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Monthly Archives: September, 2017

Caribbean countries, health officials assess Hurricane Irma damage

Countries in the Caribbean are assessing hurricane damage from Hurricane Irma and deploying sanitary engineers and other experts, with help from the Pan American...

Reactions trail extreme global weather situation

As the world watches in awe the unfolding extreme weather events around the globe in recent weeks, experts are offering varying views on the...

Organisations want climate action, says survey

In a survey of the private-sector, public-sector and not-for-profits, 94% of respondents felt organisations should reduce their greenhouse gas emissions even when not required to...

UN: Cholera outbreak threatens 1.4m Nigerians in refugee camps

At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in “cholera hotspot”’, prey to an outbreak of the...

Jigawa agency disposes 50,070 tonnes of waste

The Jigawa Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA) collected and disposed 50,070 tonnes of waste in the last eight months across the 25 Local Government Areas...

381 new species discovered in the Amazon

A strong-beaked bird named after Barack Obama, a fire-tailed titi monkey and a new pink river dolphin, are among species recorded by the Living...

National Park Service and national security

There is no doubt that the issue of national security has been gaining increasing traction and attention in the past decade. Also, there is...

New Urban Agenda: Fresh reform heralds ‘UN-Urban’

If a recommendation by a Panel during a recent high-level meeting on new global approach to the rapidly urbanising world were to see the...

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ACReSAL: Minister lauds World Bank’s $2m disbursement to FCT

The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has commended the World Bank for disbursing $2...
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Tinubu appoints Barikor, Amgbare as heads of NESREA, NDRBDA

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Innocent Barikor as the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards...

Govt vows to mitigate climate disasters for sustainable development

The Federal Government has vowed to deepen efforts to tackle climate change and its attendant effects to accelerate sustainable...

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ACReSAL: Minister lauds World Bank’s $2m disbursement to FCT

The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr...

Tinubu appoints Barikor, Amgbare as heads of NESREA, NDRBDA

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr...
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