Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Agric & Biotech

ABP: NIRSAL structures FCT farmers into 16 Agro Geo-Cooperatives

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System (NIRSAL) said it had structured Federal Capital Territory (FCT) farmers into 16 established Agro Geo-Cooperatives (AGCs) for the...
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Conservation

Six bison calves born in ‘European Serengeti’

A reserve of large herbivores, also known as the European Serengeti, in 2020 recorded what is said to be the highest increases in bison...
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Cover

Journalists urged on Covid-19 challenges as PACJA launches 2020 ACCER Awards

The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) has launched the 2020 African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) Awards with a call for journalists to...
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Agric & Biotech

Nigeria: Agriculture and nation building

For a country to be ideally independent, it must be self-sufficient. When a country has difficulty in producing what it consumes, then there is...
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Cover

U.S. surpasses 150,000 coronavirus deaths

Coronavirus deaths in the United States topped 150,000 on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 amid a surge in cases across the country, according to a...
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Climate Change

Why it’s necessary to involve public in revision of Nigeria’s climate action plan – Okereke

Nigeria started the process of revising her Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in March 2020 year and is due to conclude the exercise in November....
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Human Welfare

Nigeria, UN, others launch projects to fight trafficking in persons

On the eve of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Organisation for...
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Gender

How COVID-19 is affecting progress on gender equality

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the UN General Assembly held a virtual multi-stakeholder hearing titled, “Accelerating the Realisation of Gender Equality and the Empowerment...
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Conservation

One in five assessed soil species at risk of extinction, data needed for thousands more – Study

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Oryx, warns that over 40%...
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Oil & Gas

Dangote launches plan to sell 10% refinery stake via Pan-African IPO

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to sell a 10 per cent stake in its $20 billion,...
Climate Change

Climate justice: Activists protest as Brazilian Petrobras posts $22bn in profit

During Petrobras's Annual General Meeting this Thursday, April 16, 2026, a group of civil society organisations protested outside the...

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Conservation

One in five assessed soil species at risk of extinction, data needed for thousands more – Study

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published on...
Oil & Gas

Dangote launches plan to sell 10% refinery stake via Pan-African IPO

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to...