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Monthly Archives: February, 2018

Senator lauded over resolution on ban of tobacco sales around schools

Two  major tobacco control groups, the Nigeria Tobacco Control Research Group (NTCRG) and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), have commended the Senate...

WHO commends Nigeria over improved response to disease outbreaks

The Nigeria Country Director of World Health Organisaton (WHO), Dr Wondi Alemu, has commended the Federal Government over improved response to outbreak of diseases...

World failing to stop war on children, says UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described January as “a dark month” in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa. UNICEF also said the violence has...

Nepal to ban vehicles older than 20 years to tackle pollution

Nepal will ban from the roads vehicles older than 20 years across the country in a bid to control worsening air quality and to...

Ecologist urges government to enforce waste disposal laws

An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, has urged the government to enforce the extant waste disposal laws and sanction those flouting the regulations. Aremu, who is...

AfDB approves $10m loan to boost fund’s portfolio in Africa

The Board of African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $10 million loan for African Local Currency Bond Fund (ALCBF) to boost its portfolio...

German prosecutors in renewed raids on Audi in emissions scandal

German state prosecutors on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 conducted renewed raids on the headquarters of carmaker Audi and a manufacturing plant in the widening...

Kano to produce 2m seedlings for desert control

Kano State Government has approved N12.4 million to the Ministry of Environment for the production of two million assorted seedlings as part of efforts...

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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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