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Monthly Archives: February, 2018

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Inclusive innovation policies focusing on women, girls

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on African countries to make...

South Sudan declares end to longest cholera outbreak

South Sudan declared the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 with no new cases of cholera reported...

Amaechi expresses belief in Ken Saro-Wiwa’s principles

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said on Saturday, February 10, 2018 that without meeting Ken Saro-Wiwa, the late environmentalist, he believes in...

World Wetlands Day: A call to stop slaying of waterbirds in Hadejia-Nguru wetlands

Conservationists have expressed concern over the way migratory waterbirds in the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands region are being killed by some unpatriotic Nigerians. At an event organised...

Ogoni clean-up: Board member appeals for stakeholders’ cooperation

Member, Board of Trustees, Ogoni Clean-up Project, Mr Nnimmo Bassey, has urged the affected communities to support government’s efforts towards the project, by avoiding...

SERAP flays ‘unfair and discriminatory’ Lekki toll charges

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the recent toll charges increase at the Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gates...

Global summit highlights solutions to end violence against children

Globally, up to one billion children aged 2-17 years – or one in two children – have suffered physical, sexual or emotional violence or...

PyeongChang 2018: Olympic Games, climate action share common denominator

As three consecutive Olympic Games move to East Asia, the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the link between sports and sustainability is...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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