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Monthly Archives: May, 2019

NiMet predicts widespread thunderstorms nationwide on Thursday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on...

US to relocate Consulate to Eko Atlantic City

The United States Consul General in Lagos, Mr John Bray, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 announced that the home government had secured about 1,000 hectares of...

70 solar-powered boreholes near completion in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says the ongoing construction of 70 solar-powered boreholes in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states to provide water for host and...

Alex Ekwueme varsity greens campus with 20,000 endangered plant varieties

The Alex Ekwueme Federal University (AE-FUNAI), Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, says the school is putting modalities in place to plant 20,000 endangered varieties of trees to...

Cyclone Idai: President of Zimbabwe hails Nigeria for extending assistance

President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has commended the Nigerian Government for extending relief items to the people of Zimbabwe recently affected by the...

Hernández Salgar emerges new IPBES chair

Ana María Hernández Salgar has been appointed as the new Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The IPBES Plenary approved her...

Right Livelihood laureates demand justice over slain Costa Rican activist

A total of 40 Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, from 29 countries demand that the Costa Rican government...

Shell makes initial remittance of N180m for Ogoni cleanup

Shell Nigeria says it has remitted the sum of N180 million into the dedicated account for the scheduled cleanup exercise of oil spillage in Ogoniland in...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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