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Monthly Archives: May, 2019

Campaigners want legislators to resist industry overtures over tobacco law

The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have urged the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and House of...

47m Nigerians indulge in open defecation – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that not less than 47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country. Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, Water...

Meat: Friend or foe?

This write-up was inspired by an article I read about the future of meat and the possibility of culturing meat in the laboratory. The article got...

Biodiversity Day: Co-chairs to lead fresh IPBES assessment emerge

Three leading global experts were on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 announced as the co-chairs of a new and somewhat important assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform...

Taming Lagos-Apapa gridlock is beyond boastful rhetoric

“I’d end Apapa gridlock in 60 days in the office” – Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor-elect (The PUNCH, Monday, May 20, 2019) Addressing his audience like...

Nigeria to outlaw use of plastic bags

The Nigerian House of Representatives has adopted a report on a bill for an act to, among other things, prohibit the use, manufacture and importation of...

Biodiversity Day: Biodiversity is key to healthy societies – HOMEF

The ecological Think Tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has called for concerted efforts towards the preservation of biodiversity and towards addressing processes which pose...

IITA clamours greenhouse gas reduction to mitigate climate change

The Deputy Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Research for Development, Dr Saethre May-Guri, has emphasised the need to eliminate greenhouse gases (GHGs) to mitigate...

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New Plastics Treaty talks chief: Groups urge Cordano to restore trust, transparency

On Saturday, February 7, 2026, UN member states elected Julio Cordano of Chile as the next Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)...
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Nigeria approves new guidelines on shoreline allocation, reclamation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a unified Standard Application Procedure (SAP) to guide all shoreline allocations, reclamation...

Agric varsity unveils climate-smart tools to bolster research, food security

The University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (UAES), Umuagwo in Imo State, has unveiled EU-funded climate-smart tools, worth millions...

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New Plastics Treaty talks chief: Groups urge Cordano to restore trust, transparency

On Saturday, February 7, 2026, UN member states elected...

Nigeria approves new guidelines on shoreline allocation, reclamation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a unified...
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