Nigeria Requires $10bn Annually to Achieve SDGs – UN The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, has said that Nigeria will need to spend $10 billion annually to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mohammed stated this on Wednesday during a stakeholder...

UN's Amina Mohammed, NY Mayor Trumpet Africa as Next Big Thing in Global Business, by Laolu Akande, New York   As the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week proceeded last week, the idea of Africa as the next business frontier of the world resounded with glaring...

CISLAC Lauds Re-appointment of Amina Mohammed as UN Deputy Secretary-General     The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has hailed the re-appointment of Mrs. Amina Mohammed as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for the second term of five years. In a statement signed by the Executive Director...

Ms Amina Mohammed, the immediate past Minister of Environment, has been sworn-in as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the UN at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York reports that the UN...

The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, has said that plans by the Federal Government to raise N20bn by March this year to help fund renewable energy projects were still in place. Speaking at an event organised by Access Bank Plc to honour her appointment...

Nigeria and four other West African countries have agreed to ban the importation of Europe’s dirty fuels, the United Nations Environment Programme has said. The UNEP said the move would dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people to breathe safer and...