The fundamental obligation for the protection of the environment as stated in Section 20 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 provides that the “State shall protect and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air and land, forest and wild life of Nigeria”. The question now is, has the State safeguarded Nigeria’s total land area of ...

In 1914, on the 1st of January to be precise, Lord Lugard, the governor of Northern and Southern Nigeria protectorate, signed a document amalgamating the two, thereby bringing to life, the colony and protectorate of Nigeria. This is one fact every Nigerian knows, and one exam question that always comes as a piece of cake. The Nigeria at 60 logo ...

As the country marks its 60 years of independence, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has called for concerted effort in the bid to ensuring safety in the application and use of modern biotechnology, as well as in ensuring biosecurity in Nigeria. Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) ...

The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have condemned plans by some members of the House of Representatives to reintroduce the National Water Resources Bill which was withdrawn on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 after a heated debate in the House. The National Water Resources ...

The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, has died of cancer, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The late Timothy Ray Brown This was contained in a statement issued by Bijan Farnoudi, Communication and Public Affairs Director, International AIDS Society (IAS), and made available to NAN via email, on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Ibadan, ...

The World Bank has announced a $12 billion allocation for an initiative to cover payments for coronavirus vaccines for low-income countries, The Guardian newspaper reported. David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group The media outlet cited World Bank President, David Malpass, as making the submission. The programme is set to ensure countries of low- and middle-income would also ...

The Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvements (APPEALS) project, a World Bank, Federal Government and Lagos State Government initiative, says production of bio-fuel from rice husk is an untapped goldmine. Rice Husk Mrs Oluranti Sageo-Oviebo, the State Project Coordinator, made this known on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Lagos. Sageo-Oviebo said that demonstration of the technology had become imperative owing ...

About 40 per cent of the world’s 500,000 identified plant and fungi species are at risk of extinction, according to a study published on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. 40 per cent of the world’s 500,000 identified plant and fungi species are at risk of extinction More sophisticated techniques for assessment and analysis had allowed the scientists to “correct biases” of ...

Ahead of the UK’s Foreign Secretary co-hosting a high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) event on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Secretary-General and South Africa on COVAX, UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that the world must overcome the extraordinary divisions created by coronavirus and unite to defeat the pandemic. Britain’s Prime ...

There have been another 7,143 cases of coronavirus reported in the UK in the last 24 hours – believed to be the biggest rise since the pandemic began. Coronavirus Seventy-one coronavirus-related deaths have also been recorded – the highest number since July 1, 2020. The significant rise in COVID-19 cases comes after the number of positive tests falling at the weekend, with Monday’s ...