Yearly Archives: 2018

600 people trapped on train during massive winter storm in Japan

Witnesses said no fewer than 600 passengers were trapped aboard a train overnight in a Sea of Japan coastal area as a massive winter...

Buhari to Gani Adams: Use your position as Aare Ona Kakanfo for national unity

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate, Otunba Gani Adams, to use the office into which he is about to step for...

Anti-open grazing law stays, says Ortom as Benue lays slain indigenes to rest

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that if the 2nd January 2, 2018 killings of dozens of people in Guma and Logo...

Group wants green bond proceeds used to fund renewable energy projects in rural communities

Power for All, an international organisation canvassing for electricity supply in Nigeria, has advocated use of green bond proceeds to fund renewable energy projects...

Role of biotechnology in ensuring food security, sustainable agriculture

By most accounts, low agricultural production is one of the prevailing factors behind the high incidence of poverty and food insecurity across the world. However,...

Disappearing oxygen in ocean threatens marine life

A new paper published in Science magazine shows that oxygen concentrations in ocean water are declining, not least as a result of climate change....

Government asked to emulate other African nations on shisha ban

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Nigerian government to take a cue from nations that have banned the...

Government told to fast track clean-up of Ogoniland spill

An ecologist, Mr Dennis Ugwuja, has appealed to the Federal Government to fast-track the clean-up of oil spill in Ogoniland, Rivers State. Ugwuja, who is...

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Cobalt producer admits toxic emissions spikes, DR Congo announces inspection

Following the release of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and PremiCongo’s groundbreaking report Toxic Transition, and allegations that the world’s...
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Group lists three steps govts can take to cut energy bills

As volatile energy prices continue to spike, driven in part by geopolitical instability and gas market shocks, governments face...

Environmentalists kick as US agrees to pay TotalEnergies $1bn to drop offshore wind project

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion (€860 million) to the French energy giant TotalEnergies SE to walk away...

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Cobalt producer admits toxic emissions spikes, DR Congo announces inspection

Following the release of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)...

Group lists three steps govts can take to cut energy bills

As volatile energy prices continue to spike, driven in...