Yearly Archives: 2021

Groups amplify call for Tobacco Control Funding

The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has called on the Federal Government to operationalise the Tobacco Control Fund as recommended in the National Tobacco...

Sweden plans digital Coronavirus vaccine passport

Sweden on Thursday, February 4, 2021 announced plans to develop a digital Coronavirus passport for use by the summer. “International processes have commenced regarding technical...

AfDB, FAO to boost South Sudan’s agricultural markets with $14m

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 signed protocols to disburse a $14 million grant to the Government of South Sudan...

Pandemic: Rivers private waste management outfit sacks 60% of workers

A waste management expert in Rivers State, Mr Benson Abu, says his company has laid off 60 per cent of its workers due to...

Landmark UK govt review calls for urgent transition to nature based economy

Destined to be as critically important as the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review was...

COVID-19: Bloomberg, WHO seek global focus on noncommunicable diseases

Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 joined Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health...

Germany adopts new guidelines for renewable energies in transport sector

At the suggestion of Environment Minister Svenja Schulze, the federal government of Germany on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 increased the share of renewable energies...

Recycling: Panacea to challenges of waste management – Stakeholders

With heaps of refuse as permanent features in many South-west states of Nigeria, an environmentalist, Mr Hubert Ajayi, has urged governments to establish waste...

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River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction of the Kafin Zaki dam project, in Ningi Local Government Area...
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Ghana boycotts Africa Energies Summit as industry pushes back against discrimination

Ghana has moved to boycott the upcoming Africa Energies Summit in London this May, a decision that reflects growing...

Renaissance MD to speak at Nigerian Content Lecture Series

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced that Tony Attah, Managing Director of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, will speak...

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River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction...

Ghana boycotts Africa Energies Summit as industry pushes back against discrimination

Ghana has moved to boycott the upcoming Africa Energies...