Yearly Archives: 2018

Concern over the vulnerable as cold grips Europe

A wave of cold weather hitting Europe this week poses health risks, particularly to people in vulnerable situations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) experts...

Worry as Lake Tanganyika faces degradation, acute pollution

The world’s second oldest freshwater lake, Lake Tanganyika, faces issues of degradation and acute pollution on Burundi’s side, former Burundian environment minister, Albert Mbonerane,...

Northeast humanitarian crisis still critical, says UN

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s northeast is still critical due to ongoing...

FMBN issues 2,724 mortgages worth N20.237b – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said that since 2015 to date, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) had issued...

Waste management: Lagos urged on innovative, smart approaches

An environmentalist, Mr Toyin Oshaniwa, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 said that the Lagos State Government needed innovative, educative and smart approaches to solve...

Nigeria asked to audit its waste

An environmentalist, Mr Temitope Ogunweide, said in Lagos on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 that Nigeria needs urgent “waste audit”  in homes and businesses to...

Committee on Dapchi school girls’ abduction inaugurated

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 inaugurated a 12-member committee to unravel circumstances that led to...

Political commitment needed to revive Lake Chad Basin – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in Abuja stressed the need for political commitment towards reviving the Lake Chad Basin. Speaking at the...

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MOSOP seeks compliance with wetlands protection in Ogoniland oil plans

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) says it is seeking compliance with wetlands protection in oil...
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G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged to enact a windfall tax or tax on the excess...

South Africa: Budget 2026 fails to fast-track just transition, tackle inequality – Group

In a period of economic uncertainty and escalating climate impacts, The Green Connection is of the opinion that South Africa's Budget 2026 misses...

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MOSOP seeks compliance with wetlands protection in Ogoniland oil plans

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP)...

G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged...