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Monthly Archives: August, 2018

Malaysia makes significant Viet Nam-bound rhino horn seizure

Malaysian authorities on Monday, August 20, 2018 announced the discovery of 50 pieces of rhino horn at a postal aviation centre in the Kuala...

Flooding concern as Cameroon releases water from Lagdo Dam

Governor Muhammad Bindow of Adamawa State on Monday, August 20, 2018 urged the residents to prepare for flooding following the release of water from...

Gully erosion severs Nkpor-Nnobi Road in Anambra

Gully erosion has severed the Nkpor-Nnobi Road, a major road which links Onitsha and environs with Nnobi, Nnewi and other parts of the southern part...

6,000 still stranded, over 1m in camps in flood-hit Indian state

Authorities and military on Monday, August 20, 2018 stepped up rescue and relief efforts in the flood-ravaged India’s state of Kerala, where an estimated...

Delta holds public hearing on urban renewal, regional planning bill

The Delta State House of Assembly Joint Committee on Urban Renewal, Lands, Survey and Urban Development on Monday, August 20, 2018 welcomed views from...

ERA flays renewal of Shell mining license in Ogoniland

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has condemned the Federal Government’s renewal of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) Oil Mining...

Europe’s oldest gorilla, Fritz, put to sleep

Fritz the gorilla at 55, the oldest of his kind in Europe, was euthanised on Monday, August 20, 2018 after becoming increasingly weaker in...

Nigeria ratifies International Cocoa Agreement

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, August 20, 2018 in Abuja signed the Instrument of Accession to the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010. Malam Garba Shehu, the...

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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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