Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

April 27, 2017

UNICEF, Cross River LGA push for attainment of SDG 6

Determined to meet the global and Nigerian roadmap to eliminating open defecation by 2025 and attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 of […]
April 26, 2017

Opinion: Implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

While each of the 17 items in the SDGs has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years terminating in 2030, it is important […]
April 25, 2017

Abia State Govt to raise Standard of Made-in-Aba Shoes

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says his administration will enhance the standard of shoemaking in Aba as part of its investment development strategy. Ikpeazu, who made […]
April 25, 2017

CEPEJ Leads Protest against Environmental Degradation

A non governmental organisation (NGO), Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), last weekend protested against environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region as part of […]
April 21, 2017

World Bank President expresses fears over Unemployment, Famine in Nigeria & Other Developing Countries

About two-thirds of jobs in developing economies would be lost soon as high-level fragility continues to impact negatively on business activities.Also, rising technological innovations that are […]
April 20, 2017

Ondo State Government Launches Meningitis awareness programme

The Ondo State Government has launched an intensive awareness programme to sensitize inhabitants on meningitis. The Ministry of Health, which anchored the programme, directed health officials to […]
April 20, 2017

Nigeria’s Economic Recovery Plan gets endorsement at IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday backed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) released last month by President Muhammadu Buhari. The ERGP is a […]
February 17, 2017

Leading the Niger Delta away from an oil dependent economy

It is widely acknowledged that, countries do better when the economy is diversified and the people are not over reliant on natural products for their export earnings. Nigeria and the Niger Delta know and feel this reality acutely as we struggle through low oil prices and reduced levels of crude oil production.
February 16, 2017

SMW 2017: PIND to Host Panel session on How Government Institutions in the Niger Delta Can Leverage Tech for Citizen Engagement

As part of activities marking the 2017 edition of Social Media Week Lagos, The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND, will be organizing […]
February 2, 2017

Abia State Trains 500 On ICT Development

In effort to implement Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's pledge to train and empower 100,000 unemployed Abia youths, for which Education For Employment (E4E) progrmame was established, 500 ICT practitioners were last week, given three days appropriate induction/training in Umuahia in Kiara College.
January 30, 2017

Delta begins war against water-borne diseases

Delta State is acquiring a statewide testing and data analysis of water quality, an exercise intended to wage war against water borne diseases. The scheme was flagged off by the governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, last Thursday, January 26, 2017. This is as the state has also launched a five-year football development scheme to produce future soccer stars that once made old Bendel a Mecca of sports.
January 25, 2017

FG To Launch Free Healthcare Programme In Niger Delta – Minister

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, says the Federal Government will soon  embark on a free healthcare intervention scheme in the nine oil […]