Monthly Archives: December, 2012

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Gas flaring: Nembe youths shut down Shell installations

The people of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State have asked the management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to stop the gas flaring in...
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Climate Change

What climate change means to the American

One of my mentors, Akin Jimoh, had said in July 2011: “Climate Change will be one of the biggest stories of the 21st century”....
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Report seeks to expand access to pro-poor energy services

A report seeking to expand access to pro-poor energy services in the country has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to set...
Michael Simire -
Climate Change

UNFCCC: COP 18 opened gateway to greater climate action, ambition

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has said that, at its Eighteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18)...
Michael Simire -
Climate Change

‘Doha deal is as empty as a desert mirage’

The UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, Saturday failed to deliver increased cuts to carbon pollution, nor did they provide any credible pathway to...
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Agric & Biotech

Threats to small-scale food production in Nigeria, by IIED, Oxfam

A new report released on Thursday has identified large-scale land acquisitions and other commercial investment in agriculture in Nigeria and three other countries as...
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Sustainable Devpt

NEMA slams states, LGs’ attitude to disaster management

Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Muhammad Sani-Sidi, has said the inability of most states and local governments in Nigeria to establish...
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Climate Change

Mailafia seeks global effort to tackle climate challenge

Minister of Environment and head of Nigeria's delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations...
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ECOWAS Bank approves $150m to construct Lagos waste management facility, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved $266.7 million and XOF30 billion to support a portfolio...
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Global warming a vital issue in voting decisions – US voters

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Plogging Nigeria, Swedish Embassy launch waste management directory to revolutionise nation’s circular economy

Nigeria’s waste management landscape underwent a significant transformation on March 30, 2026, with the official launch of the Nigerian...

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ECOWAS Bank approves $150m to construct Lagos waste management facility, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

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