October 26th, 2023: Innovation Takes Root; Agro-Industrial Zones
The 5th Estate News || Thursday 26th October 2023
As part of its commitment towards advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the WELLBEING Foundation Africa has empowered over 300,000 women on maternal mortality through MamaCare360 classes in nineteen years.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 divorce cases have flooded the courts in Abuja, marking an alarming increase in marriage breakdowns. This surge has pushed the marriage crisis to epidemic proportions, with reports of desperate measures taken by some individuals to avoid protracted legal battles, often leading to tragic consequences.
Benue State is to lead a group of 19 Northern Nigerian states set to benefit from a groundbreaking $700 million World Bank initiative known as the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project.
Recent research unveils intriguing insights into the historical migration of the Akweya people and their potential first sojourn in the Ogoja region. Akweya, who currently inhabit the Akpa district of Idoma land, offer a unique glimpse into the complexity of modern Idoma ethnicity.
In an effort to revitalise the agricultural sector in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration is focusing on the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme. This ambitious initiative aims to bring a fresh wave of growth and innovation, particularly within the livestock sector.
One of the sons of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, has tendered his resignation. Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, who had been recently appointed as the Global Youth Pastor of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, made the decision to leave his position in order to establish his own ministry.
United Nations-Habitat Organisation has visited Ekiti State, as a follow up to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) officials of the state signed with the organisation in Kenya to partner and fund its major projects.
The number of people worldwide living in forced displacement from their homes is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday — a record figure.
Gaza already needed billions of dollars in international aid to compensate for years of Israeli blockade before the Israel-Hamas war broke out, a United Nations report states.
Today, we commemorate the 2023 World Polio Day (WPD) by joining the global community to create awareness about polio eradication and urge parents to vaccinate their children.
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GAVI, the vaccine alliance, is partnering with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Nigerian government to ensure the sustained routine immunization of Nigerian girls against cervical cancer.
Organisers of the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands held a child risk workshop alongside the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
The Federal Government on Wednesday rallied the private sector, educators, and media organisations for the establishment of UNESCO’s International Media and Information Literacy Institute in Nigeria.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says it’s in the final stages of drafting a guideline for the regulation of digital platforms to address the challenges of fake news, misinformation and disinformation threatening global peace.
Social Media tools are becoming weapons of mass destruction in the hands of youths, Associate Professor Desmond Okocha, Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Bingham University, has said.
Dotty Music Foundation, an organisation that mentors and empowers unprivileged but talented youths in realising their musical ambition, has put N1 million at stake during its talent hunt show in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation says it is collaborating with the Federal Government to tackle preventable maternal and child deaths.
A Not-For-Profit organization, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, has made fresh commitment to support the Federal Government in its quest to improve Primary Health Care (PHC) services.
Foundation Partners Group, a leading provider of innovative deathcare services, today announced the appointment of Linden Arakawa as Chief Financial Officer effective November 3, 2023. Arakawa will succeed Thomas Kominsky.
Multilateral development banks can tackle poverty post-Covid 19, by focusing on human capital development and innovative private sector ventures says former World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
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