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Monthly Archives: January, 2018

Anti-open grazing law stays, says Ortom as Benue lays slain indigenes to rest

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that if the 2nd January 2, 2018 killings of dozens of people in Guma and Logo...

Group wants green bond proceeds used to fund renewable energy projects in rural communities

Power for All, an international organisation canvassing for electricity supply in Nigeria, has advocated use of green bond proceeds to fund renewable energy projects...

Role of biotechnology in ensuring food security, sustainable agriculture

By most accounts, low agricultural production is one of the prevailing factors behind the high incidence of poverty and food insecurity across the world. However,...

Disappearing oxygen in ocean threatens marine life

A new paper published in Science magazine shows that oxygen concentrations in ocean water are declining, not least as a result of climate change....

Government asked to emulate other African nations on shisha ban

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian government to take a cue from nations that have banned the...

Government told to fast track clean-up of Ogoniland spill

An ecologist, Mr Dennis Ugwuja, has appealed to the Federal Government to fast-track the clean-up of oil spill in Ogoniland, Rivers State. Ugwuja, who is...

Belize passes bill that places moratorium on offshore oil activity

Belize has made history by unanimously passing the “Petroleum Operations (Offshore Zone Moratorium) Bill, 2017” which will place an indefinite moratorium on offshore oil in Belize’s...

Don calls for policies to guarantee affordable housing

Prof. Timothy Nubi of the University of Lagos, Akoka on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 urged the Federal Government to evolve polices that would guarantee...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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