Archive 4 Columns

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DevelopmentEconomy

The Gambia: Stimulating sustained and all-encompassing growth 2023-2027

By Ben Eguzozie Though recovering from tourism, its economic mainstay, The Gambia needs urgent policy paradigm shift from low value-added tourism to a...

AgricultureClimate ChangeEnvironment

Development Agenda Magazine Leads in Nasarawa Environment Campaign

Development Agenda magazine steals the show at the launch of a forest arboretum and tree planting campaign (The Green Campus Initiative) at the...

DevelopmentEconomyLabour

Africa will have more than one in five working-age persons by 2050, amidst economic upheavals – World Bank

Rising instability, weak growth in the region’s largest economies, and lingering uncertainty in the global economy are dragging down growth prospects in SubSaharan...

Climate ChangeEnvironmentHeadline NewsPolitics

Climate Change: meeting up with response to NDC

By Ben Eguzozie Climate change is dramatically altering anticipations and livelihoods in West Africa. The area is among the regions witnessing the harshest...

AgricultureEconomyEnvironmentPoliticsSecurity

Nigeria Customs intercepts 105 wild birds worth N24m in Badagry

 By Raji Rasak The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday said that it had intercepted 105 wild birds being...

AgricultureClimate ChangeDevelopmentEnvironment

Rice production in West African countries will increase in 2024 – OCHA

Rice production in Nigeria and other West African countries will increase in2024.West Africa Regional Supply and Market Outlook, coordinated by the UnitedNations Office...

EditorialPolitics

POLITICAL INSTABILITY AS A ROADBLOCK TO DEVELOPMENT

FROM THE EDITOR This year’s first quarter edition of DEVELOPMENT AGENDA dwelt on the ubiquity of grinding poverty in West Africa despite the...

Climate ChangeEnvironmentHeadline NewsPolitics

Tackling Climate Adaptation with Legislation

By Ben Eguzozie With its Climate Change Act of 2021, the first stand-alone comprehensive climate change legislation in West Africa, Nigeria, approaches climate...

AgricultureEconomy

Nigeria, Others to Experience Reduction in Grains Production

Nigeria and the rest of  West Africa are expected to experience a significant decrease in the production of maize, sorghum, and millet this year.According to the West...

Climate ChangeDevelopmentEnvironmentHealthTourism

THE NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT: A REAR VIEW

By Nnimmo Bassey Introduction The environmental history of Nigeria unfortunately is not a story filled with the rich biodiverse tropical rainforests of the...

Climate ChangeEditorial

CLIMATE ACTION DEFORESTATION IS A GIANT STEP BACKWARDS

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Nigeria holds the ugly record of having the world’s highest deforestation...

EconomyLabourPoliticsSecurity

Senegalese Navy Apprehends 1,266 in Pursuit of Greener Pastures

The Senegalese Navy has made a significant announcement, revealing the apprehension of two canoes transporting 416 individuals engaged in irregular emigration. This recent...