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Monthly Archives: October, 2017

Global Handwashing Day: Group seeks action to improve hygiene, healthcare facilities

WaterAid Nigeria has renewed its call for improvements to water, sanitation and hygiene in schools as well as healthcare facilities in the country. According to...

Global Handwashing Day: Protecting health towards a sustainable future

Nature Uchenna Obiakor, Coordinator, YouthWASH Africa, in this piece to celebrate the 2017 Global Handwashing Day (GHD), writes that the theme for this year’s...

Port Harcourt hosts energy, green technology conference

The Garden City of Port Harcourt in River State is set to host the Energy and New Green Technology Conference with the theme: ‘The...

Economic recovery: Environment Council to unlock investment opportunities in sector

Arising from the challenges occasioned by the recent economic recession experienced in the country, government is seeking to diversify the economy by unlocking the...

‘MV Esperanza’ arrives Cameroon, seeks Congo Basin forest protection

The Greenpeace ship, “MV Esperanza”, on Friday, October 13, 2017 docked at the port of Douala in Cameroon on the first leg of its...

Biosafety agency donates relief materials to victims of terror attacks

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has donated some food items and relief materials to victims of terrorism and insurgency in the country. Director General/Chief...

Espinosa to Potsdam climate scientists: ‘We need you’

Hundreds of millions of people will be affected by climate change impacts and their implications for health or migration already within the next few...

African Local Governments to examine informal economy, climate change

The City of Praia in Cape Verde will host the 4th World Forum on Local Economic Development (LED), scheduled to hold from Tuesday, October 17...

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Reserve for wild horses established in Sumava Mountains, near borders with Germany and Austria

A herd of wild horses ran into the new reserve in the Sumava Protected Landscape Area in the mountain...
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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...
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