Monthly Archives: June, 2021

Health

Nigeria hits 3.4m COVID-19 Vaccine jabs in two rounds – NPHDA

Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said a total of 3.4 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have so...

Michael Simire - June 29, 2021

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50% of India’s freshwater-based coal-fired power plants fail to meet standards, says report

India’s coal-fired power plants have been rampantly flouting the country’s 2015 water consumption norms, says a new survey report released recently by Centre for...

Michael Simire - June 28, 2021

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ERA urges Mobil to obey court judgement to compensate Akwa Ibom communities

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to urgently comply with the recent Federal High...

Michael Simire - June 28, 2021

Water & Sanitation

$700m World Bank water project: Stakeholders call for states’ commitment

Stakeholders have called on states benefitting from the $700 million World Bank-supported Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) Programme to...

Michael Simire - June 28, 2021

Renewable Energy

Germany’s largest solar thermal system gulps €10m

Germany's largest solar thermal system, located on the Römerhügel in Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim, has been described as a model for municipal energy. The “SolarHeatGrid” project was funded...

Michael Simire - June 28, 2021

Agric & Biotech

SEFFA builds Jos farmers’ resilience with climate smart agricultural practices

The increasing need to foster community education on the relationship between climate change and agriculture recently motivated a non-profit group known as Sustainable Environment...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Foundation partners Lagos on environmental sustainability

A non-governmental organisation, Sterling One Foundation, has pledged to strengthen its partnership with the Lagos State Government on environmental sustainability. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mrs...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2021

Waste Management

Kano out-sources waste management to private firm

Kano state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, says the state government will soon outsource waste management activities to Cape Gate, a private firm. Getso,...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2021

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