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Monthly Archives: September, 2017

US vs N. Korea: Group appeals for diplomatic solution in North East Asia

Members of Abolition 2000 and affiliated networks, representing peace and disarmament organisations from around the world, have called on the United States and North...

Oil firm pledges to end gas flaring in 2019

An indigenous player in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, Belema Oil Producing Limited, has said that it will end gas flaring in its host...

$700m raised to address humanitarian crisis in Lake Chad Region

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Monday, September 11, 2017 that about $700 million had been realised from the pledges made by donors...

Ortom slams FERMA, urges agency to ‘step up’

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday, September 11, 2017 said the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) was ineffective in its operations. Ortom told...

NNPC: Government asked to implement federal character

The Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) has asked Federal Character Commission (FCC) to compel the Federal Government to implement Federal Character Principle in appointment...

Nigeria, others take up campaign to save productive land

Up to two billion hectares of land are degraded. On average, 12 million hectares are lost every year and 169 countries are affected by...

How Kenya NEMA implements climate actions, by officials

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) of Kenya is the principle government agency responsible for the management of the country’s environmental matters. A national...

IPCC: Outline of climate science report agreed

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has agreed the outline of its next comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change, the IPCC Sixth Assessment...

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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

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