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Yearly Archives: 2016

Government urged by Catholics to drop grazing bill

Catholic bishops in Enugu on Saturday called on the Federal Government to drop the idea of the grazing bill to forestall ethnic clashes and...

FADAMA cassava scheme gets $200m World Bank lifeline

Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said the World Bank will support FADAMA III Project in the country with $200 million. Ogbeh made this known...

When July’s first moon crescent will appear, by space agency

The National Space Research and Development Agency has predicted that the appearance of the first moon crescent for July would be on July 5. This...

WorldStage Economic Summit 2016 to address unemployment challenges

With a total of 22.4 million Nigerians unemployed or under‐employed out of the 76.9 million total labour force, Worldstage Economic Summit (WES) 2016 (http://worldstagegroup.com/wes/)...

Lagos zoo harbours 135-year-old tortoise

A tortoise, aged 135 years, has been found in a private zoo in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The good, old tortoise of about the size of...

Images: Africa Cleanup Conference 2016

The first ever Africa CleanUp Conference & Award held in Lagos, Nigeria, 24th to 25th June, 2016. Africa CleanUp Conference & Award 2016 was organised...

Environmentalists clamour improved waste management strategies

A call has gone to all tiers of government to encourage private and public partnerships through favourable policies to ensure improved waste management in...

What the National Confab agreed to on biosafety, GMOs

During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to...

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Publisher declares for Lagos Island Constituency II House of Assembly seat ahead of 2027 poll

The Publisher of online news platform, August24news.com, Mr. Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim, popularly known as "Omoatitebi", has formally entered the...
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Governors back direct remittance of oil, gas revenues to federation account

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed its support for the recent federal reforms mandating that all Oil and...

EcoCirculate expands community-driven circular economy efforts to Ojokoro

The Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy (OCCE) has once again advanced Lagos State’s sustainability agenda with the...

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Publisher declares for Lagos Island Constituency II House of Assembly seat ahead of 2027 poll

The Publisher of online news platform, August24news.com, Mr. Ajagbe...

Governors back direct remittance of oil, gas revenues to federation account

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed its support...
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