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Monthly Archives: November, 2020

U.S. reaches 10m COVID-19 cases as Pfizer says vaccine is over 90% effective

The United States officially hit 10 million COVID-19 cases on Monday, November 9, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracking data. The U.S. now...

Planners urge Kogi to gazette urban, regional planning law

Chairman of Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Dr Adams Baba, has appealed to the State Government to gazette...

Finance in Common Summit: Groups call on public banks to support people, planet

Some 450 public development banks and financial institutions that control approximately $2 trillion in public money all over the globe are this week gathering...

Unforgettable injustice in Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni 8 murder – Owens Wiwa

Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”  Twenty-five years ago, this November,...

After 25 years, HOMEF demands exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni leaders

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for the exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight Ogoni leaders (Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo,...

Climate change: Countries showcase their National Adaptation Plans

Five countries – Grenada, Guatemala, Paraguay, Suriname and Uruguay – have presented their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), demonstrating their commitment to build resilience to the inevitable...

Cocoa stakeholders explore strategies to secure living income for farmers

This week, relevant international, regional and national stakeholders in cocoa production and trade are meeting in Ghana’s capital, Accra, for a historic purpose. Dubbed,...

Environmentalists task AfDB on financing climate friendly policies

Environmentalists have urged the African Development Bank (AfDB) to take more committed and decisive leadership role in fighting the climate crisis threatening  half of...

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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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