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Group vows to resist proposed prison, cemetery in Ogoniland

The Ogoni Rights Advocates (ORA) is peeved that the Federal Government is contemplating building a massive prison and cemetery in Ogoniland, instead of the...

admin - April 8, 2018

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Ahead rainy season, Akwa Ibom begins flood control intervention

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Dr Iniobong Essien, has said that government has embarked on various flood control intervention...

admin - March 29, 2018

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Worsening worldwide land degradation now critical, says report

Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species extinctions and intensifying climate change. It...

admin - March 26, 2018

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Snow turns orange in parts of Europe

About every five years, the usually powdery white snow turns orange in parts of Eastern Europe. That happened again over the weekend, stunning skiers and...

admin - March 26, 2018

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International Day of Forests: Government pledges to fight land degradation

Acting Director of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mr Tolu Osakuade, has expressed willingness of the department to collaborate with some associations to fight...

admin - March 21, 2018

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International Day of Forests: Kaduna plants 3.7m trees in two years to curb desertification

The Kaduna State Government says it has so far planted 3,702,470 trees over the last two years in various locations as part of measures...

admin - March 21, 2018

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Unsustainable mining: Halting the scarification of Abuja

Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at a community consultation in Abuja on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 frowns at the deadly...

admin - March 19, 2018

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Government asked to check deforestation by controlling child bearing

A Cross River State-based environmentalist, Chief Edwin Ogar, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to come out with a law regulating the...

admin - March 18, 2018

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