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Monthly Archives: January, 2019

10,000 Kogi farmers to benefit from World Bank $200m grant

More than 10,000 small-scale farmers from Kogi State in Nigeria are to benefit from a $200 million grant under the World Bank-assisted Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement...

UN, SIWI offer online course on water

To rapidly boost the knowledge necessary to seize opportunities and manage challenges related to water, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the United Nations’ SDG...

Bolsonaro slams UN migration pact as Brazil reportedly pulls out

Brazil is pulling out of the controversial UN migration pact, local media reported on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 as President Jair Bolsonaro insisted that migration policies...

Greenpeace welcomes EU decision on Thai fishing industry

Greenpeace welcomes the European Union’s decision to withdraw threat to ban Thai seafood imports owing to progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, its Directorate...

‘Hazardous materials’ prompt response to consulates in Melbourne

Australian emergency services are responding to several calls involving hazardous materials near foreign consulates in Melbourne, officials and local media said on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Victoria...

Polio likely to be eradicated in Pakistan by 2019 – WHO

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, says that polio is likely to be eliminated from Pakistan by the end of 2019, a statement...

Safer practices reduce hazardous exposures in small-scale mining

A pilot programme to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had...

Regulating environmental pollution for human safety

A mother, Sadiya, as fondly called, cried uncontrollably on the aisle of a general hospital in her neighbourhood in Abuja as medical personnel worked to announce...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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