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Monthly Archives: January, 2016

Nations to submit NDCs after Paris Agreement ratification

Parties to the Paris Agreement (or nations that end up signing the agreement) are expected to communicate their first nationally determined contribution (NDC) no...

Concern as Zika virus spreads alarmingly

As the Zika virus outbreak spreads across Central and South America, it appears to have landed in North America, where 31 people have been...

The online warriors, by Reuben Abati

My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the...

UN, US support Nigeria’s piracy, maritime crime war

Efforts are underway to prosecute and convict criminal gangs involved in piracy and maritime crime in Nigeria, the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

New UNODC Rep, Cristina Albertin, commits to tackling Nigeria’s challenges

Newly appointed Country Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nigeria, Ms. Cristina Albertin, has promised robust engagements with...

Oil firms influenced shifting of gas flare-out date – ERA/FoEN

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described the Federal Government’s decision to further extend the gas flare-out date by International...

Malawian communities seek to end open defecation

About one billion people or 15 percent of the global population, including Malawians, practice open defecation, and ignorance of the consequences Twelve years ago today,...

Youthfulness and 21st century Yoruba kingship

For about six years now, tradition and youthfulness have been cohabiting in some notable Yoruba kingdoms, and the result of this is visible civilisation within these environs. The practice,...

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Group calls on COP28 to agree on essential energy package

As the UN Climate Talks (COP28) kicks off in Dubai, where a global renewable energy target is poised for...
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King Charles urges COP28 to be a ‘critical turning point’ for climate

King Charles III on Friday, December 1, 2023, urged participants at the COP28 climate conference to take swift and...

COP28: World Bank strengthens commitment on financial ambition to drive climate action

The World Bank Group says it is helping people in developing countries better withstand the devastation of climate change...

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Group calls on COP28 to agree on essential energy package

As the UN Climate Talks (COP28) kicks off in...

King Charles urges COP28 to be a ‘critical turning point’ for climate

King Charles III on Friday, December 1, 2023, urged...