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Yearly Archives: 2019

Coconut Day: Concern as extinction threatens coconut trees in Lagos

Coconut trees may soon go into extinction in Lagos State, if residents failed to desist from cutting the trees without replanting, Dr Olayiwole Onasanya, Permanent Secretary,...

Desertification: UN urges investment in land restoration to save world’s biodiversity

The United Nations has called on governments and private entities to support sustainable actions to reverse land degradation and invest in land restoration to avoid further...

Nigeria: UN to declare SDGs action plan by 2020, says Mohammed

The United Nations (UN) says it is set to declare a decade of action from 2020 to assess the goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Floridians flee, hunker down as catastrophic storm Dorian nears

Just south of NASA’s famed Kennedy Space Centre, the evacuations have begun, as people wearily keep an eye on their televisions, watching the first footage emerging...

Group plants 12,748 tree seedlings to curb desertification in Jigawa

The Green Network Initiative Forum in Jigawa State has planted about 12,748 assorted tree seedlings in some parts of the state to check desertification. The Coordinator of...

Polio eradication: Foundation applauds Rotary, WHO, others

Following the successes recorded so far in the fight against Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Nigeria, the Founder, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), Sir Emeka Offor,...

South-West youths advise govt to intensify climate action

Some youths from the South-West zone have advised the Federal Government to intensify climate action to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The youths gave...

Students strategic to SDGs implementation, says Kano varsity VC

 The Vice-Chancellor of the Kano State University of Science and Technology, Professor Shehu Musa, has underscored the importance of having young people as the drivers of...

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Publisher declares for Lagos Island Constituency II House of Assembly seat ahead of 2027 poll

The Publisher of online news platform, August24news.com, Mr. Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim, popularly known as "Omoatitebi", has formally entered the...
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Governors back direct remittance of oil, gas revenues to federation account

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed its support for the recent federal reforms mandating that all Oil and...

EcoCirculate expands community-driven circular economy efforts to Ojokoro

The Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy (OCCE) has once again advanced Lagos State’s sustainability agenda with the...

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Publisher declares for Lagos Island Constituency II House of Assembly seat ahead of 2027 poll

The Publisher of online news platform, August24news.com, Mr. Ajagbe...

Governors back direct remittance of oil, gas revenues to federation account

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed its support...
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