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Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Rain clears smog in Indian capital yet air quality ‘very poor’

A rainy spell early on Sunday, January 6, 2019 brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog...

Kigali Amendment comes into force as world moves against HFCs

The world appears to have taken an important step on the road to drastically reduce the production and consumption of powerful greenhouse gasses (GHGs) known as...

Sunlight drives refugees’ water systems in Bangladesh

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday, January 4, 2019 said its first five solar-powered safe water systems at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements...

Congo’s Ebola outbreak exceeds 600 cases – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, January 4, 2019 said there are now more than 600 confirmed or probable cases of Ebola in Congo. Most of...

Government to assist erosion, flood-prone communities

The Federal Government says it will reclaim all land lost to gully erosion and assist flood-prone communities in the country. The information is in a statement...

FADAMA III gives 2018 scorecard in Jigawa

The FADAMA III Project in Jigawa says it has given various farm inputs to no fewer than 15,000 farmers in the state in 2018. Alhaji...

Reducing malaria burden through increased research

The war against malaria has been on for long, but still seems far from ending as malaria remains endemic and life-threatening in developing countries including Nigeria. Medical...

Intensifying campaign against plastic pollution

Environmentalists claim that million metric tonnes of plastic pollute the environment annually with little effort at making the world free of plastic pollution and its toxic...

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Informal lead, gold mining contributing to widespread poisoning in Nigeria – Study

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure...
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ACReSAL’s week-long Lagos retreat to review project implementation progress

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project is currently hosting a high-level retreat to review project implementation progress,...

Govt commences power distribution companies’ overhaul with two underperforming DisCos

The Federal Government has begun moves to initiate sweeping reforms aimed at revitalising Nigeria’s electricity distribution sector, starting with...

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Informal lead, gold mining contributing to widespread poisoning in Nigeria – Study

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne...

ACReSAL’s week-long Lagos retreat to review project implementation progress

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project is...
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