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Environment Ministry donates 5m tree seedlings, partners Defence Academy on waste management

The Federal Ministry of Environment is to assist the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) with over five million seedlings of various species, as part of...

Amid COVID-19, group mobilises young leaders to build gender-equal future

In claiming lives and wreaking economic havoc throughout Africa, COVID-19 is placing an especially heavy burden on girls and women, primarily because their prominent role...

Nigeria restates commitment to COP26 in 2021

As the world grapples with the spread of the novel Covid-19 pandemic with its effects on the environment and livelihood, Nigeria has restated its...

Africa’s COVID-19 cases over 200,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are more than 200,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo,...

AfDB approves $20m to contain COVID-19 spread in G5 Sahel nations

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $20 million in grant funding to build capacity to curb and stop...

COVID-19: Sciences Academy seeks to strengthen Africa’s clinical trial capacity through online platform

Without a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, it is likely the virus will continue to cause more deaths across the world. As of June...

Cross River agency rejects NPA’s donation of waste bins

The Management of Cross River State Waste Management Agency (CRWMA) says it has rejected the four skip bins donated by the Nigerian Port Authority...

Biodiversity centre raises concerns on GM COVID-19 vaccine trials for South Africa

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has expressed concern over the planned trials of a genetically modified (GM) vaccine on COVID-19 in South Africa,...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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