Yearly Archives: 2018

Presidential aide wants herdsmen to embrace modern cattle rearing techniques

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Mr Babafemi Ojudu, has urged herdsmen to embrace the modern, systematic and technological way...

Seek justice, reparation for herdsmen attack victims, SERAP tells Buhari

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that “any efforts by his government to prevent and combat...

Kenya welcomes UK’s plan on ending domestic ivory markets

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has welcomed the British government’s plan to close – with some limited exemptions – its domestic ivory markets. Ivory (whether raw...

EU suspends funding to Kenya over indigenous human rights violations

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 suspended a multi-million-euro project in the face of mounting evidence that its funds were being...

EU-funded scheme: Guards kills indigenous Sengwer man in Kenya

Forty one-year-old Robert Kirotich was on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 reportedly shot by EU-funded guards working for the Kenya Forestry Service. Another wounded man,...

Why heaps of refuse litter Lagos, by government

The 57 Chairmen of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 attributed the uncleared waste...

Agriculturist urges gradual implementation of open grazing law

The Manager of Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Programme, Dr Mustapha Gaidam, has called for intensive sensitisation and mobilisation of stakeholders before the enforcement of...

Jury begins evaluation for 11th Cycle of Dubai International Award

A five-member jury drawn by the Dubai Award Secretariat as well as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on Monday, January 15, 2018...

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NiMet urges private sector investment in weather, climate services

Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has urged the private sector to increase investment in...
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Why I’m contesting for senatorial seat – Onuigbo

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Sam Onuigbo, says he wants to become senator...

Brazil launches pilot project to replace diesel with renewable biofuel

Brazil has launched an ambitious pilot project to replace diesel with a renewable biofuel across its municipal vehicle fleet,...

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NiMet urges private sector investment in weather, climate services

Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles...

Why I’m contesting for senatorial seat – Onuigbo

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia...