College of physicians urges new inductees to stay, contribute
By Aderogba George The West African College of Physicians has advised its new inductees to remain in their countries and contribute to the development of the health sector, rather than…
Stakeholders to scale-up agroecology, organic agriculture in W/Africa
By Felicia Imohimi The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with other stakeholders, has pledged to scale-up agroecology, organic agriculture and climate smart agriculture in the region.…
Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution Adopts ICT Applications to Curb crimes and violence in Nasarawa Sate
…educates stakeholders how to identify conflict indicators and respond appropriately Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has initiated and adopted information and communication technological related applications to monitor indicators of…
Military to harmonise counter-terrorism operations in North West – CDS
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has announced the harmonisation of all joint task force operations to tackle terrorism and banditry in the North…
ICPC warns against undermining S/Court judgment on LG autonomy
By Isaac Aregbesola The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has warned against undermining the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy. The ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa…
CDS tasks West African Defence Chiefs on upholding democratic values
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the change of government through coups in West African countries has had unintended consequences and threatened…
Disability Commission, JONAPWD, DRF calls for more inclusivity for PWDs
By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) and Disability Rights Funds (DRF) have called for more…
Nigeria, others yet to harness enormous opportunities in organic agriculture –experts
Experts in organic agriculture have called for more concerted efforts by stakeholders for Nigeria and other West Africa
VON offers NIGCOMSAT platform to enlighten citizens
By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Malam Jibrin Baba-Ndace has offered it platform to the Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) to enlighten citizens and…
GBV: West African traditional, religious leaders pledge to end harmful practices
West Africa traditional and faith leaders have pledged to end Gender Based Violence (GBV) and harmful traditional practices affecting women and girls, especially at the community level. They made the…
Ododo vows to bring perpetrators of Ogbe killing to justice
Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State has vowed to deploy available resources to bring the perpetrators of Ogbe killing to book and guarantee security in the area. According to reports,…
World Bank partners association on best practices in contract management
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FG harps on effective RDI coordination for sustainable development
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Research group calls for national policy, governance on open science
The West and Central African Research Education Network (WACREN) has called for a national policy, governance and institutional framework to support the deployment of open science in Nigerian Higher Institutions.…
W/A democracy: Organisation calls for collective solutions to challenges
By Sadiq Hussain and Emmanuel Oloniruha (NAN) The Abuja School of Social and Political Thought (ASSPT) has called on international community and regional power blocs to proffer collective solution to…