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Monthly Archives: September, 2020

Spare Change, by Onome Olive Etisioro

Adukè was about to lose her mind. “Madam, the increase in the price for these foodstuffs is not our fault o,” the buxom yam seller...

Govt, Lagos to address infrastructural decline in Festac Town

The Federal Government and the Lagos State Government have resolved to address the degeneration of infrastructure in Festac Town – a federal housing estate...

COVID-19: AfDB approves $27.33m for AU’s response initiative

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s  efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb...

Erosion: NEWMAP resettles 900 persons in Ebonyi with over N250m

Ebonyi State Project Coordinator, Nigerian and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Dr Philip Echiegu, has said that the organisaton resettled 900 ecologically disadvantaged persons in...

Greek wildfire rages near Athens, residential areas evacuated

A wildfire fanned by strong winds forced the evacuation of a boarding school and six residential areas southeast of Athens on Wednesday, September 9,...

Over three billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food – WHO

Two years into the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) effort to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the global food supply, the UN body reports...

The Fishers’ Pain, by Kome Odhomor

We all rushed out to the shout from people at the riverbank. I saw my mother with her hands on her head, my father...

Groups condemn arrest, demand release of activists detained in Belarus

Over the weekend, on September 5 and 6, 2020, people in civilian clothes abducted several activists in Belarus, including members of Climate Action Network,...

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Wildlife protection: Group reiterates need to strengthen measures

Save Andoni Forest Elephant and Ecosystem Initiative (SAFE-i), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Thursday, April 25, 2024, reiterated the need for government...
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Nigeria can leverage on renewables to industrialise, says Rep. Sam Onuigbo

Sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act and former Member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has stated...

INC-4: Delegates seek global treaty to curb plastic pollution scourge

“We need to throw away this throw-away culture!” This statement encapsulated the sentiment driving delegates’ commitment to end plastic pollution...

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Wildlife protection: Group reiterates need to strengthen measures

Save Andoni Forest Elephant and Ecosystem Initiative (SAFE-i), a non-governmental...

Nigeria can leverage on renewables to industrialise, says Rep. Sam Onuigbo

Sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act and former Member...
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