The President African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the African Development Fund (ADF) will introduce a Climate Action Window to mobilise between $4 billion and $13 billion for climate adaptation for ADF countries. In a statement from the AfDB on Tuesday, Adesina said this at the Africa Climate Adaptation Summit which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Monday. The ADF countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Rwanda. Others are Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Twelve per cent growth in Nigeria’s maize production is yet another testament to the success of the agricultural policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that the report published by an international news agency, Reuters, shows that the President has been living up to his 2015 vow to encourage farming in the country. “On assuming office over seven years ago, Buhari vowed to invest more in agriculture and encourage farming. He spoke of the need for self-sufficiency in food production and…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the State House, Abuja. The Polish President, who arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10.30a.m, was received by the Nigerian leader at the fore Court of the State House. The two leaders went into bilateral talks to discuss issues concerning both countries as well as international matters. Buhari last visited Poland in Dec. 2018, where he attended the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24), under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Nigerian government on Tuesday in Abuja met with Vice Chancellors and Pro-Chancellors of federal universities to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu at the meeting, described the indefinite strike by ASUU as an anguish and internal turmoil to him. Adamu said he wanted the parties to reach an amicable resolution of all the issues contained in the 2009 Agreements because the past two weeks had been a very dark period in the education sector. “I used to think in a climate of frankness, and with mutual goodwill, an…
A cross section of Nigerians on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to heed to demands from members of the public and unveil the sponsors of terrorism and stop further pardoning of the apprehended terrorists and bandits. They expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, Akure, Osogbo, Ado-Ekiti, Abeokuta and Ilorin, warning against any form of disposition suggestive of the government’s sympathy with the terrorists and bandits. The respondents said granting amnesty to the terrorists and shielding of alleged sponsors of terrorism were steps capable of compounding the nation’s security challenges as it…
Washington DC-based Nexford University, in collaboration with Tunde Onakoya Chess in Slums Africa, has awarded Nigeria’s Jamiu Ninilowo, winner of its novelty game, with 100 per cent scholarship. According to a statement signed by Olamidun Majekodunmi, Country Director of Nexford University, on Tuesday, the university also gave Ninilowo a laptop and an internet modem. Majekodunmi said that Ninilowo, who had distinctions in West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, had been desiring to be a student of the university. Nexford University on Monday held a chess competition at the Community Space, Lekki Lagos. The competition featured students of the university and champions of…
Google on Tuesday announced the selection of 60 eligible startups across Africa with $4 million dollars funding to enable them scale up their ongoing work. The programme, which is called Google Black Founders Fund (BFF) for startups in Africa, is the second phase of the global tech giant’s funding for African startups. Folarin Aiyegbusi, Google’s Head of Startup Ecosystem, Sub Sahara Africa said in a statement that the startups joining the programme would receive a total of $4m in funding. Aiyegbusi said that the startups would also receive support to enable them to scale up their ongoing work. He said that the programme reinforced Google’s…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) has said that over 282 million people in sub-Saharan Africa face extreme hunger. “As we speak, 282 million people on the continent, over one-fifth of the population, are facing hunger, an increase of 46 million people,” FAO forestry management officer, Kenichi Shono, said. Shono said at the opening session of the fourth World Teak Conference in Accra, the Ghanaian capital that the recent spike is due to a combination of factors. Such factors include COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the climate crisis. Coupled with the hunger situation, Shono said, severe drought is…
Dr Bolanle Hakeem-Akanbi, an NYSC member, on Tuesday in Abuja called on stakeholders to adopt the `One Health Approach’ to prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases. Hakeem-Akanbi made the call in an interview on the sidelines of the presentation of her project, ‘Personal Community Development Service’. The personal community development service is titled: One Health Approach to Zoonotic Diseases Control and Management. Hakeem-Akanbi said that the one health approach was in collaboration with multiple sector; from human, animal and environment, toward the prevention and control of diseases, as well as other related health challenges. She said, “it is in recognition of…
Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has blamed the recent hike in the price of fertiliser on the high inflation rate across the world. The Executive Secretary of FEPSAN, Mr Gideon Negedu, said this in an interview on Monday in Lagos. He said that the current inflation rates in the economies of the world had grossly affected the cost of production in the fertiliser sector. “The current inflation rate has affected the cost of commodities across board and fertiliser is not exempted. “Everything has gone up. “The fertiliser industry is not exactly immune to the high cost of…