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Philippines: RSF and NGO coalition provide authorities with insights on hideout of mastermind behind journalist’s murder

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During a mission to the Philippines earlier this week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of international press freedom organisations provided authorities with insights on the hideout of former Palawan province governor Joel T. Reyes, the alleged mastermind of a journalist’s assassination 13 years ago, and called for his immediate arrest. Representatives of “A Safer World […]

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From Displacement to Leadership: Meet Hussain, the Class Monitor

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Hussain Mohammed, a 15-year-old boy from Dikwa, northeast Nigeria, has overcome incredible challenges to become a class captain in his school. But his ambitions don’t stop there. Hussain dreams of becoming an engineer and eventually the Federal Minister of Works, with a mission to repair bad roads in his country. “I want to become an

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Sateliot, EWT use 5G IoT nanosats to connect vultures in Africa

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LEO nanosatellite operator Sateliot revealed that it has finalised an agreement with South African NGO Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) to deploy 5G IoT sensors on vultures as part of a broader effort to combat poaching in Africa. Under the agreement, Sateliot will provide 5G IoT LEOsat coverage for EWT’s “Eye In The Sky” project, which

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African countries ‘robbed’ of $11bn in annual revenues by ‘incognito’ fishing vessels

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Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing costs African countries up to $11.49 billion annually, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Duke University, that also found that over 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels, mostly in Africa and South Asia, are operating “incognito.” In the new study published

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Jigawa to Cultivate 150,000 Hectares as NGO, Kano Partner to Boost  Wheat Production

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Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi, has concluded plans to cultivate 150,000 hectares of wheat in 2024 dry season farming.  This is just as a non-governmental organisation under the aegis of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), has entered into a partnership with wheat farmers in Kano, as part of its efforts to assist Nigeria

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20-Year-Old African Fighting For The Rights Of the Girl Child On Prestigious Award And Chasing Dreams  

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The 15th annual Realizing The Dream Legacy Banquet recognized three community members who embody the leadership style of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., including Nigeria’s Adebola Aderibigbe, an advocate for girl child rights. At the 15th Realizing The Dream Legacy Banquet recently, Adebola Aderibigbe, a 20-year-old student from Nigeria, became the youngest and first African

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NGO donates food items to 30,000 Osun residents

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An Osun-based non-governmental organisation, Oluwaseun Peoples Foundation, has donated food items and other relief materials to 30,000 residents of the 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Chairman of the foundation, Basil Alabi, said this at a news briefing in Osogbo on Thursday. Loaded: 0.97%Fullscreen Alabi listed the items to include bags of rice, beans,

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GEF grants $50,000 to foundation for conservation of shea trees in Nasarawa

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The Global Environment Facility’s Small Grant Program (GEF-SGP) has provided $50,000 grants to the Shea Integrated Global Foundation for the conservation of Shea trees in Nasarawa state. The project aimed at conserving at least 10km of wild shea parkland in Arikya community in the state would in the long run tackle climate change challenge, boost

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NIHORT, Agric Ministry train women, youths

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National Horticulture Research Institute (NIHORT) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have trained 400 youths and women on tomato and pepper production in Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State. Speaking at the training, the Executive Director of NIHORT, Dr Attanda Mohammed Lawal, who was represented by the General Manager, Horticonsultancy Ventures Limited,

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