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AfDB, govt to spend $29.54m on WASH project in Gombe

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with Federal Government is to spend $29.54 million on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in Gombe State. Mr John...

Emulate Reps’ approval of Draft Tobacco Regulations, ERA/FoEN urges Senate

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the House of Representatives for passage of the Draft National Tobacco Control Regulations and wants...

HarvestPlus to provide bio-fortified foods for 200 million Nigerians by 2030

HarvestPlus Nigeria on Thursday, May 9, 2019 promised to provide bio-fortified foods for over 200 million Nigerians in rural communities and malnourished vulnerable by 2030. The Country...

Coalition asks Senate to accelerate passage of Tobacco Control Regulations

The Africa Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) wants the Senate to accelerate passage of the draft Tobacco Control Regulations so that Nigeria can effectively implement the National...

Save vultures from extinction or we all die from diseases, experts warn

Conservation experts on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at a daylong workshop in Lagos stressed the need to save vultures threatened by extinction, warning that their absence...

Netherlands to support Nigeria on Ogoni clean-up — Envoy

The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Marion Kappeyne, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 said the country was ready to support Nigeria to clean-up decades-long oil spills...

Sahel crisis reaching unprecedented levels, UN warns

Insecurity and armed attacks in the Sahel region have reached unprecedented levels, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). UN spokesperson,...

Kenya says climate change to blame for dwindling water resources

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 said that climate change was to blame for shrinking water resources in the country. Ruto made the...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the...

World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by...
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