A recent report on ranking of nations using the Misery Index on the state of living standards appears quite worrisome, particularly to the ordinary Nigerian. According to the latest Misery Index Report released by one Steve Hanke, an economist from the John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America, Nigeria was ranked as the sixth…

Leaders and stakeholders in the financial industry at Access Bank sustainability summit called for an improved approach to the attainment of the 18 Sustainable Development Goals. The summit held at Access Bank headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos was themed 'Financing Sustainable Development'. Head, sustainability at Access Bank Plc, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan said as the achievement of…

It should be curious and inscrutable why political leaders who are still undergoing political recruitment process called periodic elections cannot...

A Nigerian, Job Oyebisi, who won the 2018 Idea Change Lives British Council global competition, was yesterday awarded a cash prize of £20,000 for emerging champion. Oyebisi, who runs StanLab, a 3D virtual science laboratory, is also a joint winner of the competition with ‘Malawi's mHub’. He won the championship that featured over 170 countries…

Mrs Nwabufo Chika, (fondly nicknamed ‘Ika’) has been a breast cancer survivor for six years. Unfortunately, last year November, the cancer spread to her spine.... and affected her walking.

In a bid to aid the United Nations’ drive for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year 2030, 17 schoolgirls drawn from 17 schools in Lagos State recently put their creative skills to use through drawing. It was organised by child-centred Vision of the Child (VoTC) initiative of the Creative Youth Community…

Former Ambassador /Head of European Union (EU) delegation to the African Union Ambassador, Tim Clarke has tasked government and the academic community...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has attributed the prevalence of urban planning problems...

To meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sub-Sahara Africa countries, according to the Women and Children Health Foundation (WACHEF) require at least additional one million healthcare workers. This, according to the foundation, is why states, as a matter of urgency, need to adopt and implement the National policy document on Task Shifting and Task Sharing (TSTS).…

There was wild jubilation in Enugu yesterday as 536 trainees of the second batch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Skill Acquisition Programme instantly received alert of N100,000 each.

The Federal Government has urged all stakeholders to make concerted efforts to ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) take center-stage in development, planning and execution across Africa.

For Nigeria to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mental health should be given priority by the leaders. This was the position of many university lecturers who spoke at the 18th edition of the late Dr. Victor Awosika Memorial Symposium organized by the University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association, Ibadan. At the event titled: “For the…