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Yearly Archives: 2018

President’s decline of assent to PIGB a setback, say journalists

President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to decline assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) represents a disheartening setback on efforts to actualise policy reforms...

Ethiopia’s Mekuriyaw decorated as forum honours climate journalists

Africa’s top environmental journalists were honoured on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at a glitzy ceremony at the Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa...

Bududa landslide: Hundreds feared dead, 40 bodies recovered

A massive landslide hit Bududa district in Uganda again on Thursday, October 11, 2018 following a heavy downpour and hundreds of people are feared...

Stakeholders clamour food systems transformation to curb hunger

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector of the economy have called for total transformation of the nation’s food systems to prevent hunger and arrest incidence...

Flood: UN chief expresses solidarity with Nigeria

UN Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday, October 11, 2018 said he was “deeply saddened’’ by reports that 200 people have died in floods...

Flood: NEMA declares five more states as ‘national disasters’

The National Emergency Management (NEMA), has declared five more states – Adamawa, Taraba, Kebbi, Bayelsa and Rivers – as “National Disaster” following the recent...

Flood destroys 280ha of rice farms in Edo

Flood has destroyed 280 hectares of rice farm in Iguoriakhi and Iguomo in Ovia North-East and Ovia South-West local government areas of Edo State. The...

MacKinnon, Serhal, Zakri clinch 2018 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity

Three ecologists from the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Lebanon were on Thursday, October 11, 2018 announced winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2018. The...

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Aid cuts push 1.2m in Northeast Nigeria deeper into hunger, WFP warns

The World Food Programme (WFP) says aid cuts have pushed at least 1.2 million people in Northeast Nigeria deeper...
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African Heads of State confirm attendance at Nigeria International Energy Summit 2026

The Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) has announced the confirmation of distinguished African Heads of State for its 2026...

Lagos begins on-site assessment of informal spaces

The Lagos State Government has commenced on-site assessment of informal spaces across key corridors of the state, beginning with...

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Aid cuts push 1.2m in Northeast Nigeria deeper into hunger, WFP warns

The World Food Programme (WFP) says aid cuts have...

African Heads of State confirm attendance at Nigeria International Energy Summit 2026

The Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) has announced the...
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