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Monthly Archives: November, 2018

Ministers devise plan to fast-track action on health, environment

African ministers of health and environment have agreed on a 10-year strategic plan to increase investment and accelerate joint health and environment priorities. The “Strategic...

Senators laud biosafety agency’s GM lab

The Senate Committee on Environment has lauded the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) over its modern state-of-the-art Genetic Modification (GM) Detection and Analysis Laboratory. The...

IPCC invites experts, governments to review drafts of two special reports

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Friday, November 9, 2018 invited experts and governments to review the Second Order Drafts of two...

World leaders pledge $1bn to transform health, nutrition of poor women, children

The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 announced $1.005 billion in...

Government commended for declaring state of emergency on water, sanitation

Development Partners have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring a state of emergency in the Water and Sanitation Sector, calling for deliberate political will...

Buhari declares state of emergency on water, sanitation sector

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a state of emergency on Nigeria’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector. Buhari made the declaration at the inauguration of...

FAO report says 75m slaughtered cows waste yearly

No fewer than 75 million cows slaughtered for consumption end up wasting every year, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...

U.S. environmentalists welcome wins by ‘Green New Deal’ candidates

Environmentalists in the U.S. have welcomed the election of candidates promising a “Green New Deal’’ but cautioned that green goals would be hard to...

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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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