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Monthly Archives: October, 2018

Farmers urged to cultivate approved GM cotton varieties

An international organisation, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB), has advised Nigerian farmers to take advantage of the newly approved Genetically Modified...

President’s decline of assent to PIGB a setback, say journalists

President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to decline assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) represents a disheartening setback on efforts to actualise policy reforms...

Ethiopia’s Mekuriyaw decorated as forum honours climate journalists

Africa’s top environmental journalists were honoured on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at a glitzy ceremony at the Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa...

Bududa landslide: Hundreds feared dead, 40 bodies recovered

A massive landslide hit Bududa district in Uganda again on Thursday, October 11, 2018 following a heavy downpour and hundreds of people are feared...

Stakeholders clamour food systems transformation to curb hunger

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector of the economy have called for total transformation of the nation’s food systems to prevent hunger and arrest incidence...

Flood: UN chief expresses solidarity with Nigeria

UN Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday, October 11, 2018 said he was “deeply saddened’’ by reports that 200 people have died in floods...

Flood: NEMA declares five more states as ‘national disasters’

The National Emergency Management (NEMA), has declared five more states – Adamawa, Taraba, Kebbi, Bayelsa and Rivers – as “National Disaster” following the recent...

Flood destroys 280ha of rice farms in Edo

Flood has destroyed 280 hectares of rice farm in Iguoriakhi and Iguomo in Ovia North-East and Ovia South-West local government areas of Edo State. The...

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Udeme Ufot to chair QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit

Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG, has announced Udeme Ufot as Chairman of the inaugural QEDNG Creative...
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How Nigeria can accelerate gas development – Shell

Nigeria’s premier gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), has identified development of infrastructure and regulatory and fiscal stability...

RDI, Foodjustice train govt officials on planetary health diet

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) and Germany-based Foodjustice have trained officials of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Lagos...

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Udeme Ufot to chair QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit

Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online...

How Nigeria can accelerate gas development – Shell

Nigeria’s premier gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG),...
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