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Monthly Archives: January, 2018

Osinbajo inaugurates AfDB country office, hails $6b portfolio

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, January 18, 2018 inaugurated the Country Office of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and hailed the bank’s $6...

19 tomato growers associations in Katsina get farm implements

The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AFII) Programme on Thursday, January 18, 2018 distributed farm implements to 19 tomato growers associations in Sandamu Local Government...

5,253 rural farmers benefit from FADAMA intervention in Anambra

The Project Coordinator of FADAMA in Anambra State, Mr Chucks Egbueh, says 5, 253 farmers benefitted from the various interventions of the FADAMA III...

20-year-old herdsman in court in Benue over alleged open grazing

The Police on Thursday, January 18, 2018 arraigned a 20-year-old cattle header, Ibrahim Yau, at a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal conspiracy and...

Protected areas threatened by overexploitation, human activity – Study

Protected areas across the world are most threatened by unsustainable resource use and human disturbance, a new study has found. The authors of this paper, published this...

New Zealand increases testing for cattle disease spread

A testing and tracing regime for the bacterial infection Mycoplasma bovis, found in New Zealand’s cattle, has been increased, officials said. New Zealand would provide...

Germany commits €150m to combat polio in Nigeria

The German government has  committed €150 million to ensure total eradication of polio in Nigeria, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Tiwatope...

Sokoto procures 833 trucks of fertiliser for dry season farming

The Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, says that government has procured 833 trucks of fertiliser for dry season farming in the...

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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...
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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...

Coalition commits to advancing climate justice in Nigeria

Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA), a coalition of civil society organisations, community groups, youth movements, researchers, and media actors,...

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

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

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake,...
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