April 2023

Towards cleaner, sustainable environment in Nigeria

Nigeria, a country endowed with abundant natural resources and a rich cultural heritage, faces the challenge of maintaining a clean and healthy environment. The closest Nigeria has come to institutionalising environmental cleanness was during the Gen. Muhammadu Buhari-Tunde Idiagbon military…

Africa: X-raying a bloc’s fight against poverty

Poverty, the inability to satisfy basic human needs is endemic in Africa. Unfortunately, the continent is blessed with enormous human and materials resources to meet its needs and stimulate growth and prosperity. Many factors such as illiteracy and lack of…

NCDMB unveils N7bn pipe manufacturing plant in Bayelsa

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has launched a N7billion pipe manufacturing plant at Polaku, Bayelsa State. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Wabote, performed the groundbreaking ceremony, noting that the plant would manufacture Glass Reinforced Epoxy…

Policy Alert charges Governors-elect on Open Government Policy

…Says it benefits citizenry Dennis Udo-Udoma, Uyo Governors-elect in the South-South Zone have been warned against closed administrative policy against “Open Government Policy” used by predecessors so as to make business of governance accessible and responsive. Participants at the “Learning…