Achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and true sustainable development will take broad-based engagement, especially by the private sector to drive innovation and investment, participants at the opening of Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum in Mexico City have been told. Mexico suffered a serious earthquake last month that resulted in terrible loss of life and destruction. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria remains proud of its former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, for the winning the 2017 World Food Prize. Adesina, who is the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), was on Thursday, October 19, 2017 presented with the $250,000 prize and Laureate sculpture at a ceremony in the United States. The President’s Special Adviser ...

At the just concluded conference on biotechnology in Abuja recently, Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), expressed concern that many Nigerians were not supporting the introduction of genetically modified crops. “Although the technology is about 26 years old, Nigeria has yet to fully embrace the technology based on so many factors. “The agency has the capability to ...

An environmentalist, Mr Habib Omotosho, has urged industrialists and business owners to use solar and other renewable sources of energy for their operations to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Omotosho, the National Coordinator, Environmental Advancement Initiatives, an NGO, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, October 19, 2017. He said that ...

Dr David Kassa, the Taraba State Commissioner for Agriculture, on Thursday, October 19, 2017 said International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has concluded arrangements to support 4,522 dry season rice farmers in the state with farm inputs. Kassa disclosed this at the opening session of the state’s Trade Promotion and Knowledge Fair, organised by VCDP ...

The Lagos Chapter of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON) on Thursday, October 19, 2017 urged the Federal Government to delete the Land Use Act from the nation’s Constitution. Its Chairman, Mr Omotayo Awomosu, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that removal of the Land Use Act ...

The Monkey Pox virus outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said. Adewole made the disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). President Muhammadu Buhari chaired the meeting held at ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the bank will invest $24 billion in agriculture over the next 10 years to help unlock its potential and assure food security in Africa. AfDB president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this at a side event of the ongoing Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, USA on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Adesina said ...

An environmentalist, Mr Oluwasegun Benson, on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State would officially inaugurate the Community Vector Control Point (CVCP) in Lagos on Thursday, October 26. Benson, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Phosgard Fumigants Ltd., said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said ...

Private sector players have been asked to seize the investment opportunities existing in the environment sector and help transform the nation’s economy. Environment Minister of State, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, who made the submission in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the 11th National Council on Environment (NCE), stressed that the investment opportunities entail repositioning the National Agency ...