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Monthly Archives: August, 2019

German environment agency demands higher tax for dirty cars

The German Environment Agency has advocated making cars with high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions more expensive given the boom in the purchase of sport utility vehicles...

NABDA biodigester as an alternative source of energy

Over the last decades, international development organisations have been actively engaged in encouraging biogas technologies in the developing world. The development partners underscored the rising need for the...

Operators of Lagos toxic waste factory apprehended

Police in Lagos State have arrested two Chinese, Lin Piehao, 22 and Li Ruoneng, 27, who allegedly operate a factory where e-waste is illegally assembled and...

Africa: A fossil fuel-troubled continent

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, speaking on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the opening of the Oilwatch Africa Conference in Port Harcourt,...

Delta to demolish structures on waterways to curb flooding

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State said on Monday, August 5, 2019 that he would demolish all structures on waterways in Warri and its environs to...

WaterAid says 3.9m people lack access to potable water in Bauchi

The Acting Director (Programme) WaterAid Nigeria, Mr Mike Essien, said on Monday, August 5, 2019 that no fewer than 3.9 million people in Bauchi State lacked...

July is hottest month ever recorded

July 2019 has beaten July 2016 to become the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, a leading climate change institute reported on Monday, August 5. The Copernicus...

Ogoni clean-up: Activist seeks review of UNEP’s Oil Assessment report

A U.S.-based Ogoni activist, Dr Goodluck Diigbo, has called for a collective review of the Oil Assessment report as captured by United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP)...

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A greener path forward: Commending Ogun’s housing drive, calling for urban tree canopy

Nigerian Canadian environmentalist, Surajdeen Alabede, commends Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun for his outstanding commitment to affordable housing in Ogun...
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Dangote-NNPC alliance to redefine Nigeria’s energy security, deepen industrialisation – Ojulari

Strategic collaboration between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has the potential...

Tobacco control researcher, Charity Aienobe-Asekharen, bags WHO, PhD awards

A health promotion expert, and researcher associate at the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB), Dr. Charity Aienobe-Asekharen,...

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A greener path forward: Commending Ogun’s housing drive, calling for urban tree canopy

Nigerian Canadian environmentalist, Surajdeen Alabede, commends Governor Prince Dapo...

Dangote-NNPC alliance to redefine Nigeria’s energy security, deepen industrialisation – Ojulari

Strategic collaboration between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...
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