Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Indiscriminate face masks’ disposal: Can Nigeria beat plastic pollution?

To control the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria, several implementation guidelines were put in place by the then Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The...

Expert advocates for timber modular model to address housing deficit

A building expert, Dr Babatunde Alarape, has advocated for adoption of a timber modular housing model as an alternative means of cushioning the effect...

Africa records sharpest rise in hunger as 282m people are undernourished, says UN

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19 as between 720 and 811 million people in...

Amina Mohammed lauds Orelope-Adefulire on SDGs implementation

The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, has described as exceptional the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...

COVID-19: Only 1% of Lagos residents received 2nd dose vaccination – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, July 11, 2021 said that only 1 per cent of Lagos residents received two doses of...

Access to WASH facilities will improve economies of developing countries – WaterAid

WaterAid Nigeria says the economies of developing countries will be boosted by trillions of dollars over the next two decades if clean water, toilets,...

PIB: Ministry should be restructured to support policy sustainability demands

A professor of Petroleum Engineering, Prof. Wunmi Iledare, says the Federal Ministry of Petroelum Resources needs to be rebounded to fit into the recommendations...

PIB: Expert tasks govt on safeguarding Nigerians against environmental hazards

The Society of Energy Administrators (SEA) has called on Federal Government to enact energy service criminal laws to capture health, safety and environment risk...

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Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...
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Türkiye moves to ban single-use plastics under new circular economy plan

Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in line with the European Union’s acquis, aiming to further contribute...

‘Wash water’ used when recycling plastics may warrant closer scrutiny – Study

Recycling is one answer to the growth in plastic waste but treating “wash water” used to clean recycled plastic...

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Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia...

Türkiye moves to ban single-use plastics under new circular economy plan

Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in...