• Climate Change and Gully erosion in the South East.

    • February 27, 2024
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    There are key ways in which climate change is contributing to gully erosion in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. In this blog post , the several ways are explained that will help tackle this menace and land and environment degradation are tackled.

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  • GLOBAL WARMING

    • November 20, 2020
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    Ernest Oji, Environmentalist, University of Jos, Nigeria. @November 2020   As described in various renowned journals of sciences, Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. There is great

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  • MIGRATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

    • November 20, 2020
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    Ernest Oji, Environmentalist, University of Jos, Nigeria. @November 2020   Human society is built on a systematic history of migration. Concurrently, migration is one of the most widely studied topics in the social sciences. It garners interest from its basis in human development, livelihood and existence. Migration is often studied from a sociological and theoretical

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  • GREENING NIGERIA ECONOMY THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION

    • November 20, 2020
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    Institutional and Sustainable Development Foundation By  Ogwu Paul Okwuchukwu © November 2020   As a result of the unsustainable nature of the hydrocarbon economy, the effect of the covid 19 and the harmful effects of hydrocarbons towards the economy, we should start thinking of greening and diversifying the Nigerian economy through building a sustainable, productive and environmentally

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  • THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET), SKILL ACQUISITION IN ACHIEVING CRITICAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)

    • December 3, 2018
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    Introduction Technical and vocational education is one of the easiest way to get away from poverty and improve your skill. In addition to achieving the following sustainable development goals: goal 4, goal 5, goal 8, goal 9 and goal 10. These includes (1). end poverty in all its forms everywhere (2). promote sustained, inclusive and

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  • NIGERIA PRESIDENT SIGNS THE NIGERIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (NFIU) BILL INTO LAW

    • August 8, 2018
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    President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit Bill into law. NFIU is the Nigerian arm of the global financial intelligence unit which was before now domiciled in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The new law sought to comply with international standards on combating money laundering, financing of terrorism and check suspicious

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  • CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER OF THE $322 MILLION ABACHA LOOT

    • August 8, 2018
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    The federal government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered $322 million Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states. Tukur Rumar of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), said this at a round-table on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy in Abuja. The event was organised

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  • EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6 OF 2018 PRESERVATION OF ASSETS CONNECTED WITH SERIOUS CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELATED OFFENSES

    • August 8, 2018
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    The Buhari administration have issued an executive order No. 6 titled Preservation of Assets Connected with Serious Corruption and other Related Offenses” In this order, the President is  giving the prosecuting authorities the power to seize properties or assets. The Executive Order is not to forfeit people’s properties but rather temporarily deny access to the

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  • CLIMATE CHANGE AND FARMER HERDSMAN CLASH: THE CASE FOR AN INTRACTABLE CONFLICT AND A NIGERIA IN DISARRAY

    • August 8, 2018
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    Climate change has contributed to the massive migration of herdsmen to the middle belt and southern regions of Nigeria. The change in climate such as depletion in the ozone layer has led to heat waves, dryness of the rivers and lack of pasture for cattle to graze amongst others and has made life uncomfortable for

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  • EDUCATIONAL TREND INDICATORS AMONG THE SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES OF NIGERIA

    • August 8, 2018
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    There is a troubling pattern around pre-primary school enrolment and funding in Nigeria. Early primary school enrolment in the South West (SW) multiples that in the North East (NE) by as much as almost five times on the average, even though an appreciable number of uneducated children in Nigeria live in the North. That is

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