Yearly Archives: 2021

Liberia launches GCF-financed climate resilience project

The Mayor of the City of Monrovia, Jefferson Koijee, launched on Monday, October 18, 2021, a project to construct coastal defence revetments in the...

Cooking gas: Consumers resort to firewood over rising cost

Some residents of the South East Zone of the country have vowed to resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue...

Govt begins spray to prevent quelea birds invasion in Jigawa

The Federal Government has commenced a two-week aerial spray in Jigawa State to control invasion of quelea birds. The Special Assistant on Community Development and...

Group to end open defecation in 43-year-old Cross River school

An international faith-based group, Universal Men’s Fellowship, on Monday, October 18, 2021 laid the foundation stone for the construction of toilets in 43-year-old Government...

Govt installs solar power street lights in Dutse varsity

The Federal Government has begun the installation of 96 solar-power street light at the Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State. The Vice Chencellor of...

Nigeria, World Bank to raise $30m for vaccine plant

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria and the World Bank are collaborating to raise $30 million to finance a vaccine plant. Osinbajo spoke on Monday,...

LAWMA takes community clean-up campaign initiative to Epe

The Chairman of Epe Local Government, Ms Surah Animashaun, has promised to work with the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) by mobilising residents to...

Poland, Iraq, Zimbabwe ratify Minamata Convention

Poland, Iraq and Zimbabwe are latest countries to become members of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Poland on September 30, 2021deposited its instrument of ratification...

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Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12...
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Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping tools and data-driven approaches to address Nigeria’s worsening forest crisis,...

Feminist voices demand inclusion, power in critical minerals boom

As global demand for critical minerals surges to power the clean energy transition, feminist advocates are raising urgent concerns...

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Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of...

Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping...