In celebration of the 2017 International Peace Day on 21st September 2017 which coincided with the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting. The United Nations Association of Nigeria (UNAN), United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos and Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos held a symposium on the theme ‘Together for PEACE- Respect, […]
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The aim of the inaugural summit which was held in commemoration of the International Youth Day was to get youths involved in NGOs to form a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Coalition. The communique for the summit can be found here. The programme commenced at about 9:30 a.m with delegates networking. The United Nations Information Centre
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So the United Nations put up a post called The Lazy Man’s Guide to Saving the World; me having nothing to do on Valentine’s day (#ForeverAloneGang), I read the post as decided to “Nigerian-ize” (see what I did there I made up a word!) the post. The term Sustainability broken down is Sustain and Ability
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Attending the Social Good Summit and the entire experience of travelling to New York for sustainability work was truly inspiring for me. I kept adding #JesusDidIt to my pictures because I had no idea that everything would eventually work out for my good. Day 1 of Social Good had me as the very first registrant
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Business sustainability or green business is a subject that has been on our minds for too long and in our quest to find the best ways to explain the concept to you as it relates to Nigeria, we decided to launch a thirteen part series solely to discuss Business Sustainability with the help of two
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The Food Nigeria exhibition and conference(the largest B2B exhibition in West Africa) was held on the 18 – 20 May 2016 at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. The event, organised by Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions proved as an effective medium to raise profiles in the food sector, and also served as a platform to discuss business,
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In the 2014/15 Global Competitiveness Report which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144 economies globally, Nigeria is ranked 134 in the area of infrastructure and a further 136 in electricity infrastructure. Each year, countries are assessed on national competitiveness to determine the level of productivity and in turn prosperity. Access to power is integral
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When we saw their beautiful hand made bow ties on Instagram, we could not help but reach out to hear the brand’s story, which is one born out of true passion to impact and give back to in their words, a “lost generation” in Rwanda. Angeloigitego is an ethical fashion company that makes high-end bow ties by hand
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Last week, when we featured Mr Edwin Ikhuoria of ONE, he told us about the #MakeNaijaStronger Campaign and how its gaining traction amongst Nigerians. This week, top artiste, Waje who is also a ONE ambassador and U.N. ambassador for Peace spoke extensively on the campaign in an interview with ONE.org Read below: Why did you join
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President Muhammadu Buhari, while lamenting the current economic crisis in the country, described the sole dependence on oil as the mainstay of the economy as a “terrible mistake.” He said his administration will, in the shortest time possible, do everything necessary to rapidly diversify the economy. According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, the President’s
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