(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) a United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crisis has called for the protection of children and adolescents, schools and school personnel in the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof Aliyu Jauro has harped on the extent afforestation can go in cushioning the effects of environmental degradation and global warming. His organization, NESREA is an environmental agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria that was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has commended the Solid Mineral Development Fund (SMDF) for its commitment towards the implementation of its mandate. SMDF’s cardinal mandate is to act as a catalyst to spur development of Nigeria’s mining sector by undertaking targeted sustainable, profit-oriented investments and interventions in key […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Driven by its resolve to build a stronger and more resilient health systems in Africa, the European Investment (EIB), has promised to support the sector with € 500 million. The EIB is the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU) owned by its Member States. It makes long-term finance available for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In November last year, President Mohammadu Buhari made history when he gave assent to the Climate Change Bill, making Nigeria the second country in Africa after Kenya to have a climate change Act. Within the global context, President Buhari’s historic assent to the bill, sponsored by a member of the House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EEK Fertility, a herbal based company, Dr. Ekinyi Ochete has urged the Federal Government to make the registration of natural and alternative medicines easy for practitioners in the country. Dr. Ochete, a certified natural and alternative specialist, said the current registration process with the appropriate authorities in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and United States Government have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at protecting the cultural heritage of the West African nation. In Nigeria, cultural property continues to be subject to the threat of pillage, destruction, and loss due to excavation, criminal activity, natural disasters, and subsistence digging. Between 1969 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany needs at least 400,000 immigrants per year, from both within and outside the European Union (EU), according to figures released by the German Federal Employment Agency on Thursday. The agency said Germany’s attempts to attract skilled workers from abroad are failing to keep up with the current demand. Last year, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged key players and stakeholders in the insurance industry in Africa to brace up to the challenge of addressing damages arising from climate change across the continent. Prof. Osinbanjo gave the charge at the closing of the 2021 Conference of African Insurance Practitioners, with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government has urged all Nigerians to go out and get vaccinated to make themselves safe and make use of the COVID-19 vaccines that have been donated to boost the country’s fight against the pandemic. The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard gave the charge when she visited the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has called on investors from Saudi Arabia and across the globe to invest in the mining sector of the Nigerian economy. The minister made the call while addressing international investors during the just concluded Mining Conference in Riyadh Saudi, Saudi Arabia. Describing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced US$17.7 million grant to support access to quality life-sustaining education programmes for displaced, conflict-affected and vulnerable children and adolescents in Sudan. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, an estimated 4.3 million children were out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has harped on the need to establish the proposed long-term carbon sink to offset carbon emissions with a view to ameliorating the impact of climate change. Carbon Sink Fund involves activities and mechanisms that absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to offset carbon emissions through afforestation, reforestation, forest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $47.09 million grant for the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in Mozambique. Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) are integrated development initiatives designed to concentrate agro-processing activities within areas of high agricultural potential to boost productivity, integrate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Danish government has provided a $30.1 million grant for the African Water Facility for climate-smart water and sanitation services in four drought-prone countries in the continent. The African Water Facility which is tagged, “Improving access to climate-resilient safe water supply and sanitation services in the Sahel and Horn of Africa programme”, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, announced yesterday $12 million catalytic grant to fund the roll out of the first Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Burundi. This seed funding grant is coming as a response to interconnected crises that have left 1.9 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has applauded the growing partnership, socio-cultural and economic relationship between her country and Nigeria, particularly in the last one year. Ambassador Leonard said Nigeria is the United States’ second largest trading partner in Africa, adding that the Government of the United States is currently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, said the money recovered from looted assets by some Nigerians, is helping the Federal Government in financing capital projects and the fight against insecurity in the country. The minister said President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration has so far executed many capital […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has harped on the need for the Government of Cameroon to include an annex dedicated to gender budgeting in the country’s 2022 annual budget. The IMF said the West African nation should prioritize and develop a strategy for financial inclusion, adding that the need for steady progress on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Mathew Hassan Kukah has blamed the Nigerian government for not doing enough to address the negative effects of climate change in the country. The challenges associated with climate change in Nigeria include, increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; […]
