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Monthly Archives: November, 2018

Health and environment: Shaping a better future in Africa

Aiming to identify emerging environmental threats to people’s health and agree on a strategic action plan for the region, African Ministers of health and...

AU’s endorsement of gene drive mosquitoes tagged ‘misguided’

The African Union (AU) is said to be paving the way for the entry of the latest and most controversial form of genetic engineering...

Africa advised to deploy space technology to reduce poverty

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has advised African countries to deploy space technology in reducing poverty to strengthen sustainable development. Onu...

UN, GEF seek to incorporate energy, resource efficiency in industries

In the light of energy and related variables that are posing challenges to industrial development in the country, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation...

Man has within 48 years wiped out 60% of wildlife – WWF

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has found, in a new major report, that wildlife has declined 60 per cent since 1970 due...

Curbing air pollution can address climate change, protect health

UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Deputy Executive Secretary, Ovais Sarmad, on Thursday, November 1, 2018  underlined the interlinkages between climate change and air pollution at...

Geographers take stock, explore sustainable national development

The Association of Nigeria Geographers (ANG) says it is set to host geographers and delegates from around the world at its 2018 annual conference scheduled...

Italian storms claim 29 lives, 14m trees

No fewer than 12 people have been killed by severe weather on the island of Sicily, bringing the overall death toll from the storms...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) have...
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Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from a geopolitical thriller: U.S. special forces executed a precision operation...

Blaise Odunze: NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn debt write-off and test of Nigeria’s fiscal governance

When the Federal Government approved the write-off of about $1.42 billion and N5.57 trillion in legacy debts owed by...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental...

Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from...
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