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Monthly Archives: June, 2019

Rotary announces $100m to eradicate polio

Rotary is giving $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children...

Stakeholders meet to assess progress of Regional Seed Regulation

Major actors of the seed industry in West Africa will meet in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, from June 11 to 12, 2019 to assess progress made...

Countries gather for landmark GEF Council meeting

Delegates are arriving in Washington DC for what is arguably one of the most important Council meetings in the history of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It...

NCF sensitises communities on quality air

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says it has started to sensitise some communities in Lagos on the how to improve the quality of air they inhale. Dr...

Nigeria’s EMADET wins 2019 UNDP Equator Award

As part of the events marking the World Environment Day, the United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP) and partners on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 announced the winners...

Abuja varsity students call for alternatives to GMOs

Students of agriculture have again called for a ban on products of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. This call was made at the recent Dialogue...

SRADeV urges NESREA, EPAs to monitor air quality impact on health

SRADeV Nigeria has called on the National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and State Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs) to urgently undertake national monitoring of air quality...

Expert raises concern over mercury dental amalgam

A dental health expert, Prof. Godwin Arotiba, says there are ongoing efforts by dental health practitioners to phase out mercury in dental amalgam, a tooth decay...

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Achieving harmonious future between elephants and people hinges on fostering strong connections with local communities – Kumar

The Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) friend of the month for April 2024 is Meha Kumar, who works as a...
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Sack of Water Corporation staff final ploy to privatise water in Lagos, RDI alleges

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has urged the Lagos State Government to unconditionally reverse the disengagement of 405 permanent...

NNPC, partner unlock 12,000bpd production from Awoba Unit Field

Keen on optimising production from the nation’s hydrocarbon assets to boost revenues and meet the nation’s OPEC production quota,...

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