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Yearly Archives: 2018

World Water Day: Why Ghanaian rural communities seldom take water for granted

World Water Day, celebrated globally on March 22, is a good time for Ghanaians to reflect on the risks of degradation to which the...

UN welcomes Dapchi schoolgirls’ return

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the release of most of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted the by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General, in a...

World Bank warns of climate change-induced internal migration

The worsening impacts of climate change in three densely populated regions of the world could see over 140 million people move within their countries’...

World Water Day: Group fears water privatisation will ruin ecosystems

As the world marks 2018 World Water Day, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian government to prioritise...

World Water Day: WaterAid canvasses nature-based solutions to address crisis

As the world marks World Water Day 2018, WaterAid Nigeria is joining in the call for urgent action from the international community and from...

World Water Day: Accessing safe drinking-water in Europe

Millions of people in Europe drink contaminated water, often without knowing it. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that, every day, 14 people die...

International Day of Forests: Government pledges to fight land degradation

Acting Director of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mr Tolu Osakuade, has expressed willingness of the department to collaborate with some associations to fight...

On the trail of Lassa fever in southern Nigeria

Nafissa Ikerodah is both a detective and diplomat of sorts. On a Saturday morning in early March, the Disease Surveillance Officer in Edo State...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Limited have filed applications before the Federal High Court...
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Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for an urgent reduction of methane and plastic production cuts, to...

Senate seeks special funding for Environment Ministry to tackle erosion, flooding

The Senate has called for provision of special funding for Federal Ministry of Environment to tackle erosion, flooding and...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas...

Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for...
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