Tag: Millennium Development Goals
Gender Equality: Ogun Keeps Faith With MDGs
By Sakirudeen Bashiru The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn in 2000 to galvanize the efforts of about 193 countries…
Meeting Water Needs Of Nigerians
By Julius Enehikhuere Some stakeholders and medical experts have raised concern over a recent UNDP report showing that the global…
Tackling Poverty
As the global community gradually draws the curtain on the Millennium Development Goals, stakeholders within the MDGs framework in Nigeria…
We Must Fight Poverty
With less than three years to the target date of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, the Senior Special Assistant to…
Nutricima Restates Commitment To MDGs
Leading food and beverage firm, Nutricima Limited, has stressed its support for the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs,…
Will There Be Potable Water For Nigerians? —Olufemi Oludolapo Ogundipe
Despite being blessed with water from the numerous rivers criss-crossing its massive land mass, a tad less than 924,000 square…
Hyundai Nigeria Joins 2011 White Board Campaign
In commemoration of this year’s International day for eradication of poverty, Hyundai Motors Nigeria in collaboration with her principals –…
Stakeholders Underscore Importance Of MDGs In Nigeria
Stakeholders have emphasised the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, in Nigeria, saying that it is the road…
Improving Slum Dwellers’ Lives, A Myth
As the Millennium Development Goals get to its end, the question on the lips of many Nigerians concerned about housing…
Gov Sacks 17 Principals Over Exam Malpractice
At least 17 school principals in Benue State have been sacked by the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led administration for allegedly aiding…
Obasanjo Explains Absence At Jonathan’s Declaration
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he could not attend President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential declaration in Abuja on Saturday because of…
FG To Procure N1.8billion Books For Primary Schools
The Federal Government has approved the award of contract for printing and procurement of books. in English language, Mathematics and…
Cholera Epidemic: Hold Government Responsible-ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says the cholera epidemic that has killed several Nigerians in recent weeks is the…