Yearly Archives: 2018

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Before Kangimi Dam fails

Communities around Kangimi Dam in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have raised an alarm over the deteriorating state of the dam. They...

admin - January 19, 2018

Waste Management

New EU ‘urban mining’ tools map e-waste, scrap vehicles, mine waste

Standardised, consolidated data helps to identify recovery potential of secondary raw materials worth billions of euros wasted annually in the EU region Expert organisations have...

admin - January 19, 2018

Business

NEITI’s interventions saved extractive sector from collapse, says senator

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, says intervention of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI)...

admin - January 19, 2018

Human Settlement

Leveraging urbanisation for Rwanda’s economic transformation

With support from the World Bank in the form of a $95 million Rwanda Urban Development project, the new Rwanda Economic Update focuses on...

admin - January 19, 2018

Sustainable Devpt

World needs broader appreciation of nature’s contributions to people – Experts

Plentiful food, clean water and healthy air are among the most valuable and visible benefits of nature to people. This has reinforced the widespread,...

admin - January 19, 2018

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Several deaths due to extreme heat in Melbourne as Australia swelters

Extreme heat has caused several deaths across the states in Victoria on Friday, January 19 2018, emergency services said, as five of the eight...

admin - January 19, 2018

Climate Change

Scientists confirm hottest global five-year period in recorded history

The last five years have been the hottest on earth since records began, Australia’s Climate Council has confirmed. Data released by the Climate Council and...

admin - January 19, 2018

Waste Management