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Yearly Archives: 2017

A’Ibom senatorial tussle: PDP lawyer writes IGP on alleged threat to life

The Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District seat tussle at the National Assembly has taken another twist as a lawyer in the legal unit of...

Presidential speech: Another opportunity lost, says Ozekhome

A constitutional lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has described the entire National Day broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari on the...

Images: Minamata Convention on Mercury’s COP1

Over 150 countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland from September 24 to 29, 2017 on the occasion of the First Conference of the Parties to...

How climate change impacts education

About 80 percent of enlightened Nigerians lament that they are hard hit by climate change, with farmers and fishermen – representing two major employment...

Climate change and health risks in Nigeria

Climate Change brings with it an increase in malnutrition, mental health conditions, infectious diseases spread and even death. Rising greenhouse gas levels are triggering...

Gold in ground vs gold in water: Pebble Mine threatens salmon populace, WWF tells Trump

Hard choices have to be made in the US very soon: is it the gold in the ground or gold in another form in...

Labour, civil society join forces against climate change

A fledgling but promising relationship that has been brewing between organised labour and sustainable development campaigners has finally been solidified. Midwifed by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES),...

International Day of the Older Person: Providing health services for needy

As the world observed the International Day of the Older Person on Sunday, October 1 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of...

Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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