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Africa needs more investments in green infrastructure, says AfDB President

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), DrAkinwumi Adesina, says Africa needs to frontload investments in green infrastructure space through private sector financing. Adesina, who...

Google expands flood alerts to 80 countries

Google on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, adding eight new countries in...

WaterAid launches five-year strategy to improve water, sanitation services for 17m Nigerians

WaterAid Nigeria on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, formally launched a new five-year Country Programme Strategy, to improve access to basic water and sanitation services...

David Terungwa: How will Tinubu act on climate?

Nigeria, with our staggering population of nearly 220 million people, holds the title of Africa's most populous country. However, despite over 93 million registered...

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate, says report

Current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100, new research suggests. Despite the Paris Agreement pledge to keep...

Sports and games in Ancient Roman Empire

Did you know the Romans were a little hooked to gambling? Despite the different gambling prohibitions in place at the time, many gamblers hit...

Stakeholders validate adaptation plan blueprint, advocate climate-smart agriculture

It was a turning point of sorts in Nigerian history when a group of cross-cutting stakeholders endorsed the final draft of the National Adaptation...

Botswana intends to join the Water Convention

Botswana has expressed interest in joining the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (the Water Convention). The government official...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) have...
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Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from a geopolitical thriller: U.S. special forces executed a precision operation...

Blaise Odunze: NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn debt write-off and test of Nigeria’s fiscal governance

When the Federal Government approved the write-off of about $1.42 billion and N5.57 trillion in legacy debts owed by...

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U.S. withdrawal: IPBES regrets ‘deeply disappointing news’, IPCC says body is voluntary, open to all

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental...

Maduro’s capture: The geopolitical bombshell igniting Africa’s energy opportunity

THE world woke to news that felt ripped from...
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