The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has called for stronger collaboration among Nigerians to combat the growing threat of plastic pollution. The National Executive Council Chairman of the NCF, Justice Bukola Adebiyi, made the appeal at the organizations Annual Green Ball 2025 held in Lagos. Adebiyi described plastic pollution as a “serious menace” requiring urgent collective action. “Globally, about 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year. Daily plastic waste is estimated at 1.1 million tonnes, with roughly 50 per cent mismanaged and about one to two million tonnes entering the oceans annually,” she said. She noted that Lagos alone…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Sunday, called for collective efforts from stakeholders, to end cases of human trafficking in Jigawa. NAPTIP’s commander in the state, Mr Abdulkadir Turajo, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse. He called on relevant stakeholders in Jigawa particularly the northwest zone, to collaborate with the agency in curbing the menace. “I wish to call on elected representatives and local government chairmen from the zone and other parts of the state, to join hands with NAPTIP to expand its just concluded…
Ms Theresa Effa, Country Director for Rise Up Together in Nigeria, said the organisation identifies passionate leaders focused on women’s empowerment, equipping them with targeted training and strategic support to strengthen gender-focused interventions. Effa spoke in Abuja on Saturday at the close of a six-day 2025 Nigeria Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator Workshop, which brought together selected leaders committed to driving meaningful social change across communities. She explained that the initiative received support from Cummins Inc., a global power solutions company prioritising equity and social impact through investments that strengthened gender justice, leadership capacity, and community-led policy advocacy efforts in multiple countries. According…
Women on the frontlines of climate change in Nigeria say their struggles and solutions remain absent from global climate negotiations, even as world leaders and diplomats convene at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, took place from Nov. 10 to 21 at the Hangar Convention Centre in Belém. The annual summit is where nations negotiate actions to limit global warming to 1.5°C, support vulnerable communities adapting to climate impacts, and advance efforts toward net-zero emissions by 2050. Mrs Olanike Olugboji-Daramola, Founder and…
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, on Saturday in Abuja said that investing in women is essential to achieving sustainable societal progress. She made the remark at the launch of a book titled “From Margin to Mainstream, Volume 2: Towards Inclusive Governance”, authored by Princess Nikky Onyeri, a Nigerian cancer treatment advocate. The event also marked Onyeri’s 60th birthday and the unveiling of her new NGO, the Rise Up Women Initiative (RUWI). Sulaiman-Ibrahim reaffirmed her commitment to supporting initiatives that advance the development and empowerment of Nigerian women. She said the Renewed Hope Women Agenda under…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the G20 to fundamentally rethink global development parameters, proposing four new initiatives, including a mechanism to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team. Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting, Modi said the grouping had shaped global finance and growth, but the dominant development models had deprived large sections of the world of resources while driving the over-exploitation of nature, pressures felt sharply across Africa. Invoking India’s civilisational philosophy, he said the principle of Integral Humanism offered a pathway to strike a balance between development and nature. Modi…
From foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to crop pests, the country has made it clear that African producers cannot carry the burden of disease outbreaks alone. For farmers, the outcomes of the G20 Leaders’ Summit will not solve their challenges overnight. However, they will shift the global playing field in ways that matter for day-to-day farming, export prospects, and future disease preparedness. Importantly, South Africa’s G20 presidency has positioned the continent as a global leader in pushing for stronger, better-funded, more coordinated biosecurity systems. Why biosecurity became the G20’s top agricultural priority South Africa has faced…
The Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is targeting no fewer than 250,000 additional households in the expansion of the National Social Register (NSR) in the state. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Abubakar Zayyana, disclosed this on Saturday at the close of an orientation exercise tagged “Multidimensional Model” for seven pilot local government teams and stakeholders in Sokoto. Zayyana described the exercise as crucial, saying it would produce a credible and transparent data system to support social protection programmes. He explained that social protection interventions were designed to reduce social…
The African Health Budget Network (AHBN), in collaboration with the Zero Dose Learning Hub Community of Practice (ZDLH CoP), has called for the speedy delivery of immunization consumables in Bauchi State. The state AHBN Coordinator, Dr. Hassan Shuaibu, made the call at the end of a two-day caregivers’ exit interview conducted in selected Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) facilities in Bauchi and Ganjuwa Local Government Areas. Shuaibu said the exercise was aimed at assessing caregivers’ satisfaction, evaluating service delivery, identifying gaps affecting zero-dose communities, and generating evidence to improve immunization outcomes. He noted that despite the state government’s commitment…
The UN special rapporteur has said that the decades-long US embargo on Cuba is now having a severe impact on the humanitarian situation in the island nation. The ongoing sanctions have caused immense hardships for the Cuban population, particularly impacting education, food security, and health care, she said. Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council, voiced her observations on Friday while on a visit to the Caribbean nation. She said there had been deterioration in all sectors in Cuba due to the trade and financial restrictions imposed by Washington since the Cold War era. “The embargos…