ACReSAL
21 Jan
Governor Dauda Lawal has expressed his administration’s commitment to environmental sustainability and policies encouraging green practices in Zamfara State. He spoke on Tuesday while launching the distribution of vehicles and various other tools for the Zamfara Youth Sanitation Programme, at the Government House in Gusau. A statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, described…
16 Jan
The World Bank says it has disbursed N5 billion to 140 communities across the 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Plateau to help them tackle climate change. The Country Director of World Bank in Nigeria, Mr Ndiame Diop, said this on Thursday in Jos during the formal disbursement of the funds to the benefitting communities.…
10 Jan
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Sem-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) stakeholders have concluded arrangements aimed at using the integrated catchment management concept for dry season farming to address challenges of large-scale land degradation in the northern parts of the country.
27 Dec
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Environment, in partnership with Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), have taken steps to combat the negative effects of climate change and support farmers in the state to boost food production.
24 Dec
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Environment in partnership with Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) to combat the negative effects of climate change to revive and support farmers in the state to boost food surplus. The duo made this known at a hybrid stakeholders’ engagement and retreat, organised to evaluate the progress and impact of…
20 Dec
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Temitope Fashedemi, has expressed displeasure over the decline of agricultural productivity in most parts of northern states, linking the challenge to climate risks and natural disasters
17 Dec
The Federal Government and World Bank have concluded a pact to invest from a loan facility of $700 million, aimed at addressing issues surrounding climate change challenges, natural and human in the nineteen (19) northern states and Federal Capital Territory. Speaking at the ACReSAL Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja, Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Environment,…
29 Nov
Kwara State government has collaborated with the Universal Climate Initiative (UCI) and the Federal Government's Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) to commence the planting of 160,000 trees across the state. In the move to reclaim degraded lands, the government has planned to use 35 hectares of land in its ongoing statewide campaigns against climate…
22 Nov
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) said 17 communities in Akwanga local council in Nasarawa State have benefited from its rural infrastructure development which has helped reduce conflict between herder and farmers. ACReSAL said it constructed 17 solar-powered boreholes in 17 communities, and 408 solar-powered streetlights in 83 communities in the state since 2023.…
30 Sep
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Abdullahi Aliyu, has lauded the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Nigeria project for restoring the Nguru Wetlands Ecosystem in Yobe State.
19 Sep
Niger State government has unveiled the ACReSAL project, a World Bank-assisted initiative aimed at tackling desertification and enhancing community resilience. The program was officially launched on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna. It is set to complement the technical assistance provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN)…
14 Sep
The Federal Government, through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project says it will restore about one million hectares of degraded land in Northern Nigeria. Its National Project Coordinator, Mr. Abdulhamid Umar, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ engagement on the ‘Development of Strategic Catchment Management Plans in Wetland Zones of Northern Nigeria’, on Friday…
Latest
2 mins ago
Sixteen-year-old Colette Nwachukwu is appealing for financial assistance to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with advanced chronic kidney disease at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos.
3 mins ago
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has warned that the country could be consumed by out-of-school children menace if concerted efforts are not made to urgently tackle it. Alausa said this informed the federal government’s decision to collaborate with state governors
3 mins ago
There are usually multiple categories of diasporic citizens. Three are, however, easier to identify. The first are those who express love for their origin, are concerned about its well-being, and directly or indirectly participate in peace
7 mins ago
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of undermining Nigeria’s democracy by eroding the separation between state power and personal ambition.
8 mins ago
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered four landed title documents worth over N1 billion from criminal syndicates. The title documents were falsified by a syndicate of land fraudsters in Abuja who allegedly forged the documents,
11 mins ago
Napoli have rejected Galatasaray’s €65 million bid for a permanent transfer of Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen. He joined the Istanbul based side on loan for a season last September after last minutes attempt to join Chelsea in the Premier League failed.
13 mins ago
The decision of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), to suspend foreign scholarships for academic staff of beneficiary tertiary institutions, has continued to generate significant attention and discussion in the education sector.
23 mins ago
Amid the economic hardship and digital glitches that dominated last year, financial transactions via electronic payment platforms rose by nearly 80 per cent to break the quadrillion mark for the first time in 2024
28 mins ago
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday, slammed a three-month suspension on Max Air over the crash-landing incident involving its B734 aircraft, marked 5N-MBD, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Tuesday night.