Bennett Oghifo

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Bennett Oghifo

Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, has explained that the new national climate plans (NDCs) - due from all countries ahead of COP30 - are "really about growth" and "are an antidote to economic uncertainty". Stiell stated this in a major speech at the 2025 Nature Summit in Panamá, yesterday. The Nature Summit coincides with the first of the newly reconfigured Climate Weeks resuming this year, also taking place in Panamá City.

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Bennett Oghifo

Megamound Investment Limited has partnered with the Lagos State Government to deliver 378 units in the Greater Lagos County Apartments in Surulere. This is a major urban renewal project that has seen an entire community in Surulere transformed.

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Wale Igbintade |Bennett Oghifo |Adeyinka Salami |Ima Ekanem

•PDP caucus in region formally re-presents Ude-Okoye for nat’l secretary, threatens to pull out if rejected •Udenwa insists forces behind Anyanwu not bigger than them •Deputy national chair promises party’ll discuss their resolution, submit it to NEC •Our party still waxing strong, senators declare Emmanuel Addeh, Chuks Okocha and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja In what seemed like setting up Governors Alex Otti of Abia State and Peter Mbah of Enugu State, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi,...

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Bennett Oghifo

A new report, the 2025 Africa Carbon Market Outlook (ACMO 25) says Africa is poised to become a global leader in carbon markets. The report, set for online launch on Wednesday, 14th May at 10am GMT, says Africa's carbon markets, both for voluntary and compliance carbon credits, are expected to see rapid expansion in 2025 and succeeding years, underpinned by the continent's extensive natural resources and ecosystem.

1 month ago | thisdaylive.com | Adeyinka Salami |Bennett Oghifo

Kuni Tyessi in AbujaThe federal government has announced a N110billion intervention fund to upgrade infrastructures of key tertiary institutions across the six geo-political zones of the country. The decision, according to the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, is to curtail the trend of medical professionals leaving the country for greener pastures abroad.