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Monthly Archives: October, 2019

Will President Buhari assent to the Climate Change Bill?

Some nine years after the first version of Nigeria’s Climate Change Bill was passed by the 6th National Assembly and sent to the Presidency for assent,...

Biosafety agency opening Nigeria to ‘risky’ technologies, HOMEF alleges

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a not-for-profit based in Benin City, Edo State, has said that the nation is being opened to “risky” emerging...

IPCC governance structure and paths to selection as author

In this third of a four-part series on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, IPCC author and Director, Centre for...

94% Nigerians do not practice proper hand washing – UNICEF

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says 94 per cent Nigerians do not practice proper hand washing in the country. Mr Oumar Doumbouya, a UNICEF...

Climate change affecting global levels of hunger – Report

Climate change is affecting levels of food insecurity in countries that are already vulnerable, according to an annual report. The report, released by the Global Hunger Index, was...

UN concludes second phase of water sanitation programme in C/River

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the government of Cross River has concluded Phase 2 of...

Voters in Ohio support climate action – Study

As Democratic presidential candidates head to Ohio for a debate fixed for the evening of Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the results of a new poll of...

N15bn green bond to fund renewable energy, afforestation, transportation schemes

The Federal Government on Monday, October 14, 2019 listed its N15 billion green bond on the daily official list of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The seven-year...

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Climate change: Women engineers donate 100 tree seedlings to HJRBDA

The Managing Director of the Hadejia Jam’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA), Rabiu Bichi, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025,...
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Group condemns NAFDAC sachet alcohol ban, calls it misguided

Integrity Advocacy for Development Initiative (IADI), a civil society organisation (CSO), has condemned the planned ban on alcohol in...

NNPC records N502bn Profit After Tax for November 2025

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has reported a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N502 billion in...

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Climate change: Women engineers donate 100 tree seedlings to HJRBDA

The Managing Director of the Hadejia Jam’are River Basin...

Group condemns NAFDAC sachet alcohol ban, calls it misguided

Integrity Advocacy for Development Initiative (IADI), a civil society...
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