Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

September 7, 2018

FG, UNDP collaborate to mainstream SDGs in states, LGAs policies

The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs), says it is partnering with UNDP to mainstream SDGs in states […]
August 31, 2018

The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals? There’s an App for That.

Entrepreneurs are leveraging technology, including smartphone apps, to accomplish what bureaucracies are incapable of achieving alone. The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 objectives […]
August 28, 2018

Pathways to Deep Decarbonization – 2015 Report

  The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a collaborative global research initiative seeking to understand how individual countries can transition, on a technological, socio-economic and […]
August 23, 2018

UN Foundation, Partners Announce Winners of SDG Challenge for Female Entrepreneurs

The UN Foundation, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability of Arizona State University (ASU) and Vital Voices announced five winners of the WE Empower […]
August 14, 2018

PIND commits $190m to Niger Delta economic development and peace building

  The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has committed more than $190 million in carrying out its corporate mandates in the Niger […]
August 6, 2018

Oil community wants Shell to expedite action on spill

Residents of Aghoro, Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State have acknowledged current effort from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to deal with the May 17th […]
August 3, 2018

Sustaining global development goals in Nigeria’s construction industry

Analysts say Nigeria’s building industry is lagging behind in terms of standards but with the federal government interest in following global development trend the storyline may […]
April 20, 2018

Development Bank of Nigeria to receive $70m from EIB, AfDB

  The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending […]
August 18, 2015

A new drinkable book has pages that turn raw sewage into drinking water

As many as 358 million people in sub-Saharan Africa do not have reliable access to drinking water. Now, researchers have come up with a book on water safety whose pages can be used to filter water.
January 8, 2015

Coscharis Brings World-Class Service Centre to Calabar

In keeping with its identification with premium brands in the automobile industry, Coscharis Group has opened a world-class facility in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, as part of a deliberate effort to offer quality after-sales and vehicle maintenance services
September 2, 2014

FG, firms to build 250 houses in Akure

The Akure-based Medavile Construction Company has said it has concluded arrangements to work with the Federal Government and another firm to build 250 housing units in the Ondo State capital.
July 8, 2014

NDPHC to Improve Power Infrastructure to Boost Supply

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHC) says it has concluded plans to handover distribution and transmission sub-stations to Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to boost power […]