<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
>
<channel>
	<title>Thisdayonline.com - Development</title>
	<link>http://www.thisdayonline.com/news.php?theme=44</link>
	<description>Thisdayonline.com delivers up-to-date news and information on the latest top stories, entertainment, politics and more.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
	<language>en-us</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>

		<item>
		<title>Climate Change: Delta’s Quest for Novel Options</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168890</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change, one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet, has generated both local and global reactions.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>EC Earmarks 6m Euros for CSOs</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168888</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission (EC) has earmarked six million euros as grants to be disbursed to eligible civil society groups in Nigeria.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>NYSC: FG Spends N30b Annually</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168889</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Damilola Oyedele in Abuja</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkami, has disclosed that the Federal Government spends about N30 billion every year to ensure the implementation of the National Youth Corp Service (NYSC) Scheme.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Global Housing Fund Plans Cheap Houses for Africa</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168886</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Damilola Oyedele in Abuja</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The World President of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI), Ms.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>JCI Flag-off Campaign against Malaria</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168887</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Chineme Okafor in Abuja</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Junior Chambers of Commerce International (JCI) Aso District, has commenced its annual 'Nothing but Net' campaign in support of the fight for the eradication of malaria in Africa.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Imo: River Basin Contractors Tasked</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168885</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Amby Uneze in Owerri</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After three days of projects inspection, board members and top management of the Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRBDA) have mandated contractors handling their projects to deliver according to specification; even as it expressed satisfaction on the level of work done so far.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Food Insecurity: Home-grown Green Revolution as Panacea</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168883</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The search for a solution to the increasing food insecurity in the West African sub-region was top on the agenda of a recent conference held in Accra, the Ghanaian capital.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nasarawa Gets Ceramic Solar Street-lights</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168884</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From George Okoh in Lafia</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=168884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the global focus on climate change, a Nigerian representative of Energy Power Tec Israel, which is promoting a new solutions for saving and preserving energy in world-wide and especially in Africa, is to provide Ceramic-Plasma Solar Street Lights along major roads in Lafia, Nasarawa State.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fighting Poverty on All Fronts</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167223</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite several efforts, strategies and plans by various actors, the issue of poverty is yet to decline in Nigeria.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Beijing Declaration: Re-double Implementation Efforts, Women Urged</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167222</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Abimbola Akosile</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women all over Nigeria have been called upon to redouble their efforts to ensure that the Beijing Declaration, which stipulates that 30 per cent of all elective posts be reserved for women, are achieved within the&nbsp; shortest time possible.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Agaja Shipwreck: NCF Warns over Looming Disaster</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167221</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Iheanyi Alozie</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has called on the Federal Government,&nbsp; Lagos State, and corporate organisations, to urgently take over the complete removal of an abandoned wreckage of a tanker vessel from Agaja beach area of Olomo-Meta, in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Foundation, CBN Recognise Entrepreneurs</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167220</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Senator Iroegbu in Abuja</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF) in collaboration with Citibank and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently awarded entrepreneurs at the 4th Annual Microfinance Conference /Entrepreneurship Awards held in Abuja.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rivers: Jail Term for Illegal Levies</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167218</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Ahamefula Ogbu in Port Harcourt</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has warned that he would no longer allow miscreants demanding for unauthorised levies to jeopardise developmental projects in the State; and has therefore initiated laws banning illegal levies.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Aid for Trade: UNDP Supports Nigeria’s Accessing Strategy</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167219</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Dele Ogbodo in Abuja</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior Adviser and Coordinator, Trade and Human Development of the United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) Mr.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>N’Delta: Ume-Ezeoke Advocates Youth Mentoring for Peace</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167216</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Abimbola Akosile</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Special Adviser to the President on Relations with Civil Society, Prince Chineme Ume-Ezeoke, has tasked Civil Society groups, particularly those operating in the Niger Delta region, to lay more emphasis on mentoring of youths in the area; to enable them acquire new skills and be gainfully employed.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Kaduna Distributes N1.4bn Drugs</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167217</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Reuben Buhari in Kaduna</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaduna State has distributed drugs, medical consumables and other hospitals equipment worth N1.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Child Rights Act: UNICEF Tasks Media on Passage</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167215</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has urged the media to step up advocacy efforts to ensure a speedy passage of the Child Rights Acts in all the 36 states in the country.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Agency Engages 300 to Keep City Clean</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167214</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>From Emmanuel Ugwu in Umuahia</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=167214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to ensure sustainable environmental cleanliness of the urban and rural areas of Abia, the State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has recruited additional 300 men and women to join in the daily task of keeping Umuahia and Aba clean.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>‘No Witches Here’</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=166725</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By MARY EKAH</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=166725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When some unlucky children were accused of witchcraft in Akwa Ibom State last year, the state government had to intervene to stop the unprecedented abuse these children suffered in the hands of frightened parents and guardians.]]></description>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>African Youth Charter: National Efforts at Adaptation</title>
		<comments>http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=166722</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Chineme Okafor</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=166722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The African Youth Charter is a policy framework developed by the African Union (AU) Commission.]]></description>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
Array
(
    [theme] => 44
)
