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Yearly Archives: 2021

Buhari approves steering committee on Petroleum Industry Act

 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a steering committee to oversee the process of implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee...

North-East stakeholders map out strategies for avoiding food crisis

Some agricultural stakeholders in Nigeria's North-East region have prescribed strategies for salvaging the impending food crisis in the country, a survey has shown. In Adamawa...

Signing of PIB, a wrong message to Niger Delta – HOMEF, PDP

The signing of the contentious Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law sends a wrong signal to the oil extraction impacted peoples, communities and other...

LAWMA to upscale operations for cleaner environment

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it is upscaling its operations across the state to ensure a cleaner environment. LAWMA disclosed this in a...

Govt inaugurates dam, irrigation compedium to attract investors into water sector

Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 inaugurated a compedium of irrigation and digital dams infrastructure as part of efforts to attract...

Vaccines for basic health care critical for Nigeria – NABDA

The Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, says developing vaccines not only for coronavirus disease but for basic health care is...

Côte d’Ivoire begins Ebola vaccination of high-risk populations

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that vaccination against Ebola for high-risk populations began on Monday, August 16, 2021 in Côte d’Ivoire, following...

UN says 1.6m people die yearly from cooking stove fumes globally

The United Nations (UN) says at least 1.6 million people around the world die yearly of smoke related illnesses due to inefficient cooking stoves. The...

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Group urges govt on sustainable forest management

Chairperson, Wood/Wood Products, a sectorial group in the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mrs Ngozi Oyewole, has urged the...
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IEA hailed over $2.2bn ‘landmark’ pledge for clean cooking in Africa

The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in...

NEMA engages Ondo, Gombe stakeholders on flood mitigation

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with Ondo State Government on Thursday, May 16, 2024, sensitised stakeholders...

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Group urges govt on sustainable forest management

Chairperson, Wood/Wood Products, a sectorial group in the Manufacturers...

IEA hailed over $2.2bn ‘landmark’ pledge for clean cooking in Africa

The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean...
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