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Yearly Archives: 2021

Rail stations, roads submerged in massive China flooding

Unusually heavy rains and massive flooding have hit China’s Henan province, bursting the banks of rivers, overwhelming the public transport system and upending lives...

UNESCO says DRC’s Salonga National Park is no longer endangered

Africa's largest protected rainforest, Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been removed from UNESCO’s lists of threatened sites, with...

Activists laud move to remove Salonga National Park from List of World Heritage in Danger

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday, July 19, 2021 announced that the Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic...

WHO, WFP inaugurate innovative project on emergency health facilities

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a new project to improve emergency response to health crises. In a...

Ekwueme Federal Varsity to plant 100,000 trees

The Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, is to plant more than 100,000 fast growing timbers by 2022, thereby creating as a source...

UK bans combustion engine trucks by 2040 under Transport Decarbonisation Plan

The UK government has provided its most comprehensive plan yet for fully decarbonising transport by 2050 and plans to end sale of all combustion...

Solar Impulse’s legacy taken one step further

When they achieved the first solar electric flight around the world in Solar Impulse 2, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg had to take turns...

Taming population explosion via access to safe family planning methods

The World Population Day marked on every July 11 aims at increasing awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning,...

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Minister tasks African nations on consistent policies to end energy poverty

The Federal Government has urged African countries to come up with consistent and similar policies in other to end...
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Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Syphilis

Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from...

World Migratory Bird Day highlights importance of insects as birds’ source of food

World Migratory Bird Day 2024 shines a spotlight on the relationship between migratory birds and insects amidst alarming declines...

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Minister tasks African nations on consistent policies to end energy poverty

The Federal Government has urged African countries to come...
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