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LAPO MfB, IITA, Water.org, IFC, others collaborate to strengthen ESG commitments, deepen sustainability impact

LAPO Microfinance Bank Partners with IITA, Water.org, IFC, and Others to Strengthen ESG...

Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...
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2,500 families to benefit from UNESCO’s biodiversity business training

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria and the National Park Service, has launched...

Northwest: EU partners FGN with €40m funding on education, youth empowerment programme

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), in a strategic partnership with the European Union (EU), has created a National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC) to...

2,500 families to benefit from UNESCO’s biodiversity business training

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria and the National Park Service, has launched a biodiversity business training programme in the Omo Biosphere Reserve, Ogun State. According to a statement published on PUNCH, the training aims to benefit 2,500 families from 10 communities within the Biosphere Reserve. The communities include Aba Kurudu, Oshoko, Owode, Abeku 1, Etemi, Apora, Akorede, Sojukorodo, Eseke, and Mokore. The statement revealed that the individuals would be empowered with skills to establish and operate biodiversity-based businesses, focusing...

2,500 families to benefit from UNESCO’s biodiversity business training

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria and the National Park Service, has launched...

Northwest: EU partners FGN with €40m funding on education, youth empowerment programme

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), in a strategic partnership with the European Union (EU), has created a National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC) to...

Nigerian nature-based carbon initiative, Gashaka Gumti selected to get UK support

The Carbon Accelerator Programme for the Environment (CAPE) has revealed that the Gashaka Gumti project has been selected, as one of four in its...

Do Good Charity ups efforts in building resilient communities with kindness

Do Good Charity Initiative, in collaboration with several partner organizations, marked the 2025 Good Deeds Day with a heartwarming outreach to the Precious Seed...

KSG woos foreign investor for agric, energy, tech funding

The Katsina State Government (KSG) under the leadership of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, has advanced discussions with foreign investors and development finance institutions to...

Nigeria’s Women Affairs Minister commemorates 2025 IWD, to attend UN summit

Nigeria's Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has called for urgent steps to advance gender equality in the country, she flagged off the...

Nigerians to now benefit from ECOWAS US$350m women empowerment project 

Nigeria has now been included as part of the countries to benefit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission US$365 million...

Clerics advocate stricter anti-LGBTQ laws in Nigeria

About sixty Nigerian clerics have pushed for tougher legislation against LGBTQ activities, including expanding the existing 14-year jail term to cover cross-dressing and content...

South Africa seeks Nigerian Lithium for e-vehicle revolution

South Africa is now seeking to explore an investment opportunity in Nigeria’s lithium to boost the evolution of e-vehicle industrialization and transport system.President of...