Monthly Archives: August, 2017

Report underlines need for National Urban Policy for Palestine

The first State of Palestine Cities Report calls for development of a National Urban Policy and recommends that more effort should be made to...

Five die as cholera rocks IDP camp in Borno

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners are reportedly moving swiftly to help local health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp...

Construction work on COP23 venue intensifies

The construction of the provisional structures required to make sure that all 20,000 plus delegates and visitors to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23)...

Flooding: Benue to review master plan of Makurdi, others

The Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, August 30, 2017 directed the State Ministry of Lands and Survey to review the Master Plan...

59 nations get $10m under GCF’s Readiness Programme

More than $10 million to date has been disbursed through the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Readiness Programme, a flagship funding programme that provides resources...

Rooftop solar can bridge India’s gap in rural health services, says report

Solar powered primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Chhattisgarh admitted over 50% more patients and conducted almost twice the number of child deliveries in a...

EnviroNews, others to receive awards at 8th Environment Outreach Public Lecture

Leading online environment and development magazine, EnviroNews Nigeria, along with several others organisations and individuals, will be honoured during the 8th Environment Outreach Magazine...

Africa no longer dumping ground for obsolete technologies, say water ministers

The era of exporting obsolete technologies to Africa in the guise of meeting the continent’s infrastructure needs in the water and sanitation sector is...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open...
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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...

Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed...

Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an...