According to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for 2015, seven of the ten countries most at risk from climate change are in Africa. No matter how fast we reduce emissions, we’re still going to have significant climate impacts as we’re seeing right now with extreme heat and heavy rains. What are the facts on the …
Gender is an important consideration in development. Gender according to Wikipedia is the range of characteristics about and differentiating between, masculine and feminine. The World Health Organization defines gender as the result of socially constructed ideas about the behavior, actions, and roles a particular sex performs. The beliefs, values, and attitudes exhibited by the people …
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Youth participation in democracy The African continent population is rated to have over 1.1 billion people or nearly 18 percent of the global population while the percentage of youth age 18- 45 in the continent is close to 65 percent. As a result of the youth percentage in the continent population, it will be difficult to …
The first case of Covid-19 was reported in Nigeria on February 27. The case was an Italian citizen in Lagos, the center of excellence that would later become the epicenter of the contagion in Nigeria. Many analysts blamed the federal government for its carelessness and lack of proactiveness. They opined that it was possible for the country not …
Youths, famed for restiveness and ambitions that challenge societal norms are increasingly being pressured to morph and significantly adapt to a new world order intra-COVID. Disruptions in the social space which hitherto had been the playing field for the young continue to mount significant pressure on the youths to rise to the responsibility of instilling health and safety …
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), food security exists “when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Food security is one of the dominating ingredients that make a prosperous nation however, in …
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The elepsis of Covid-19 and Climate Change We always knew that climate change was going to be disruptive and take millions of lives – we just thought that it was going to happen at some distant point in the future under someone else’s watch. Despite the millions of conspiracy theories and news, It is not …
In 1918, barely two decades into the century of technological advancement, a flu known as “Spanish Flu” dealt the world an impactful blow, one that took a while to recover from. The industrial revolution in Europe was only beginning to fully find acceptance and for that reason, there was no much that could have been done to curb …
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With over 5 million cases and more than 320, 000 deaths across the world as confirmed by BBC News on the 21st of May, 2020, the harmful effects of the Coronavirus pandemic cannot be overemphasized. Worse still is the fact that the pandemic is not only spreading its wings of destruction on human lives but …
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Corona virus otherwise known as Covid-19 is a global pandemic revenging the world at large. All countries are suffering from it’s effect. No country is left out. It’s like life has been placed on hold, as people are asked to stay at home. Religious gathering are closed down, people are asked to disengaged from social …
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