Yearly Archives: 2019

New UN report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis

The United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Coordinating Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance has warned that drug-resistant diseases can cause 10 million deaths each year globally by...

UC-Berkeley, PAVE explore Lagos urban development approaches

The somewhat fascinating spatial development of the Nigerian commercial capital city of Lagos appears to have engaged the interest of eggheads at the University of California,...

Homes collapse amid flooding in cyclone-hit Mozambique

Rescuers are racing to help people caught in fast-rising floodwaters in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city of Pemba on Sunday, April 28, 2019 as houses collapsed in one...

Biodiversity council deliberates on global report on state of nature

The World Biodiversity Council's deliberations on the first global report on the state of nature since 2005 begins on Monday, April 29, 2019 in Paris, with...

New WHO report indicates global rise in measles

A new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on state of measles outbreak globally from 2016 to 2018 indicates an alarming increase...

Scaling up of heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production, policy in Sudan

Sudanese wheat farmers are in a joyous mood. They are celebrating the success of new heat-resistant wheat varieties which have transformed their country’s food landscape. Thanks to the scaling up...

Gombe residents advised on tree planting to curb desertification

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has urged the residents of Gombe State on the need to plant more trees during the wet...

Open defecation: Govt woos private sector in campaign

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has called on private sector players to partner with the ministry in its “Clean Nigeria campaign” towards ending open...

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Waltersmith showcases expanded refinery to NCDMB, NMDPRA

The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, joined the Authority Chief Executive (ACE) of...
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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

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Waltersmith showcases expanded refinery to NCDMB, NMDPRA

The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Thursday,...

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...