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Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Zambia calls for closer collaboration to tackle climate change

Zambia on Thursday, January 31, 2019 called for closer collaboration among stakeholders to tackle the negative effects of climate change. Zambia’s Minister of National Development Planning, Alexander Chiteme,...

Environmentalist decries continuous decline in Nigeria’s forest cover

An environmentalist, Chief Philip Asiodu, has decried the continuous declining of the Nigeria’s forest cover. Asiodu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday,...

Cocoa: Group urges end to child labour, deforestation

The European Union and Germany have come under intense pressure to put an end to child labour and deforestation – offshoots of growing cocoa...

NABDA partners with firm, Cuba to produce bio-fertiliser, vaccines

Acting Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Alex Akpa, says the agency is partnering with Biocrops Nigeria Limited in a research to produce indigenous products...

Africa accused of not investing enough on environment

A university teacher, Prof. Victor Ojakorotu, said in Lagos on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 that governments in Africa were not making enough investments to...

Nigeria gets $29m grant to fight TB

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) says the Global Funds has provided 29 million dollars grant to help fight against Tuberculosis (TB) in the country. Dr...

Government restates commitment to promoting blue economy

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to promoting blue economy for safe and sustainable use of the continent’s vast sea...

Paucity of fund stalls FAO’s effort to upscale Africa’s Great Green Wall scheme

At the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2018 on how to solve the climate crisis of December last year, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),...

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COP28: PACJA, CSDevNet, SIDA deliberate on ways to tackle climate change

Some civil society groups have been deliberating on ways to tackle climate change even as preparations are on for...
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EU sets higher binding targets for renewable energy consumption

The European Union (EU) is to increase the share of renewable energy in the bloc’s overall energy consumption, under...

Robust plan on flood mitigation underway, says minister

The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, says a comprehensive plan to mitigate flooding across the country will soon be...

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COP28: PACJA, CSDevNet, SIDA deliberate on ways to tackle climate change

Some civil society groups have been deliberating on ways...

EU sets higher binding targets for renewable energy consumption

The European Union (EU) is to increase the share...