Monthly Archives: June, 2020

WHO issues guidance on locally-made face masks

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for...

International Cancer Survivors Day: COVID-19 as a wake-up call

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Those who bring sunshine cannot keep it from themselves." – Thor The first Sunday in June every...

World Environment Day: Decades of global attempts to save the planet, by Idris

The Dean, Faculty of Environmental Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Professor Nasiru Medugu Idris, traces the genesis of the World Environment Day, which made...

World Environment Day: Nigeria to strictly enforce laws to curb biodiversity loss – Ikeazor

Nigeria’s Environment Minister of State, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor, has said that the nation will embark on stricter enforcement of policies and laws in order...

Sweden urges collaboration in conserving earth’s resources

The Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and ECOWAS, Carl Gräns, on Saturday, June 6, 2020 called for collaboration between governments,organisations,communities and individuals...

Firm launches ‘plastic responsibly’ initiative

A strategic communications firm, CMC Connect (Perception Managers), on Saturday, June 6, 2020 said it had launched an initiative called "Plastic Responsibly" to educate...

Lawmaker urges more effort to mitigate hazards in Niger Delta

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Farah Dagogo (PDP-Rivers), on Saturday, June 6, 2020  appealed for more effort to mitigate the environmental hazards...

World Environment Day: Enugu youths act to save the earth

In celebrating the 2020 World Environment Day, the Green Environment Network, Enugu on Friday, June 5 kicked off a campaign to plant over 1,000 trees...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...