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Monthly Archives: August, 2021

Thousands flee in Greece as wildfires sweep through Mediterranean

Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday, August 6, 2021 as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires...

Environmentalist urges states emergency agencies to identify flood prone communities

An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has urged states emergency management agencies to identify communities that will be worst hit by the predicted floods to...

Science and Technology Ministry incorporates ‘Innovation’

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the change of name of Ministry of Science and Technology to Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu,...

Lagos insists planning information is free

The Lagos State Government has re-emphasised that intending developers could obtain planning information free of charge. In a statement signed on Friday, August 6, 2021...

Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold – Study

The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century. This...

NiMet predicts three days thunderstorms, cloudiness from Friday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and cloudiness from Friday, August 6 to Sunday, August 8, 2021 across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook...

Climate challenges faced by coastal communities in Nigeria, by Nnimmo Bassey

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, at Coastal Community Fishers Dialogue/Training at Uta Ewua, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, August 5, 2021,...

Report proposes stronger ASEAN response to fight global waste dumping

While governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have individually taken action to address incidents of illegal waste shipments from affluent and...

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World Bank supports Bangladesh in flood risk reduction, recovery

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday, May 15, 2025, approved $270 million in financing to bolster...
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Lagos intensifies campaign against noise pollution, bans night construction

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling noise pollution through strengthened enforcement, stakeholder engagement, and public...

BRS COPs updates technical guidelines on mercury waste, adopts framework for cooperation between Minamata, BRS secretariats

The 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs), held in Geneva...

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World Bank supports Bangladesh in flood risk reduction, recovery

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday,...

Lagos intensifies campaign against noise pollution, bans night construction

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to...
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