Yearly Archives: 2020

Endangered butterfly species thought to be extinct sighted in Czech reserve

For five decades, the steppe type of landscape surrounding the current large ungulate reserve at Milovice, close to Prague in the Czech Republic, lacked...

Nigeria inaugurates committee for Lake Chad region recovery, development

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday, June 15, 2020 inaugurated a National Steering Committee for the restructured Multi-sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) currently...

COVID-19: Checkmating fake news, false information

The challenge of checkmating fake news predates the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the problem has become more worrisome considering that the health...

Lagos distributes maize, sorghum to 15 farm settlements to avert food scarcity

The Lagos State Government  has begun the distribution of maize and sorghum to no less than 15 feed millers, farm settlements and other stakeholders...

Africa’s COVID-19 cases over 230,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa is now over...

Fed up with the fumes

Dirty air in Nigeria takes a huge toll on lives and livelihoods. But civil society is not short of ideas for change, as Michael Simire finds...

Clinical trials underway to evaluate plasma of COVID-19 recovered patients – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says clinical trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of using plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients,...

World Environment Day: NGOs asked to intensify collaboration with youth in restoring nature

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been urged to work more closely with young people towards tackling the degradation of the environment. This formed a fulcrum of...

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EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has announced the roll-out support of €288 million to Nigeria’s...
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TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish its Carolina Long...

New calculator shows how beach cleanup protects wildlife

Ahead of Earth Month, Ocean Conservancy is launching a free, publicly available website, WildlifeImpactCalculator.org, to enable people who clean up...

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EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS...

TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States...