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9 Apr
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has offered N200 million in support to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bayelsa State.
25 Mar
Global television audiences who tune in for their local weather reports today are in for a surprise – a special forecast from the year 2050. While the format is familiar, the forecasts – anchored by children – are not. These young TV meteorologists joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for its newly Weather Kids campaign, created…
21 Mar
United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, will organise a Northwest peace and security summit in the state.
20 Mar
The newly launched Human Development Index report for 2023/24 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed that Human Capital Development has been on constant decline since 2019.
19 Mar
The newly launched Human Development Index report for 2023/24 by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has revealed that human capital development has been on a constant decline since 2019. The HDR showed that the path of human development progress which shifted downwards in 2020 has remained below the pre-2019 trend, threatening to entrench permanent…
3 Mar
Bimbo Oloyede has the reputation of being the first woman to cast Network News on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). She is an author, speaker and trainer, and has been a broadcast professional for nearly five decades.
28 Feb
European ambassadors have called for a just international order where people around the world can benefit from peace, stability and prosperity. This was the content of a statement marking two years of Russia...
27 Feb
The Federal Government has urged development partners, civil society groups and stakeholders in the gender sector to ensure that training provided to women and girls is complemented with essential tools, empowering them to apply their skills effectively.
20 Dec
“As long as power-hungry and inordinately ambitious candidates have to pay humongous sums of between N10 million to N100 million for political parties’ nomination forms for senatorial, gubernatorial and presidential contests
15 Dec
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasized the urgency of accelerating climate action plans through national financing strategies and Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs), highlighting their critical role in climate action financing. Orelope-Adefulire made these remarks at a pivotal Climate Finance Side Event hosted by…
11 Dec
“As long as power-hungry and inordinately ambitious candidates have to pay humongous sums of between N10 million to N100 million for political parties’ nomination forms for senatorial, gubernatorial and presidential contests, in a country that currently boasts of 133 million multi-dimensionally poor citizens
9 Dec
Ogun State government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are to cooperate in the areas of economic development and technology.This was stated at a stakeholders' meeting between UNDP team
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The United Nation Industrial Development Organisation(UNIDO) in conjunction with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and Oyakhilome foundation have reiterated the resolve to address epileptic power supply in the country.
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Niger State government has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bayer AG on agricultural revolution to benefit two million farmers.
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Tech4her Africa on Thursday launched its DataDiva Project, an ambitious initiative aimed at equipping 5,000 female university students across Lagos and three other Southwest states in Nigeria with essential data science skills by 2026. The DataDiva project is an independent program organised to support the annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon held at Stanford…
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…
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The New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), on Thursday, declared its readiness for reconciliation with former members who have expressed a desire to rejoin the party. NNPP also debunked the claims made by some expelled individuals who announced the suspension of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State for attending the NNPP national convention. The Acting…
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In response to disruptions sparked by recent haulage rate announcements for Eastern Ports, the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) has agreed to schedule a stakeholder meeting to renegotiate the rates. This, according to NSC will serve as a platform where robust consultation and decisive action would be taken to ease the stress of port users. Emerging…
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Nigeria's Tunde Onakoya has completed one full day in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest Chess marathon in Times Square, United States. Onakoya is attempting to break the longest chess marathon which currently stands at 56 hours,nine minute and 37 seconds. The record was achieved by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur…
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The Oyo State Government says it demolished the building belonging to the Yoruba Nation agitators in its capital, Ibadan, over alleged illegal and nefarious activities in the house.
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Cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance said it is working very closely with the Nigerian government over its detained executive. The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, disclosed this on Thursday with the company's head of financial crime compliance still in detention in Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Binance for laundering…