News and events // Last updated: 27.02.2012 //

Nordic Spirit in Business and Culture events in Lagos, 23.-25.2.2012.

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News and events // Last updated: 21.09.2011 //

On 26 August, the United Nations office in Abuja was the target of an attack that shocked the world and drew global condemnation. From Heads of State to members of the general public, people at all levels have denounced what was a deplorable and cowardly act.

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Members of the Nordic Energy Delegation on site visit to Gurara Multipurpose Project. The project is supplying water to Abuja as well as well as having a 3 x 10 MW power plant.
News and events // Last updated: 29.10.2010 //

The Embassies of Norway, Finland and Sweden in Abuja, in cooperation with the Federal Ministries of Power, Water Resources and Environment in Nigeria, organized a Nordic Trade Delegation to Abuja from the 18th to the 22nd of October 2010.

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News and events // 29.05.2009 //

Oil has been found in profitable quantities in the waters outside Ghana. Oil production may commence as early as 2010. Already in 2005, the Ghanaian national oil company GNPC approached Norway to ask for assistance in managing petroleum resources under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair's Oil for Development programme. The approach was seconded by then UN Secretary General, the Ghanaian...

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Photo: Ida Marie Bakken.
News and events // 15.04.2011 //

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Federal Ministry of Power on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the Nordic Embassies in Nigeria on Cooperation in the Energy Sector and Energy Development.

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News and events // Last updated: 19.10.2009 //

The last twenty years has witnessed a substantial decrease in global poverty. Hundreds of millions of people are experiencing an improvement in living standards. Today, nearly all children have access to primary education. The number of democracies in the world has doubled. The opportunities for sustainable global development are many. But so are the obstacles.   The fight against poverty is

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News and events // 02.02.2009 //

From 1st September 2008 PRRINN is expanding, so that it will cover health care for mothers and children, not only immunization . This is made possible by the addition of Norwegian assistance to the PRRINN funding of the British Government. The purpose of the new PRRINN-MNCH programme is to improve the quality and availability of all maternal, neonatal and child health services. These services...

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