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Monthly Archives: November, 2018

Cities ‘highly exposed’ to disasters, says report

A UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) publication has found that nearly three in five cities with populations greater than 500,000 people...

Polio immunisation: WHO collates empty viles for accountability

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is collating empty viles of polio vaccines used in Dange Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State for accountability,...

Africities 8, in Marrakesh, explores sustainable cities’ transition

City dynamics and sustainable development will be tabled for discussion as the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) holds the eighth...

Buhari seeks Lake Chad intervention as NCF visits

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will continue to keep the issue of reviving the Lake Chad on the front burner and exert more...

Switzerland ratifies Kigali Amendment as 60th Party

Switzerland has ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. It is the 60th Party to the Amendment. The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol...

Ebola outbreak in DRC conflict zone ‘remains dangerous, unpredictable’ – UN

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) say the Ebola outbreak in...

NOSDRA urged on idle oil installations ahead Ogoni cleanup

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a civil society organisation (CSO), has called for repair or removal of non-producing oil installations in the...

Group claims release of GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso risky, unethical

Genetically modified (GM) “male-sterile” mosquitoes are due to be released in the very near future, in Burkina Faso by the Target Malaria research consortium,...

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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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