversify and boost the agriculture sector gathers momentum. Speaking when he received the management of the company led by its managing director, Thomas Hirsch, in his office today...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Desertification and Drought Day (WDDD) 2021, the Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood, has said over 40 million people are affected by desertification in the 15 northern states of the country. He stated this at an event organized by the ministry in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory...

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has expressed strong conviction that Nigeria will have a Nobel Prize laureate in the area of science and technology in the near future. Onu gave this verdict when he received the ambassador/permanent delegate of Nigeria to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Amb. Hajo Sani, in his office...

The Federal Government says it is committed to permanently bringing a lasting solution to the farmers-herders’ conflicts which have often produced violent and expensive consequences. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono stated this at the 44th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development held today (June 17, 2021) in Abuja. Speaking on...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has made second presentation of Nigeria Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startup Policy (NDIESP) to the public. The NDIESP being championed by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy comprises six priority thrusts, namely advancing human capital, unlocking access to capital, enabling infrastructure,...

The President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, has said Nigeria can tap into the enormous benefits of booming digital economy by deepening private sector participation in the making of policies and programmes for streamlining activities in the sector. He made this assertion at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on digital...

The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) has conferred the Digital Economy Driver Award on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami for "positioning Nigeria’s digital economy sector on the path of sustainable development." The association bestowed the honour on the minister when its new executive members visited him in his office. It said the award was in...

The chief executive officer of Ecologistics Integrated Services Ltd, Dr. Paul Abolo, has made a case for an effective payment for environmental pollution as a fiscal policy to support the huge financial requirement for climate adaptation initiatives in Lagos State. He stated this at the climate finance session at the eighth international climate change summit in Lagos, noting that the...

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development today (June 16, 2021), commenced a 2-day stakeholders’ interface meeting on gender mainstreaming in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. The meeting, expected to have representatives of MDAs, traditional rulers, religious leaders, youth leaders and women leaders from mineral bearing communities in attendance is part of the centre’s effort of addressing the prevalence of gender-based violence in the extractive sector in Nigeria. A statement by the programme coordinator, CentreLSD,...