Tag: SDGs
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FG review SDGs implementation in South-East
The Federal Government has undertaken a comprehensive review of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the South-East region, utilizing the 2025 Voluntary National Review (VNR) framework, with the express purpose of achieving the established targets by 2030.
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Oyo State Govt strengthens framework for SDGs
The Oyo State Government says it has worked diligently to establish the policy, institutional, and financial mechanisms necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UNGA 78th session opens with call to put SDGs on track
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has encouraged all delegates of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to stay optimistic and work together to get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
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Nigerian beauty Queen moves to promote UN SDGs through pet project
Miss Evelyn Chigozie, a Nigerian Beauty pageant Queen 3, has moved to promote the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through her pet project. The queen, who is also the current Miss Africa United Nations, a contest which she won sometimes in May at the 10th edition of the UN pageant, identified her pet…
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2023: Nigeria’s greatest challenge is lack of elite consensus – Peter Obi
…says it would be foolhardy for anyone to sugarcoat our current morass Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has said Nigeria’s greatest challenge is lack of elite consensus. TheNewsGuru com, (TNG) reports Obi disclosed this at the Labour Party – Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO) Summit in Abuja on Thursday. Obi said:”Great…
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Gov Bello approves new appointments in SUBEB, SDGs
Gov Abubakar Bello of Niger has approved the appointment of Alhaji Saidu Ibrahim (Mainan Kontagora) as the new Executive Chairman, Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Newsmen reports that the governor, on July 30 suspended Dr Idaho Adamu, the SUBEB Chairman over alleged anomalies in the operations of the board and sacked the Director…
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JUST IN: Court orders temporary forfeiture of ₦241m ‘diverted from Buhari’s aide’s office’
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture, to the Federal Government, of the sum of ₦241milion allegedly diverted from the office of the Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which instigated the forfeiture order told Justice Nicholas Oweibo…
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The Imperatives Of SDGs: Prognoses And Remedies For Housing Deficit In Nigeria, By Debo Oladimeji
By Debo Oladimeji This report aims to look at the problems in the housing sector in Nigeria and the solutions. It is in my opinion that we should take a cue from declarations by the United Nations on Housing and such other development initiatives like the Sustainable Development Goals 1,3,6,11, and the rest that set…
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The SDGs And End SARS Protests, By Debo Oladimeji
By Debo Oladimeji The End SARS protests had again brought into the fore the urgent need for the government to re-examine how far they have gone in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. The 17 goals and 169 targets of the SDGs represent a global consensus recognizing both the achievements and inadequacies of the Millennium…
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COVID-19 threatening attainment of SDGs – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has noted that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic had threatened to derail the progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The president disclosed this on Friday at the virtual inaugural SDGs Moment, convened by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, during the high-level week of the 75th UN General Assembly. He, however,…