Science & Tech

Chemists seek national analytic laboratory

Professional chemists, operating under the auspices of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), are calling for the establishment of a National Public Analytic Laboratory in the country. The... 

• A tale of two dams
• Journalists to train on mapping environmental issues
• Asiodu clamours national environment agenda

Agric & Biotech

Govt begins re-greening of Abuja

Before the creation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 1976, the area known today as Abuja was a collection of gazetted forest reserves. But they were all cleared during the development... 

• Activists list blemishes of Biosafety Bill
• Bassey: Genetic engineering as threat to Nigeria’s food security
• Unveiling the hidden treasures in Nigeria’s Forest

Health

Nigeria: Why polio persists

A child is born every day in Nigeria. After the birth, the mother is expected to immunise the child against some preventable childhood diseases such as polio. Polio victims Polio is an infectious... 

• Lassa fever: Watch what you eat
• Social media and creative technologies: A recipe to save Bagega
• Maternal mortality and frightening reality

Human Settlement

Should fallen tree that killed 40 be destroyed?

If officials of the Department of Forestry in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in Imo State, Nigeria, were to have their way, the ancient tree that fell and killed up to 40 persons... 

• Lokoja, others partner UN-Habitat on City Resilience Profiling Programme
• FG, Ondo commit $5m to UN-Habitat partnerships
• Living under the shadows of death

Real Estate

Business in the fast lane

Fast food outlets or eateries have become a major feature of urban centres in the country. The development has considerably impacted the real estate sector and, of course, the environment. In... 

• N2bn 11-floor apartment to replace Isale Gangan slum
• Jonathan dedicates Eko Atlantic City, Clinton applauds

Sustainable Devpt

World’s greenest building and Nigeria’s challenges

The Bullitt Center is a commercial office building at the northern edge of the Central District neighborhood, near Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA. It was officially opened on Earth... 

• NCF commends, advices govt on Great Green Wall project
• Olufunso Amosun: How Ogun is uplifting the environment

Water & Sanitation

Thirst of a nation

Water is an essential resource for human existence and survival. Over the past century, the use of water has been growing at more than twice the rate of global population increase – a development... 

• UN agencies launch plan to curb pneumonia, diarrhoea
• Water journalists meet in Dakar

Climate Change

‘Ibadan Declaration’ demands emission cuts

The civil society in Nigeria has said that, in line with the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that keeps temperature increase below 1.5°C,... 

• Ambition, selfishness and climate action
• Madagascar, Benin, Angola to get $17.8m AfDB climate change support