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Yearly Archives: 2021

Groups award $70,000 in ideation grants to top clean energy start-ups

Seven Nigerian clean energy start-up ventures will each receive a $10,000 grant award at the end of the 2021 Enterprise Development Programme (EDP), having...

Lagos, FIIRO train farmers on rice waste conversion

No fewer than 100 rice farmers have been trained on conversion of rice waste (husk) to edible mushroom product at the Lagos State Agricultural...

4% of healthcare facilities in Nigeria have access to WASH services – WaterAid

An international non-governmental organisation, WaterAid Nigeria, has said that only four per cent of healthcare facilities in Nigeria have access to basic Water, Sanitation...

DR Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared on Thursday, December 16, 2021 the end of the 13th Ebola outbreak, which killed six...

World Bank approves $700m to build climate-resilient landscape in Nigeria

The World Bank has approved a $700 million credit from its International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL)...

Flaws of Nigeria‘s Plastic Waste Management Policy, by SRADev

Major elements and issues in the Basel Convention plastic waste amendments are missing in the Nigeria National Policy on Plastic Waste Management, the Sustainable...

Omicron variant spreading faster, now in 77 countries – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Omicron variant is spreading faster than other variants as it is now present in 77 countries. WHO...

Omicron variant could dominate Europe by January – Von der Leyen

The number of Omicron coronavirus infections is currently doubling every two to three days. The variant is expected to take hold of Europe next month,...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of...

Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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