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Yearly Archives: 2012

Climate change, food security: African Water Facility supports new Zambia dams

The African Development Bank has approved a African Water Facility (AWF) grant of €950,000 to support a project to help the Government of Zambia...

Mailafia tasks environmental health officers

Environment Minister, Hadiza Mailafia, has tasked Environmental Health Officers to rededicate themselves to their work by inspecting at least 50 houses per day to...

Flood: 5,000 homes submerged in Kogi, 370,000 homeless in Edo

Lokoja, the Kogi State capital city, is one of the numerous locations severely flooded as a result of torrential rainfall and release of water...

‘Environmental degradation threatening Niger Delta region’

Information Minister, Labaran Maku, has isolated environmental degradation as one of the greatest threats to the Niger Delta region. Maku made the submission in Abuja...

Need for all-encompassing environment legislation underlined

The Federal Government has been called upon to put in place an all-encompassing law to regulate the environment and also address issues that may...

Liberia land grants threaten local communities’ wellbeing

Large-scale land grants totalling more than 1.5 million acres1 to Sime Darby2 and Golden Veroleum3 for oil palm and rubber plantations jeopardizes land rights...

Concern over climate change impact on coastal areas

Global warming-induced sea level rise and changes in climatic conditions are posing a serious challenge to the attainment of sustainable development in coastal states...

Tackling climate challenges through regional integration

As the federal and state governments make frantic efforts to tackle the adverse effects of climate change, environmentalists are of the view that regional...

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Large-scale oil spills reported at U.S. military bases in South Korea

Two large-scale oil spills were recently reported at United States (U.S.) military bases in South Korea, Yonhap news agency...
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PENGASSAN calls for engagement to safeguard oil sector stability, cautions against political interference

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for continued stakeholder engagement following the...

LAWMA deepens strategic partnership with NAN on waste management advocacy

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening strategic media collaboration with the News Agency...

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Large-scale oil spills reported at U.S. military bases in South Korea

Two large-scale oil spills were recently reported at United...

PENGASSAN calls for engagement to safeguard oil sector stability, cautions against political interference

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of...
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