Monthly Archives: February, 2022

UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford, seeks more investment partnerships in Nigeria

UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, visited Nigerian e-mobility platform and an electric vehicle assembler, MAX, to highlight the...

Exploring Nigeria’s vanishing wetlands

There are four types of wetlands, namely: marshes, swamps, bogs and fens. Wetland ecosystems play a critical role in supporting the livelihoods of millions of...

COVID-19: Bed capacity utilisation drops to 0% in Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says bed capacity utilisation in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has dropped...

Plan International engages youths as change agents in Lake Chad Basin

Plan International, an NGO, has engaged youths from Niger, Cameroun and Nigeria to become change agents in stabilisation of Lake Chad Basin. The Regional Project...

Shell reiterates commitment to lower CO2 emissions in Nigeria

Nigeria’s leading energy company, Shell, has reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts to help the country meet its lower carbon emission target. “Apart from this...

Plastic pollution growing as waste management, recycling fall short – OECD

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or...

Re-planting of indigenous trees can slow down climate change, says don

A lecturer at the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Science, Bayero University, Kano, Dr Mustapha Karkarna, says that re-planting of indigenous trees can slow down...

Madagascar braces for 4th cyclone as UN outlines plans to assist

The island nation of Madagascar is shoring up for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday, February 22,...

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Association urges dialogue, strategy over charcoal export ban

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) has called for urgent and coordinated...
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Plateau mine gas tragedy: Govt inaugurates 18-member probe panel

The Federal Government has inaugurated a high-level 18-member committee to investigate the Zurak Mines gas poisoning incident in Wase...

NCDC alerts 10 states on flood-linked cholera, disease outbreak risks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted 10 states to a high risk of cholera and...

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Association urges dialogue, strategy over charcoal export ban

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and...

Plateau mine gas tragedy: Govt inaugurates 18-member probe panel

The Federal Government has inaugurated a high-level 18-member committee...