Sustainable Development Goals

Young Nigerian journalists, activists nominated for 2020 Future Awards Africa Prize

SEVERAL young Nigerian journalists and activists have been selected for various awards in this year's Future Awards Africa Prize for their various contributions to...

Vincent Ufuoma - November 11, 2020

Nigeria, Niger, Chad, others not expected to meet health, education SDG targets ─Report

A NEW report that tracks progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has classified Nigeria among countries not expected to meet the health...

Rebecca Akinremi - September 19, 2019

Medical experts, policymakers interact on improving quality healthcare in Nigeria

NIGERIAN health workers and policymakers have raised a concern for a quality healthcare provision and the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC) in the...

Rebecca Akinremi - May 15, 2019

Good health is still a privilege, not a right in Nigeria. Here is why

DIRECTOR General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his speech during an event in Geneva to mark the 2019 World Health...

Rebecca Akinremi - April 8, 2019

More than $2.4 trillion is lost to diseases annually in Africa, WHO says in new report

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that more than 2.4 trillion dollars are lost to the diseases afflicting the population across its member...

Rebecca Akinremi - March 28, 2019

Buhari declares state of emergency on water sector

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has declared a state of emergency on Nigeria's water sector, assuring that his administration will do more to ensure that the...

Kingsley OBIEJESI - November 8, 2018

FG partners Oyo State, CSOs, private sector on SDGs

AS part of its efforts towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs) target by 2030, the office of the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu...

Kingsley OBIEJESI - October 31, 2018