Climate Financing: AfDB Pledges US$ 25 Billion for the Period 2020-2025, Doubling its Commitments
The African Development Bank, AfDB, will double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, the Bank’s President announced at the One Planet Summit taking place in…
“Lead By Example”, Support African Refugees- Lawmakers Urge UK
Britain should practice what it preaches to African countries by doubling the number of vulnerable refugees it hosts and reviewing policies that restrict an asylum seeker’s right to work, lawmakers…
May, Confident to take Britain out of EU
Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the prime minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to…
African Fishing Communities Face ‘Extinction’ as Blue Economy Grows… $42 Billion Lost yearly to Illegal Fishing- Experts
By: Kevin Mwanza Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and exploration revenue…
Khashoggi Murder: Turkey says Killers may have Taken Body Parts out of Country- CNN Turk
Jamal Khashoggi The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have taken his dismembered body out of Turkey in luggage, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted…
Canadian Governor-General inaugurates 4.5 million dollars, Lagos Biobank
The Governor-General of Canada, Julie Payette, on Tuesday inaugurated a 4.5 million dollars Lagos Biobank for effective management of outbreak of diseases, research and development of vaccines at…
Payette, Canadian Governor-General arrives Lagos
Payette’s arrival in Lagos, Tuesday The Governor-General of Canada, Julie Payette, arrived Lagos Tuesday morning to inaugurate the Lagos State Biosecurity Laboratory located at the Mainland Hospital in…
FAO targets 8,100 displaced families for micro-gardening in North East- Official
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it has targeted 8,100 families displaced by the Boko Harm insurgency under its Micro-Gardening scheme in the North-East. Mr Patrick…
La Liga matches to be played in US, organisers announce
La Liga’s organising body announced on Thursday that it plans to hold regular season Spanish top flight games in the United States in the future. “LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight soccer competition,…
Wire fraud: Three Nigerians jailed in US; EFCC worried
Nigerian authorities are worried at the growing incidence of wired fraud linked to Nigerian nationals across the world. A senior official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed…