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Smoking in movies: A channel for tobacco addiction

The first television commercial was aired in 1941 and, since then, the screen still takes the lead as the most persuasive advertising platform. The...

USAID’s ‘COVID-19 Food Security Challenge’ provides $3m grants to companies

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge, through which USAID will offer $3 million in funding...

Why Africa must embrace science rather than ideology in fight against smoking

Despite effort by Africa in achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reducing tobacco use has proved the hardest to deliver. Reducing tobacco...

Mobile sector declares climate action breakthrough

More than a third of mobile operators by revenue have met rigorous criteria set by the UN’s Race to Zero campaign and committed to...

Nnimmo Bassey: Dialogue in the oil field

The noise from gas furnaces burning across the Niger Delta make it impossible for parents to whisper to their children. Whispering may sound conspiratorial,...

Fostering regional cooperation to end plastic pollution in Lake Victoria

For the better part of the last month the Flipflopi, a boat cobbled together from recycled plastic, has been circumnavigating Africa’s biggest lake, braving...

High-level climate consultations build expectations for Glasgow

Ministerial-level representatives have been gathering virtually and in-person to firm up commitments and shared understandings for how they will collectively respond to the climate...

US told to show readiness to pay debt owed towards equitable, just climate action

Ahead of the Leaders' Climate Summit holding from April 22 to 23, 2021 hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States of America,...

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Dangote signs $400m equipment deal to fast-track refinery expansion

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NUPRC warns public against fraudulent contract offers

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