The European Union is financing the construction of model public toilets in 14 small towns in Ekiti West and Gbonyin Local Governments, Ekiti State, under its Water Supply and Sanitation Reform Programme (WSSSRP) III. The project, titled: “Farewell to Open Defecation”, is being implemented by Bread of Life Development Foundation in collaboration with the Ekiti State Small…
The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, has urged the residents of the state to always protect the marine environment due to its socio-economic values. Durosinmi-Etti said this on Thursday, September 6, 2018 during the clean-up of Ibeshe Waterfront in Ikorodu, marking the maiden edition of the Clean-up of Lagos Waterfront. He…
The establishment of a ‘Climate Change Vision’ involving all quarters, excellent climate change governance and behavioural change among all the people has become inevitable.A Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Lagos State University, Dr. Ahove Michael, made this assertion during a dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) organised by…
31 July 2018: During the month of July, several adaptation programmes around the world achieved access to climate finance. The Adaptation Fund approved a pilot South-South cooperation readiness support package to foster cooperation on adaptation project development, accreditation and access to climate finance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) finalized its long-term corporate strategy to 2030,…
In its efforts at improving awareness and deepening the knowledge of stakeholders on climate change mitigation, adaptation and impact in Nigeria, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, in collaboration with Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) has organised a dialogue on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact. Focused…
Equatorial Guinea launches 2019 Year of Energy initiative. Summits will unite African countries and national energy companies. Bilateral trade and investment will be key drivers of Year of Energy agenda. 6 September 2018, Cape Town – H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, announced at the third annual Africa…
Africa Oil Week welcomes the continent’s biggest investors to attend event LONDON, United Kingdom, September 6, 2018/ — Africa Oil Week (AOW) (www.Africa-OilWeek.com) has announced their partnership with SuperReturn. This new partnership offers delegates attending SuperReturn Africa, the continent’s biggest investor conference, access to Africa Oil Week on Thursday 8 November 2018. For operators across…
Ever since Nigeria Local Content Act was enacted in 2010, it has been monitored by the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), overseen also by the Executive Secretary of the Board. The success story of Nigeria’s local content cannot be overemphasized due to visionary leadership and strategic plans to take it to the next level…
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advocated research and development (R&D), to boost local content initiatives in the country. He said the sector must conduct research in areas such as oil production and exploration, fabrication, building of plants for the use of oil firms and other activities, which require utmost contributions…
By Dr. Ebinimi Tebepah & Clement Inyambe Local Content Policy Development in the Telecommunications Sector is a research paper co-authored by Dr. Ebinimi Tebepah and Clement Inyambe. This paper was published in the African Wireless Communications yearbook by Kadium Publishers (United Kingdom) in 2009. It is a research work that examines the increasing impact of…
