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Monthly Archives: July, 2019

Cross River declares Green Holiday for planting 1m trees

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared July 30 of every year, starting from 2019, as a public holiday for the planting of one...

Climate change: Farm embarks on planting heat-resistant trees

To reduce climate change burden, Teku Farm in Kaduna State has embarked on planting of new tree species that are resistance to hot weather, especially in...

Young leaders look to faith teachings to save planet

As concern for the environment grows across the globe, around 350 young leaders from more than 50 countries on Monday, July 15, 2019 discussed solutions, examining...

SDGs unachievable without gender equality, says UN deputy chief

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has reaffirmed the importance of gender equality in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at the UN headquarters in New...

UNEP roots for youth participation to boost global climate response

A senior United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) official said on Monday, July 15, 2019 that governments should harness dynamism, energy and creativity of the youth in...

Global hunger continues to rise, says UN report

More than 820 million people worldwide were under nourished in 2018, the third consecutive year of slight increase after decades of decline. This is said according to...

Montreal Protocol: NAFDAC bans use of methyl bromide as fumigant

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has banned the use of methyl bromide as fumigant in Nigeria. The agency announced...

Utomi, Falana, others to discuss SDGs’ unrealistic features

Technocrats, educationists and others are to converge at the University of Lagos to discuss the possible unrealistic features of the Sustainable Millennium Development Goals (SDGs) as regards education. Political economist,...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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