Tag: Commonwealth

Nigeria Endorses Commonwealth Roadmap On Gender Equality
August 26, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Endorses Commonwealth Roadmap On Gender Equality

Women’s affairs ministers from Commonwealth countries, including representatives from Nigeria, on Friday committed to a roadmap, designed to scale up efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, especially in climate action.  The roadmap was the result of...
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Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting Opens
August 23, 2023 No Responses

Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting Opens

The Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting opened on Tuesday in the Bahamas with a call for stronger action on gender equality priorities in the face of intensifying global environmental and economic challenges.  Against the backdrop o...
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Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore
August 8, 2022 No Responses

Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of other sports-loving Nigerians in celebrating the athletes that represented Nigeria gloriously in the 22nd Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022.  The president also watched some of the colourful and spectacular ...
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Commonwealth Countries Record $345b Trade Loss In 2020
July 13, 2021 No Responses

Commonwealth Countries Record $345b Trade Loss In 2020

Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to US$345 billion worth of trade in 2020, including $60 billion in intra-Commonwealth trade, according to 2021 Commonwealth Trade Review on “Energising Commonwealth Trade in a Digital World: Paths to Reco...
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Commonwealth Unveils Benchmarks To Help Countries Fight Corruption
April 23, 2021 No Responses

Commonwealth Unveils Benchmarks To Help Countries Fight Corruption

A landmark set of measures to support international efforts in tackling corruption has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat.  The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks are designed to help governments and public sector organisations a...
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CMA Condemns Alleged Murder Of Protesters In Nigeria
October 23, 2020 No Responses

CMA Condemns Alleged Murder Of Protesters In Nigeria

The Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) has expressed concern over what it described as “callous assault and murder of defenseless civilian protesters, on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos State, Nigeria”.   &nbs...
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Commonwealth Postpones Heads of Government Meeting To 2021
September 23, 2020 No Responses

Commonwealth Postpones Heads of Government Meeting To 2021

The President of Rwanda,Paul Kagame and Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland on Wednesday  announced the new date for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which was to have been held in Kigali in June 2020 but was postponed bec...
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Opinion: COVID-19 Debt Relief Must Consider The Vulnerabilities Of Small States
July 21, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: COVID-19 Debt Relief Must Consider The Vulnerabilities Of Small States

 By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General A lethal combination of disease, extreme climate events and economic crises is threatening the smallest and most vulnerable nations of the world. To tackle it, we must overhaul how we understand and ad...
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“Post-COVID Recovery Should Lock In Ocean Sustainability“
June 7, 2020 No Responses

“Post-COVID Recovery Should Lock In Ocean Sustainability“

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland is urging governments to ensure their countries’ post-COVID economic recoveries are environmentally sustainable and safe for the ocean. Forty-seven of the Commonwealth’s 54 member countries ha...
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Former Vice-President Leads Commonwealth Team To Observe Mozambique Elections
October 8, 2019 No Responses

Former Vice-President Leads Commonwealth Team To Observe Mozambique Elections

The Commonwealth will send a team to observe elections in Mozambique, which will take place on 15 October, 2019. Kalonzo Musyoka, former Vice-President of Kenya, is leading the Group, which will observe presidential, legislative and provincial assembly electio...
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Commonwealth Ministers Target $2tri Trade By 2030
October 5, 2019 No Responses

Commonwealth Ministers Target $2tri Trade By 2030

Trade ministers and senior officials from 53 Commonwealth countries will gather in London on October 10, 2019 to explore modalities on how to achieve $2trillion trade by 2030.  The Minister are also expected to put  strategies in place for deepening....
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Aganga Appointed Queen’s Commonwealth Trust Adviser
April 26, 2018 No Responses

Aganga Appointed Queen’s Commonwealth Trust Adviser

Nigeria’s former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment as well as Finance, Mr. Olusegun Aganga has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT). The Trust was launched and the announcement made, on...
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Buhari: Trade, Investment Key To Sustainable Development Among Commonwealth Nations
April 19, 2018 2 Responses

Buhari: Trade, Investment Key To Sustainable Development Among Commonwealth Nations

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified Trade and Investment Facilitation as key to sustainable development and ease of doing business and regional integration among Commonwealth countries. He also cited expanded markets with safeguards against injurious tra...
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