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African countries must work closely together when implementing national climate action plans under the Paris Climate Change Agreement and mobilize climate finance, whilst better integrating climate action into sustainable development planning. This was the key conclusion of ministers and key delegates who convened for the Africa Carbon Forum which ended Friday in Cotonou, Benin. Over 600 practitioners, […]

Discovering a universal definition of literature has since its advent been elusive. No single definition of literature is agreed upon to be wholly objective and universal. For what constitutes literature changes according to the prevailing realities and dictates of a particular age. Today, the term is no longer limited to the traditional definition; which limits

Before discussing Gender Roles, we need to first understand what it means. ‘’Gender roles are learned behaviours by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms’’. Gender is not an easy conversation to have, it makes people uncomfortable. As thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable. Gender roles

We came home, to find it was no more the dusty red earth, once holy and welcoming to our feet; sands, sinking-soft to touch, we scoop up, filling our palms with sacred soils of our universe. A land so blessed we bow our foreheads and kneel in homage to the mysteries buried deep beneath. the

The impact of Nigerians and their activities on the environment became a subject of controversy yesterday as a global study ranked the country high. A new study from MoneySuperMarket on how people impact their environment, from different countries around the world highlights individual contribution to the world’s climate as well as areas for improvement for

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment towards mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its national plans. Udoma said this at the Annual High-Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa (HLPD), with the theme, “Mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals into National Development Plans’’ in

Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, has said the Ministry was set to partner Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, on environmental management and sustainability through its Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (CESSED). Adejare made this known during a courtesy call on LASU Vice Chancellor, Prof Olanrewaju Fagbohun. He was accompanied

The World Food Prize Foundation has explained why Akinwumi Adesina won the $250,000 2017 World Food Prize Laureate prize on Monday. The President of the Foundation, Kenneth Quinn, said Mr. Adesina won the prize “for driving change in African agriculture for over 25 years and improving food security for millions across the continent”. Mr. Adesina, President of the African Development

Lagos Business School(LBS) is hosting a symposium for stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss on water and sanitation. The symposium is themed Water for Sustainable Development and is put together by LBS’s First Bank Sustainable Centre alongside the School’s corporate partners.   The forum will serve as a platform for business, government officials, water policy makers