By Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu Here in Montreal Canada, at the venue of the UN Biodiversity Conference, (Palais des Congrès de Montréal). we all witnessed the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework, (GBF) as “Nations Adopt 4 Goals and 23 Targets for 2030 in a UN Biodiversity Agreement” to halt the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems. Prominent […]
…A Reporters Account By Clarice Azuatalam, Just Back from Kigali, Rwanda. My joy knew no bounds when I got the invitation to travel to Kigali, Rwanda for the SIGNIS Africa Congress and Delegates Assembly. The congress with the theme: “Communication, Synodality and the Church in Africa” was slated for July 11, 2022-July 15, 2022. As […]
Fourth meeting Nairobi, 21–26 June 2022 By: Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu In line with recent global environmental discussions on climate change, desertification, chemicals and waste, the spotlight is currently focused on biodiversity and its conservation. As nature continues to suffer the impact of biodiversity crisis, there are increased public calls for action to safeguard nature and people. […]
FROM CLARICE AZUATALAM, in Kigali, Rwanda Rwandan government has hailed the Catholic Church for its efforts in helping to build peace in the country since after the 1994 genocide which claimed about 250,000 lives of the people. The commendation was given by Hon. Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi, the Minister of Local Government Administration, Rwanda during […]
British Visa Office has resumed issuance of Priority Visa (PV) in all visa application centres in Nigeria, according to a statement by the UK Visa and immigration on the Twitter page of the British High Commissioner. The news comes as the US Mission in Nigeria says those who have previously visited the United States have […]
Nigerians who qualify for Drop Box service which allows them to renew their United States visas without attending an interview can now do so at the US Consulate on Victoria Island, Lagos. “Applicants who meet the criteria may apply in Lagos until the service is extended to Abuja. “Please note that only one member of […]
A Nigerian Woman , Mrs Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu , founder of Every WomanHope Centre, EWHC, a popular NGO that specialises in advocacy for foodsecurity and biodiversity sustainably received special commendaon last weekby the Canada based Convenon on Biological Diversity, CBD, an arm of theUnited Naons Environment Program, UNEP, for her role in the agency’sVoluntary Peer Review, […]
One of more than 200 people who have been told to self-isolate after 16 coronavirus cases were linked to passengers on board a flight from Zante has said “no distance was enforced” on the plane. Of those COVID-19 cases that have linked to people aboard the Tui flight to Cardiff on 25 August, seven were […]
India’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested a Nigerian man identified as Hope Uzodima in Mumbai for alleged possession of dangerous weapons. The suspect, a 40-year-old man who lives in Bonkhode village in Koparkhairane was arrested for possession of ivory and a sword cane. Another Nigerian named King Chukwudi Fidelis who is also in police net […]
The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) on Wednesday evening in New York hosted the new President of the General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, to an informal interactive session. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the session is a tradition at the UN that provides an opportunity for every new PGA to familiarise themselves […]