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Open defecation practice to end in Nigeria by 2025

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will end open defecation practice by 2025. Adamu gave this assurance at a Ministerial...

WASH: Groups partner to leverage data to address water poverty

To leverage technology as a tool for development, Media for Community Change, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Abuja, Nigeria, is partnering with US-based...

WHO, UNICEF congratulate Nigeria on ending wild poliovirus

The World Health Organisation (WHO)  and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of the wild poliovirus WHO Regional Office...

‘Big Oil has fallen’: Reactions trail ExxonMobil’s exit from Dow Jones

S&P Dow Jones Indices late on Monday, August 24, 2020 cleaned out two of the oldest constituents of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, saying...

Africa eradicates wild poliovirus

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 that the World Health Organisation (WHO) African...

Global Polio Eradication Initiative applauds Africa for wild polio-free certification

The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 certified the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region as wild polio-free after four years...

Used motor oil vendors as ‘pollution pathogens’ in the environment

Mostly seen at roadsides in inexpensive shops, small containers, or wooden frames, motor oil dispensaries blaze with the youths who are drawn from different...

Water Resources Ministry, NOA launch nationwide campaign against open defecation

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have officially inaugurated a nationwide sensitisation campaign to end open defecation practice...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific reveals that Pacific Island countries are making...
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Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich...

Groups flay abductions, killings of human rights defenders in Kenya

Human rights groups across Africa are horrified by the continued crackdown on peaceful protests and the abduction and detention...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for...

Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a...
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