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Monthly Archives: June, 2020

Covid-19: How misinformation puts Africa at risk

This year 2020 begins a new decade that promises to be one of dreadful disruptions, with Africa holding the weakest end of the stick....

Ecologists seek new marine protected area spanning Nigeria, DRC, Cameroon

A virtual meeting on freshwater and marine ecosystems that held from on June 8 to 9, 2020 rose with a unanimous call for the...

Mixed reactions greet NOSDRA’s plan to extend mandate to downstream

Some environmentalists in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria on Thursday, June 11, 2020 expressed mixed reactions on the announcement by National Oil Spills...

South Africa bankrolling billions in fossil fuels, report reveals

A new report released on Thursday, June 11, 2020 by Friends of the Earth U.S. and Oil Change International reveals South Africa provided at least ZAR...

Australian scientists turn waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial materials

Australian scientists have developed a method to turn harmful carbon dioxide into useful industrial products such as fuel and plastics, based on a paper...

Lockdown, land tussle delaying Ogoni cleanup – NOSDRA

The Director General, National Oil Spill Detection Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Idris Musa, has said that the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 caused a delay in...

Future ebola outbreaks across Africa possible – WHO

A leading expert at the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Ebola response team, Ngoy Nsenga, has said that Ebola is likely to re-emerge in different...

COVID-19: Nigerian farmers to receive improved seeds

Farmers in 13 states of Nigeria will receive improved seeds of sorghum, pearl millet, cowpea and rice as a part of an initiative to...

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Reserve for wild horses established in Sumava Mountains, near borders with Germany and Austria

A herd of wild horses ran into the new reserve in the Sumava Protected Landscape Area in the mountain...
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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...
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