Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

March 29, 2019

How 5G can advance the SDGs

  Ultra-fast 5G wireless technology has been widely touted as a potentially transformative development, on par with the advent of electricity. This is not mere hyperbole. […]
March 28, 2019

Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle and Diageo Launch Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance

Global consumer goods companies operating across Africa have launched the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance (APRA) in an attempt to intensify plastic recycling in sub-Saharan Africa. This […]
March 28, 2019

FG partners India to boost power, agriculture, others in Niger Delta

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has said the federal government was ready to collaborate with the government of India on training, youth […]
February 8, 2019

Opinion: 5 hacks for a better request for proposals process

There is a growing consensus in international development that we will not achieve our development goals without tapping the resources, investment, and expertise of the private sector. But that can be difficult: […]
February 4, 2019

States recorded N264.38bn IGR growth in Q3 2018 – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its states level Internally Generated Revenue records for Q3 2018 says States and Federal Capital Territory recorded N264.38bn as […]
February 4, 2019

Edo Polytechnic Usen To Unveil Centre For Geospatial Information Science, Holds 3rd Public Lecture

As another testament to reforms in higher education driven by Governor Godwin Obaseki in the state, the Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has concluded plans to unveil […]
January 23, 2019

UN forecasts global economic growth around 3 percent in 2019

The global economy will grow around 3 percent annually in 2019 and 2020, but waning support for multilateralism, escalating trade disputes, increasing debt and rising climate […]
January 22, 2019

UNICEF to work with Bayelsa Govt to reduce Out-Of-School Children

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Bayelsa State government on Monday commenced a school enrollment campaign in Yenagoa aimed at […]
January 22, 2019

Empowering Women in the Maritime Community

“Empowering Women in the Maritime Community” has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2019. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of […]
January 21, 2019

Oxfam says world wealth gap widening, advocates fairer taxes

Wealth inequality around the world is “out of control” and doing particular harm to women, anti-poverty campaigner Oxfam warned Monday ahead of the annual gathering of […]
January 18, 2019

Chevron-powered development body inaugurates 241 million naira projects in 8 Bayelsa oil communities

It was celebration galore, weekend, for eight oil-bearing communities on the Atlantic fringe of Bayelsa State as KEFFES Rural Development Foundation, RDF, inaugurated 20 capital projects […]
January 14, 2019

Free transportation for Abia natives going home for elections

  A group, Concerned Citizens of Abia in Diaspora (CCAD), has promised to provide free transportation for all its indigenes across the country wanting to travel […]