Yearly Archives: 2018

Japan grants UN-Habitat $10m to rebuild Marawi

The Government of Japan and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have exchanged notes  to signify their partnership on a post-conflict shelter rehabilitation...

FAO underlines need to prioritise farmers’ protection from climate impacts

A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has said that, between 2005 and 2015, natural disasters cost...

NiMet predicts partly cloudy, sunny weather for Monday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country in the morning of Monday, March...

Government asked to check deforestation by controlling child bearing

A Cross River State-based environmentalist, Chief Edwin Ogar, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to come out with a law regulating the...

Forum recommends electric mobility for Africa

As the African Clean Mobility Week drew to a close in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, March 16, 2018, participants have identified electric mobility as...

SERAP wants UN to declare herdsmen attacks as terrorist acts

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the United Nations (UN) to urgently declare attacks by herdsmen in Nigeria as acts...

Rainstorm wrecks havoc, hundreds rendered homeless in llorin

Hundreds of residents in various parts of llorin, the Kwara State capital, have been rendered homeless by rainstorm, following downpour which lasted for over...

AfDB to support Nigeria’s power sector recovery programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will support Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) in three areas. It listed the areas to include: operational...

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Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA), Dr Fatima Abubakar, has unveiled an eight-point strategic plan aimed...
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Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun Feyikemi Ipadeola, has called on Nigerians to support public hospitals...

Nature essential to our economy, our stability, our humanity – IUCN President

Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), delivered a keynote address at the...

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Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA),...

Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun...