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Yearly Archives: 2021

UK data shows air pollution decreased to record lows in 2020 due to pandemic

The UK Government has released a publication containing statistics showing the trends in concentrations of five air pollutants using a variety of metrics for the period...

U.S. menthol cigarettes ban described as victory for public health

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it intends to ban menthol flavoured cigarettes, the last allowable flavour on the U.S. market....

Dirty energy projects will not develop Africa, activists tell govts

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, has cautioned African governments anticipating that the continent will develop through fossil fuels extraction and...

Africa to double agricultural productivity as $17bn is pledged to increase food security

A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over $17 billion in financing on Friday, April 30, 2021 during a high-level...

Urgent climate action needed to safeguard world’s oceans, says UN report

Governments need to take the world’s oceans more strongly into account while considering how to curb greenhouse emissions and adapting to the impacts of...

Zungeru hydropower dam project to go operational soon

The 700MW Zungeru hydro-eletric power dam being constructed by the Federal Government will soon become operational, Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger State has said. This...

Angola to produce 600,000 cubic metres of timber annually

Angola’s forestry potential is estimated at 70 million hectares, which allows it to produce 600,000 cubic metres of timber annually. Angola’s Minister of State for...

German minister describes Constitutional Court ruling as support for climate action

In a ruling on Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany obliged the government to define more precisely the reduction targets...

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GOCOP condoles with former president on death of her sister

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed its condolences to its immediate past president and the publisher...
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Sustaining HIV, TB, malaria gains amid declining donor support

When 32-year-old Grace Choji, who lives in Mpape, a satellite town in the FCT, swallowed her antiretroviral medication, she...

The ‘People’ System: Why coordination is missing link in Nigeria’s food system

Consider the classic negotiation parable of two business owners fighting over a shipment of oranges; without understanding their interdependence,...

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GOCOP condoles with former president on death of her sister

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed...

Sustaining HIV, TB, malaria gains amid declining donor support

When 32-year-old Grace Choji, who lives in Mpape, a...
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