THE African Ministers Council on Water, AMCOW, has called on member-states to adopt and strengthen the web-based Pan-Africa water sector monitoring and reporting system recently launched in Stockholm.

Jigawa State government and United Nations Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, have concluded plans to provide 280 hand pumps across the state, as part of efforts to provide potable drinking water to the teeming populace.

The Presidency on Tuesday confirmed the newspaper advertisements for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7x executive jet and Hawker 4000.

ECOWAS said Nigeria paid 54 million dollars as part of its obligation to the Community Levy for 2015 to implement programmes and projects in the sub-region.

The North-east youths under the aegis of North-east Youth Peace and Empowerment Initiative, NEYPEI, have described as malicious, the report by an online news medium (Not Vanguard) that about N3bn was found in the personal account of Alhaji Saleh Dunoma, Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.

The global consensus surrounding liveable cities and overall quality of life brought about the “Smart City” concept. From New Delhi to Copenhagen, New York to Cape Town, cities all around the world are focused on local development and place based strategies as a way to kick-off national well-being and economic development.

Did you listen to our President’s broadcast to the nation on October 1st? If you listened to it objectively you must be wondering if the President and his advisers live in a parallel Nigeria that you can only access from a spiritual portal at Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday in Abuja that Nigeria would be an agribusiness success. Obasanjo made the statement in an interview with reporters on the sideline of the 2nd Group Meeting of Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Review Committee 2030.‎

The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Education (UNESCO) will be playing host to the global edition of the Africa Fashion Reception, Paris coming up on the 29th October, 2016 in its Place de Fontenoy headquarters. This is due to a new patronage and partnership between the Africa Fashion Reception and UNESCO (the world’s number 1 cultural organization).

In Nigeria, we have an acute shortage of real heroes and mentors. Most people who occupy leadership positions are people who go into politics do so to make a name or fill their pocket with money. Many of them are not interested in mentoring a new generation of leaders.