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Credit bypassing Nigeria's job creators - World Bank Official

Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- The World Bank has said credit is bypassing the businesses that have the greatest potential to create jobs in Nigeria, urging the financial sector to redirect capital towards produ... Read More


Groups question JBS' $2.5bn investment plans in Nigeria

Nigeria, Sept. 4 -- Civil society organisations and environmentalists in Nigeria have questioned the proposed $2.5 billion investment by JBS, the world's largest meat-processing company, in the countr... Read More


COP17: UN land summit ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn deal for restoration, drought resilience

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) ended Friday with governments, development banks, funds a... Read More


INTERVIEW: COP17: Cross River lawmaker calls for stronger laws to protect Nigeria's land, wildlife

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of the ongoing 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Mongolia, Martins Arch... Read More


COP17: Cross River woos investors, partners to tackle land degradation

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- Cross River State government delegates at the ongoing 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Mongolia ... Read More


COP17: How Africa can unlock billions for land restoration - Official

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- As negotiations continue at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the challenge of financing land rest... Read More


COP17: Rangeland restoration offers investors up to six-fold returns - Experts

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Investors could generate between $4 and $6 for every $1 invested in rangeland restoration, experts behind a new report have said, urging the private sector to see degraded rangelan... Read More


ANALYSIS: COP17: Top issues dividing, shaping ongoing negotiations in Mongolia

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- It is the 10th day of the ongoing two-week negotiations at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), with the conference entering i... Read More


INTERVIEW: Nigeria must invest more in environment to tackle land degradation, farmer-herder conflicts - Expert

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Joseph Onoja, Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), speaks on Nigeria's worsening land degradation, the financing gap in environmental protection and the ... Read More


COP17: Africa must connect science to action to tackle land degradation - Expert

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi Ifatimehin, a Professor of Geography (Environmental Resource Planning) at Kogi Stat... Read More