Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

May 18, 2017

BASELINE STUDY: Conflict Capacity of Stakeholders in WASH Prog across 10 LGAs in the Niger Delta

In recent times, a number of donor agencies (UNICEF, USAID, The World Bank, etc.) have engaged in the provision of water and sanitation systems in rural […]
May 18, 2017

NRCRI trains Youths on Cassava Stem Multiplication

The National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike, Abia State in collaboration with the Federal Government has commenced a two-week training on Cassava Stem Multiplication for […]
May 18, 2017

A Guide to SDGs interactions: from Science to Implementation

Countries can achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by prioritizing investments and policies that bolster positive relationships across the goals, says a new report released […]
May 16, 2017

Conflict Profiles for 10 LGAs in 5 Niger Delta States

Over 80% of the conflicts in the Niger Delta are resource-based. Often, such conflicts induce boundary claims that further propagate violence. In the non-oil producing agrarian […]
May 16, 2017

Friends of the Earth Nigeria urges Governors to set up Labs to Manage Oil Spills

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) yesterday urged governors of the Niger Delta states to establish world-class scientific laboratories to manage oil spills […]
May 15, 2017

Why Nigeria doesn’t have a Slice of the $2.7bn Global Pineapple Trade

Most Nigerians and even government are still not looking in the direction of tapping into the yet-to-be fully explored opportunities in the agricultural sector, especially the […]
May 15, 2017

Public-Private Partnership key to ICT Development — Onyeama

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has stressed the need for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in driving Information Communication Technology (ICT) and development of […]
May 10, 2017

Poverty Eradication is Very Urgent — Amina Mohammed

The entire global community must approach poverty eradication with a sense of urgency, Amina Mohammed, deputy UN secretary-general, has said. Mohammed, in her message to the […]
May 10, 2017

Why is World Tuna Day Important?

As migratory tuna species account for 20 per cent of the value of all marine capture fisheries and over eight per cent of all globally traded […]
May 10, 2017

Funding, Major Challenge with Museums in Nigeria — Odey

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments has described funding as a major challenge to the development of monuments and museums in the country. The Direction […]
May 9, 2017

When Facebooks Chukwuemeka Afigbo visited Port Harcourt…

Facebook’s Head of Platform Partnership Middle East and Africa, Chukwuemeka Afigbo was in Port Harcourt on April 27th – 28th 2017, to access the tech community […]
May 7, 2017

Is the Niger Delta ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

  Last year one of my favourite gifts was an autographed copy of “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” written by Prof Klaus Schwab, founder of the World […]