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Yearly Archives: 2019

Agency employs 110 workers to monitor nation’s water resources

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency says the agency has employed 110 workers to execute its mandate aimed at monitoring and assessing the nation’s surface and ground...

Uganda intensifies Ebola screening at international airport

Uganda has intensified Ebola screening at Entebbe International Airport to prevent the disease from spreading from the neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Emmanuel Ainebyoona, ministry...

How we’ll reforest Nigeria in 30 years, by NCF

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has said that, through its Green Recovery Nigeria (GRN) initiative, it will establish a reforestation scheme in 25% (230,942 sq. km)...

Planners move to revitalise profession

A group of settlement development practitioners appears to have taken the bull by the horn in what looks like a spirited bid to inject a fresh...

Valuers clamour commitment to professional standards

The Abuja Branch of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has called on practitioners to commit to professional standards by ensuring that they...

Why GM beans can’t cause cancer

Penultimate week, an NGO went to the press with the news that the yet-to-be released genetically modified Cowpea developed by the Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu...

Ignorance, misconception, major setbacks to adoption of renewable energy – Experts

Energy experts on Saturday, January 12, 2019 identified ignorance and misconception as major setbacks to the adoption of renewable energy in Nigeria. An engineer of solar energy,...

Govts urged to sensitise Nigerians to effects of packaging food with plastics

An ecologist, Mr Richard Inyamkume, has urged government at all levels to sensitise Nigerians, particularly food handlers, to the negative effects of wrapping hot foods in...

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Breathing in micro plastics can cause inflammation, damage lungs, study warns

New research has showed that breathing in micro plastics can cause inflammation and damage to the lungs. This potentially increases...
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Pollution: Groups unveil Nigeria Plastic Brand Audit Report

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and the Break Free From Plastic Movement (BFFP) on Tuesday launched the...

ACReSAL supports 2,000 Gombe farmers with climate-resilient seeds

No fewer than 2071 farmers in Gombe State have benefited from the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project in...

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Breathing in micro plastics can cause inflammation, damage lungs, study warns

New research has showed that breathing in micro plastics...

Pollution: Groups unveil Nigeria Plastic Brand Audit Report

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and the...
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