Monthly Archives: November, 2017

Key to tackling poverty is water, sanitation, says World Bank

Reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of access to safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030 will require countries to spend $150 billion...

Government unveils severe directions to combat Delhi’s worsening air

On a day when a thick polluted haze enveloped the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) in India, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA)...

COP23: U.S. People’s Delegation takes on Trump

Community and grassroots leaders from the United States on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 in Bonn, Germany unveiled a platform at ongoing UN Climate Change...

CITES, UN highlight links between corruption, wildlife crime

The Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the UN Office on Drugs and...

Activists liken nation’s climate inaction to Trump Paris Agreement pull-out

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States from the Paris climate agreement has been met with strong criticism from African civil society,...

Expert says regular hand wash promotes good personal hygiene

A pathologist at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA), Dr Dorothy Nweke, has advocated regular hand wash with soap or any approved liquid or...

Delhi pollution hits severe levels, schools likely to be closed

Pollution levels on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 hit alarmingly high levels in New Delhi, India with authorities considering emergency measures such as closing schools...

NOSDRA restates commitment to speedily combat oil spill

Zonal Director, National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Cyrus Nkangwung, has expressed the agency’s readiness to continue to combat oil spill...

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Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA), Dr Fatima Abubakar, has unveiled an eight-point strategic plan aimed...
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Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun Feyikemi Ipadeola, has called on Nigerians to support public hospitals...

Nature essential to our economy, our stability, our humanity – IUCN President

Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), delivered a keynote address at the...

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Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA),...

Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun...