Yearly Archives: 2016

$6bn needed to meet 2025 water target, says report

Nigeria needs to invest about $600 million yearly in the water supply sector over the next 10 years if it hopes to achieve universal...

Paris Agreement: Peru ratifies, Nigeria prepares to sign

About three months after it signed the Paris Agreement on 22 April 2016, Peru last Monday (25 July 2016) deposited its instrument of ratification...

Government raises Council, Board for Ogoniland clean-up

“The choice is for you to keep your environment clean and nurture the Niger Delta back to its lost glory. The beginning of this clean-up exercise...

G20 finance ministers pledge to scale up green finance

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors held their third meeting on July 23-24 in Chengdu, and issued the final Communiqué before this year's...

Fossil fuel-free plane completes round-the-world trip

Solar Impulse, a zero-fuel aircraft powered entirely by the sun, has safely landed in Abu Dhabi, thereby completing a 40,000 kilometer trip around the...

Images: Legislative roundtable on climate change

In the bid to foster deeper understanding of Nigeria’s commitment to the Paris Agreement while promoting legislative ownership of the nation’s climate change agenda,...

How Ogoni pollution impoverished indegenes

Poverty, destitution and deprivation prevalent in Ogoniland have been linked with the soil, air and water pollution that the people of the area have...

Water privatisation isn’t way out, crusaders urge Lagos lawmakers

Civil society, community/faith-based groups, and labour activists numbering over 300 on Wednesday marched on the Lagos State House of Assembly, Secretariat to deliver a...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed with energy resources, yet struggling to keep the lights on...
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Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with rising frequency of major shocks worldwide. Amid spikes in energy,...

Human bile emerges as a hidden reservoir for microplastics

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of modern life, and microplastics are now known to...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed...

Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with...