Monthly Archives: March, 2018

Human Welfare

UN welcomes Dapchi schoolgirls’ return

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the release of most of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted the by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General, in a...
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Human Welfare

World Bank warns of climate change-induced internal migration

The worsening impacts of climate change in three densely populated regions of the world could see over 140 million people move within their countries’...
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Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: Group fears water privatisation will ruin ecosystems

As the world marks 2018 World Water Day, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian government to prioritise...
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Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: WaterAid canvasses nature-based solutions to address crisis

As the world marks World Water Day 2018, WaterAid Nigeria is joining in the call for urgent action from the international community and from...
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Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: Accessing safe drinking-water in Europe

Millions of people in Europe drink contaminated water, often without knowing it. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that, every day, 14 people die...
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Land Degradation

International Day of Forests: Government pledges to fight land degradation

Acting Director of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mr Tolu Osakuade, has expressed willingness of the department to collaborate with some associations to fight...
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Health

On the trail of Lassa fever in southern Nigeria

Nafissa Ikerodah is both a detective and diplomat of sorts. On a Saturday morning in early March, the Disease Surveillance Officer in Edo State...
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Land Degradation

International Day of Forests: Kaduna plants 3.7m trees in two years to curb desertification

The Kaduna State Government says it has so far planted 3,702,470 trees over the last two years in various locations as part of measures...
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