Monthly Archives: January, 2016

Nations to submit NDCs after Paris Agreement ratification

Parties to the Paris Agreement (or nations that end up signing the agreement) are expected to communicate their first nationally determined contribution (NDC) no...

Concern as Zika virus spreads alarmingly

As the Zika virus outbreak spreads across Central and South America, it appears to have landed in North America, where 31 people have been...

The online warriors, by Reuben Abati

My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the...

UN, US support Nigeria’s piracy, maritime crime war

Efforts are underway to prosecute and convict criminal gangs involved in piracy and maritime crime in Nigeria, the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

New UNODC Rep, Cristina Albertin, commits to tackling Nigeria’s challenges

Newly appointed Country Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nigeria, Ms. Cristina Albertin, has promised robust engagements with...

Oil firms influenced shifting of gas flare-out date – ERA/FoEN

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described the Federal Government’s decision to further extend the gas flare-out date by International...

Malawian communities seek to end open defecation

About one billion people or 15 percent of the global population, including Malawians, practice open defecation, and ignorance of the consequences Twelve years ago today,...

Youthfulness and 21st century Yoruba kingship

For about six years now, tradition and youthfulness have been cohabiting in some notable Yoruba kingdoms, and the result of this is visible civilisation within these environs. The practice,...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...

Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),...

Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a...