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Nigeria Begins Implementing UK-FCDO PACE-Supported Civil Service Reform Plan
Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service has begun implementing its first-ever Five-Year Strategic Plan (2026–2030) — a transformative blueprint for building a modern, accountable, and climate-responsive public service — developed with support from the UK-FCDO-funded Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE) Programme). Prof. Tunji Olaopa, Chairman of the Federal Civil…
Read More »On Kano’s Quest for a Circular Economy through Waste-to-Wealth Creation
With support from partners like the UK-FCDO-funded Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE) Programme, Kano State is reimagining waste management as a catalyst for jobs, investment, and climate resilience — charting a bold path toward a circular economy built on the promise of waste-to-wealth creation. Stakeholders at the…
Read More »From Aid to Trade: UK’s DCTS Opens a New Chapter in Nigeria–UK Trade Relations
The United Kingdom’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) — a new trade initiative designed to strengthen economic ties with developing nations through tariff reductions and simplified export rules — marks a significant shift from traditional aid-based engagement toward a mutually beneficial trade partnership between the UK and Nigeria. Dr. Adiya…
Read More »World Food Day: Stakeholders Push for Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Nigeria
Stakeholders from across government, development agencies, and the private sector have renewed calls for climate-smart agriculture and resilient food systems as vital pathways to ending hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria. A cross-section of dignitaries at the 11th Nutritious Food Fair in Kano State This call was made during the 11th…
Read More »Day GIFSEP, Oxfam Honoured Nigerian Journalists Shaping Climate Narrative
Last week in Abuja, Nigeria, the Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) and Oxfam Nigeria hosted the 2025 Climate Media Spotlight Award, recognizing journalists whose reporting has shaped Nigeria’s climate discourse and inspired action. Finalists and awardees of the 2025 Climate Media Spotlight Award Climate change is…
Read More »NES#31: PACE Unveils Nigeria’s First Climate Finance Guide
The United Kingdom–funded Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE) programme will on Monday unveil its Guide for Assessing Capability to Access Climate Finance, Nigeria’s first practical toolkit for strengthening readiness to mobilize global climate funds. The launch will take place on the sidelines of the 31st Nigerian Economic…
Read More »Solar-Powered Technologies Spark Climate-Smart Farming among Adamawa Women
In Adamawa, northeast Nigeria, the introduction of solar-powered mechanized tools is reshaping women’s roles in climate-smart agriculture—empowering them with independence, income, and the ability to provide for their families. Theresa Wonosaro is standing on her farmstead in Old Demsa, Adamawa State. Photo: Stephen Enoch For 35-year-old Theresa Wonosaro, the ache…
Read More »Climate-Smart Seeds Help Women Farmers Weather Floods in Nigeria’s Northeast
After years of seeing their crops washed away by floods, women farmers in Northeast Nigeria are rebuilding resilience with climate-smart seeds. Twenty-nine-year-old Kifinga Polycarp standing on her farmstead in Guyuk, Adamawa. Photo: Stephen Enoch For 29-year-old rice farmer Kifinga Polycarp from Guyuk, Adamawa State, in northeastern Nigeria, farming was meant…
Read More »Calls Grow for Kano Disability Commission Amid Persistent Exclusion of PWDs
Seven years after the passage of the Kano State Persons Living With Disabilities Law, the absence of a dedicated Disability Commission has left Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) without access to the protections and opportunities guaranteed under the law. Participants during a two-day capacity-building session by PACE Programme on strengthening advocacy…
Read More »NDC 3.0: Subnationals Hold Key to Effective Implementation
As Nigeria prepares to submit its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) under the Paris Agreement, Umar Saleh Anka, Director of Climate Change at the Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, has underscored the pivotal role of subnational governments in ensuring its success. Anka noted that 2025 marks…
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Changan Automobile and Yango Group forge a strategic partnership to drive smart mobility across Africa and the Middle East.
Dubai, UAE, 10 November 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ Changan Automobile has announced the signing of …
