Yearly Archives: 2019

Winners emerge in ERA’s Tobacco Control Challenge

The grand finale of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) Tobacco Control Rap Challenge held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at a ceremony...

Kaduna council mobilises religious, traditional leaders to tackle climate change

Chairman, Lere Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Mr Abubakar Buba, says the local council is mobilising religious and traditional leaders to prevail on people...

Abia NYSC seeks govt’s intervention over erosion menace in camp

The State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abia State, Mrs Bona Fasakin, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to help tackle the devastating erosion...

Lagos begins survey of farm estates, settlements

The Lagos State Government on Thursday, December 19, 2019 said it had commenced a three-week baseline survey for agriculture and participatory appraisal of farm estate and...

Cholera cases drop by 60% globally, as Nigeria records significant progress – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, December 19, 2019 said the number of cholera cases decreased globally by 60 per cent in 2018. The...

Julius Berger, CCECC, 37 others jostle for Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge contract

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 unveiled 39 construction companies who have expressed interest in the construction of the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge...

Estate valuer promotes health delivery with ultra-modern facility

Residents and neighbours of Ada in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State have been blessed with an ultra-modern health facility christened Saint Davis Hospital, Ada. Located...

Nigerians to be force-fed with GM beans – Nnimmo Bassey

The commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) beans has been celebrated by the purveyors and promoters of the artificial variety. The Pod Borer-Resistant Cowpea (PBR-Cowpea) also known...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...