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Monthly Archives: August, 2017

Day becomes night as solar eclipse engulfs US

Day turned to night for two minutes on Monday, August 21, 2017 as the first solar eclipse in the US in nearly a century...

Why ‘Liveable Cities’ rankings are wrong

Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive editor of newgeography.com, in this article published in Forbes.com says that the ranking...

Groups seek to clarify World Bank’s role in Lagos water sector

The Our Water Our Right Coalition has written to the World Bank, asking it to explain its role in plans by the Lagos State...

Court judgment on local govt election academic, says A’Ibom AG

The Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has described as academic the judgment of the state High Court that...

Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa, describes presidential broadcast as ‘buck passing’

Lagos-lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has condemned the Presidential broadcast, describing it as an act of buck passing rather than addressing the issues of restructuring, true...

GCF, EBRD, others bankroll Egypt’s $1bn renewable energy project

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are teaming up to make a major contribution to a...

World Orangutan Day: Conservationists seek end to habitat destruction

The world on Saturday, August 19, 2017 observed the International Orangutan Day with events organised globally to raise awareness about the plight of the...

China completes, connects floating solar plant to power grid

China has announced that the largest floating photovoltaic (PV) facility on earth has finally been completed and connected to the local power grid. Long reviled...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the...

World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by...
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