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Daily Archives: Aug 6, 2012

Makoko: The tragedy, the intrigues

Environmental science writer, Tina Armstrong-Ogbonna, relates her experience as the controversial Makoko demolition saga unfolded in Lagos   I recently participated in the filming of a...

Mailafia grants Park Rangers paramilitary status

Nigeria's Minister of Environment, Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia, has said that all Park Rangers in National Parks nationwide will be upgraded to paramilitary status. She made...

UN endorses Rio+20 outcome document

The United Nations General Assembly, at its 66th session a week ago in New York, adopted a draft resolution by the President of the...

UNEP thumbs-up Nigerian govt’s stand on Ogoniland clean-up

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to proceed with a major oil contamination clean-up of Ogoniland in the...

Enhancing Nigeria’s response to climate change

Youthful Abuja-based Information Technology analyst and advocate for change, Hamzat Lawal, makes a case for the National Climate Change Commission, urging the Presidency to...

Climate change: Threshold 21 model to the rescue

Nigeria has adopted the use of an integrated modelling for linking economic, social and environmental factors to reduce the negative impacts of climate change...

Why more Nigerians are climbing down the energy ladder

Despite Nigeria’s large oil reserves, energy poverty appears to be one of the most striking characteristics of the citizenry, with the formal power sector...

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N3.69bn Ondo Park project described a ‘misplaced priority’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has described the N3.69 billion Chief Reuben Fasoranti Park project by...
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Work begins on 7th Axial Road linking Lekki corridor to Sagamu

Work has started on the Seventh Axial Road behind the Dangote Refinery, linking the Lekki Deep Sea Port corridor...

Worry as forced eviction of Lagos waterfront communities threatens thousands with displacement

Residents of informal settlements and civil society organisations (CSOs) have decried the Lagos State Government’s ongoing mass forced eviction...

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N3.69bn Ondo Park project described a ‘misplaced priority’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has...

Work begins on 7th Axial Road linking Lekki corridor to Sagamu

Work has started on the Seventh Axial Road behind...
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