Yearly Archives: 2019

Polio re-emerges in Philippines after almost 20 years

Polio has re-emerged in the Philippines, 19 years after the country was cleared of the highly contagious disease by the World Health Organisation (WHO), health officials...

GMO products we approved safe for consumption – Biosafety agency

Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured Nigerians of safe consumption of approved Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country. Ebegba gave the...

Why we’re climate striking for action – Bassey

Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), who joins the Climate March in New York City on Friday, September 20, 2019, attempts...

Scientists release GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso to fight malaria

Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics debate, by letting loose thousands of...

Trump revokes California’s right to set own car emissions standards

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 said he is revoking California’s ability to independently set its own car emissions standards, which have been...

Six Nigerian youth activists to attend UN Climate Summit

Six Nigerian youths – Hamzat Lawal, Joy Egbe, Adenike Oladosu, Chiagozie Udeh, Samira Ibrahim and Seyifunmi Adebote – will be attending the first ever UN Youth...

Guterres announces new Climate Action Summit jobs initiative

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, September18, 2019 announced a new initiative aimed at ensuring that decent job creation and protecting livelihoods are at the...

Roadmap provides 36 solutions to halve GHG emissions by 2030

In advance of the 2019 United Nations Climate Summit in New York City, an international group of experts have published the Exponential Roadmap: the 36 most...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi, has urged new NUPENG president, Salimon Akanni Oladiti, to sustain...
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Countries urge Santa Marta Conference to recognise need for new legal instrument on fair fossil fuel phase out

A three-day Senior Officials and Ministerial meeting of the highest ambition coalition pushing for an equitable global fossil fuel...

Lagos unveils ‘Library on the Lagoon’ to promote blue economy

The Lagos State Government has strengthened its environmental sustainability drive with the introduction of the "Library on the Lagoon",...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi,...