Pope Francis, on Saturday at the St Peter’s Basilica, swore-in the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia, Peter Okpaleke as Cardinal Priest, making him one of the 20 Cardinals ordained by the Papacy this
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In Africa, the consequences of political corruption, weak policy, social divisions, failure of basic institutions and economic strife have birthed a circus of customary drug addictions. Anyone who is privy to the
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An expert panel session at the ongoing Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Thursday insisted that, despite having the lowest contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa remains the most vulnerable to climate
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The continent lags behind the rest of the world and will not meet the United Nations Sustainable Goal of eradicating poverty by 2030 A report released today at the ongoing Bloomberg New Economy
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500 Million Africans To Remain In Subsistence Living By 2030 An estimated 30 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa have been pushed into extreme poverty, with more than five years of economic progress
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‘Our Stand On Social Justice, Gender-based Violence In Africa’ FORD FOUNDATION, an independent, non-profit grant-making organisation, has been in existence for over 80 years, working in collaboration with welfare partners to
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FORD Foundation says it has invested about $28 million on social impact projects in Nigeria in 2021 alone. Its Regional Director for West Africa, Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye disclosed this in an exclusive
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THE Nigerian government recently ended a 13-year-old controversy on what should be the financial and socio-political template for industry-wide management of the country’s Petroleum sector. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was in
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