37.3 C
Lagos
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Yearly Archives: 2020

Groups address barriers restricting women’s access to climate finance

Women's limited or lack of capacity to engage climate finance and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) processes were among numerous issues addressed at a...

Hand washing benefits all, no disparity, says govt

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has urged Nigerians at home and in diaspora to always practice the habit of handwashing with...

Association pledges to assist farmers on Bt cotton seeds

The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) says it plans to ensure that its members have easy access to the new varieties of biotech...

Don calls for policy implementation on disaster risk reduction

An environmentalist, Prof. Nasiru Idris, has called on the three tiers of government to implement disaster risk reduction policy to enable societies to be...

Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Civil society in post COP25 review

Civil society actors in the South West region will in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 hold a review of Post COP25...

Coronavirus can survive on phones, bank notes for 28 days – Study

The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on...

Ban single-use plastic from 2021, not 2028, stakeholders tell govt

A gathering of stakeholders comprising government, civil society and industry players who met in Lagos last week has called on the Nigerian government to...

Africa COVID-19 cases hit 1.5m – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the...

Latest news

COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

Ahead of the 29th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners

Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata Convention to ban the sale and offering of sales of...

$38tr in yearly damages: World economy committed to income reduction of 19% due to climate change

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an...

Must read

COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

Ahead of the 29th Session of the Conference of...

Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners

Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata...
×