Monthly Archives: August, 2014

Real Estate

OPIC at 30: Emergence of a colossus

The vision to establish a state-owned investment company in Ogun State originated under the military administration of Brigadier Oladipo Diya as state governor between (1984...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Climate Change

IPCC’s AR5 and Africa: Adaptation will bring benefits

The fourth in the series sheds light on the IPCC findings that, in the light of the fact that climate change has the tendency...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Climate Change

IPCC’s AR5 and implications for Africa

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced what appears to be the most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever. The Fifth Assessment...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Cover

Nigeria may integrate climate change in post-2015 agenda

Stakeholders in the nation’s environment and development sector, who rose from a short session on Tuesday, 19 August 2014 in Abuja, have called on...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Health

Ebola: Don’t panic, Academy of Science urges Nigerians

Nigeria’s foremost independent scientific body, the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), while pledging its support to government in bringing the Ebola virus scourge to...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Agric & Biotech

Prosperous tobacco farmer stories a myth, ERA/FoEN tells African govts

As the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) approaches,...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

Climate Change

Efik: Exigencies of climate actions

The recently released Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has expressly maintained that human influence is extremely likely...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2014

News