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Monthly Archives: August, 2016

How to build a flood-resilient Lagos

An environmentalist, Dr Bolanle Wahab, says responsible behaviour in all spheres of life would increase the resilience of Lagos to flood disaster risk. Wahab, of...

Dignitaries to grace advocacy planning book launch

All roads will next week Tuesday (September 6, 2016) lead to the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Victoria Island in Lagos, where...

Female mosquitoes can transmit Zika virus to eggs, offspring

Killing only adult mosquitoes may not end Zika outbreaks As the recent Miami outbreak of Zika virus, transmitted by the bite of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, prompts...

Floods ravage Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun

About 60 houses were submerged by flood in Kaduna communities as a result of heavy rainfall which occurred as a result of long hours...

Shell trains youths on power plant operations

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operated Joint Venture has trained 15 engineering graduates from host communities of the Afam VI Power Plant at...

Radio signal spurs talk of alien life

A "strong signal" detected by a radio telescope in Russia that is scanning the heavens for signs of extraterrestrial life has stirred interest among...

Manzanares emerges new interim head of GCF, Cheikhrouhou becomes Tunisian Energy Minister

Mr. Javier Manzanares has become the Executive Director ad interim of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat. Mr. Manzanares, the Fund's Chief Financial Officer,...

Climate change could halve coffee production by 2050

Climate change is already putting production and cost pressures on the supply of coffee in significant parts of the world’s “bean belt” of coffee...

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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in Cartagena for ICARRD+20 to advance agrarian reform and rural development,...
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NAPTIP, UK unite to amplify voices of trafficking survivors

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja,...

Lead exposure: Ogun commences independent health audit of Ogijo residents

The Ogun State Government has commenced an independent and comprehensive health audit of residents of Ogijo in Sagamu Local...

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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

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