Category: Development
Egun people in Makoko are customary tenants to our family – Baale
Located in Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, Makoko community is almost synonymous with slums and poverty. Originally a fishing post on the Lagos Lagoon, Makoko...
Canon marks third anniversary of UN’s Sustainability Development Goals
Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com), a provider of imaging technologies and services, yesterday marked the anniversary of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals...
North East: IITA, AfDB to help Taraba on cassava, train 60 extension workers
In its bid to boost cassava production in the North East, research institute, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is out to build a synergy...
Buhari calls for global action on climate change, Lake Chad crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that most crises usually have a variety of festering causes and effects. “It is the failure to address problems early and...
Is there Biosafety in Nigeria?
At a recent HOMEF dialogue with farmers, most of the participants declared that they have never heard of anything called genetically modified organisms (GMOs). When...
Lagos e-waste handlers capacity enhancement program holds Wednesday
A waste management outfit, E-waste Relief Foundation (ERF) has assured Nigerians of proper e-waste management to make Nigeria a Safer nation. The outfit is set to...
Street Lighting: Lagos covers 1300km in three years
The Lagos State Government has so far effectively installed street lighting in about 1300kilometres across the State, with a projection to deliver another 82kilometres...
Ambode to flagg-off 2nd Lagos summer School in digital humanity
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, is expected to declare open the 2nd Lagos Summer School in Digital Humanities (LSSDH-2018) under the chairmanship...
The status quo must change – Adesina tells FinDev Canada
No country can possibly move forward in the 21st century if it leaves half of its talent on the sidelines,” African Development (www.AfDB.org) President, Akinwumi...
National governments urged to step up climate action by 2020
A major international summit ended yesterday in California, USA with delegates calling on national governments to join forces to step up climate action ahead of...
