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Monthly Archives: August, 2023

Nigerian stakeholders caution against harmful usage of pesticides

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in Abuja warned against the harmful usage of pesticides to safeguard public health...

CSOs urge govt to implement global plastic treaty, curb pollution

Civil society organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Community Action Against Plastic Waste (CAPws) have called on the Federal Government to take concrete...

Nnimmo Bassey: At the crossroads of our food future

The grip of colonialism on Africa is starkly evident in the normalised plunder of natural resources and subjugation of markets and productive sectors to...

Waste a major contributor to climate change, say experts

Waste management advocates have raised the alarm on the impacts of waste production to the global climate crisis. They discussed the impacts at a webinar...

Saving the world’s forestry is panacea to climate change – FRIN

The Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Oladapo Akinyemi, says afforestation is a viable solution to the...

ICCDI launches documentary on evolution of plastics ‘from problem to solution’

The International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) has launched a compelling documentary titled "The Evolution of Plastic: From Problem to Potential Solution." It is...

Spill averted as UN removes 1m barrels of oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, August 11,...

Firm launches Carbon2Nature to reduce carbon footprint through nature-based solutions

Iberdrola, a renewable energy outfit, has launched Carbon2Nature with the mission of developing high-impact nature-based solutions projects that reduce the global carbon footprint, improve...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of...

Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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