Tag: Sustainable Development Goals
Nigeria Inaugurates 2nd Voluntary Review Report on SDGs
Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs) on Monday inaugurated the 2nd National Voluntary Review Report on SDGs. ... Read More
Nigeria needs N103 trn to implement 2019-2022 SDGs – UN
Nigeria needs not less than 337 billion dollars to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2019 to 2022, the UN Support Plan for the ... Read More
UNICEF advocates improved investment in nutrition
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of Federal Ministry of Information and Culture have identified improved investment in nutrition ... Read More
School feeding Programme: FG feeds 8.7m school children
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government has no fewer than 8.7 million school children in its ... Read More
President Buhari directs Ministry to convene summit on education
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks. President Mohammadu Buhari The ... Read More
Nigeria records 13.1% increase on human development index- UNDP
The UNDP says Nigeria’s Human Development Index has increased from 0.466 to 0.527 or 13.1 per cent increase between 2005 and 2015. Mr Edward Kallon, ... Read More
Commonwealth community urged to build partnerships to facilitate investment in ICTs
The secretary-general of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Shola Taylor, called on delegates at the opening ceremony of the inaugural Commonwealth ICT Investment Forum for ... Read More
UN Deputy Secretary-General Advises On Prompt Preparations For Census
Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has tasked the Federal Government on the need to promptly begin preparations for the next population census. Mohammed gave the ... Read More
Ageing Population To Be Included In Development Plan – SDGs Office
Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals Nigeria (OSSAP-SDGs) says it is working with relevant stakeholders to include the ... Read More
Commonwealth Trade ministers pledge to harness ‘Commonwealth advantage’ to boost trade
Commonwealth trade and investment ministers concluded their two-day meeting in London today with a commitment to make full use of the ‘Commonwealth advantage’ to boost ... Read More
SDGs: United Nation Commends Nigeria’s Domestication Progress
Clair Adelabu-Abdulrazak, Abuja: The United Nations has described Nigeria as a leader in domesticating the sustainable development goals -SDGs. At a “UNITAR learning conference” organized ... Read More
Declining Prices Of Food Thwarts Poverty Eradication
Food The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) warned that the declining prices of food could thwart efforts to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty. FAO stated ... Read More
News Summary: 2016 Annular Eclipse, Nigerian Army On Future Of The North East, And All You Need to Know Today 2/9/2016
President Buhari Commissions Oshogbo High School President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Federal Government’s determination to implement far reaching measures towards entrenching the change mantra to ... Read More
AU Summit: Africa’s Urgent Need Is To Address Inequality, Poverty – VP Yemi Osinbajo
Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President Nigeria and other African nations have to rise up to the urgent need of addressing the problems of poverty and inequality ... Read More
Over 69M Children Worldwide At The Risk of Death – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), reports that almost 70 million children worldwide (mostly in Africa), may die before 2030 and some 750 million ... Read More
Former Lagos Deputy Governor Appointed SSA To The President on SDGs
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as his Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mrs. Orelope-Adefulire, Deputy of ... Read More
CBN Governor Assures: Nigeria’s Economy Not Threatened By Recession
Godwin Emefiele, Governor Central Bank of Nigeria The Nigerian delegation to the IMF World Bank meeting says the nation’s economy is not threatened by recession ... Read More