Science & Tech

Incorporating sound chemicals management in MDGs, Vision 20/2020 dreams

Experts have underlined the need for a well-coordinated mechanism that would ensure the eventual incorporation of sound chemicals management priorities and recommended activities in the Vision... 

• Monsoon in West Africa
• Ozone layer: Nigeria to complete HCFCs’ phase-out
• Chemicals management policy underway

Agric & Biotech

Standing against GMOs

Nature has the right responses to changing climate and holds the ace to the survival of species on the planet. Humans simply have to be humble enough to accept that we do not understand everything... 

• Controversy trails fortified cassava project
• Govt begins re-greening of Abuja
• Activists list blemishes of Biosafety Bill

Health

Banning smoking in public in Lagos

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State last week signed a bill banning smoking in public places in the state into law. By implication, nobody can smoke in public places anymore as offenders... 

• Measles vaccine stock-out: Nigeria faces risk of under-five deaths
• Dangers of Lead in paints
• Healthcare waste management policy formulated

Human Settlement

Ministers to define Africa Urban Agenda

Following the recent launch of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC), Ministers for Land and Urban Development in Africa will address the issue of housing finance on the continent as... 

• Hello Lagos, Big Brother is watching
• Giving Ife varsity a face-lift
• UN prepares Structure Plans for nine Osun cities

Real Estate

Mixed reactions greet Lagos Eko Atlantic City project

An impression of Eko Atlantic City According to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, the Eko Atlantic City is an adaptation measure that would enable the Lagos coastline to regain what... 

• First occupant moves into ‘Grenadines Mansion’ in Propertymart’s Arepo Citiview Estate
• Bridging the Lagos megacity

Sustainable Devpt

Lagos Floating School project nominated for award

A prototype floating school in Lagos has been nominated for the Designs of the Year prize 2014. Floating School The Floating School in Makoko, a poverty-stricken coastal community in Lagos, Nigeria,... 

• ERA/FoEN: Why Shell’s profit is declining
• Between the BRICSs and the MINTs

Water & Sanitation

Fulfill water, sanitation commitments, report urges Nigerian govt

Open defacation As the World marked this year’s World Toilet Day on Tuesday, a new report jointly published by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council,  WaterAid and Unilever... 

• Stockholm forum explores ways to build water partnerships
• Makoko: Potable water from an unlikely source

Climate Change

Climate Reality Project: Social revolution for climatic action

Our planet is fast heating up by the burning of fossil fuels with several tons of carbon pollutants entering the atmosphere everyday through landfills, transportation (traffic), power plants,... 

• IPCC publishes full report of 2013 climate assessment
• Climate change: The Loss and Damage