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Safer practices reduce hazardous exposures in small-scale mining

A pilot programme to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought extraordinary improvements to an area where hundreds of children had...

Brazil’s environmental chief resigns after president’s criticism

The head of Brazil’s environmental protection agency, Ibama, resigned on Monday, January 7, 2018 after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, in his latest attack on the agency,...

World Bank president steps down

The President of Washington-DC based World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, on Monday, January 7, 2019 announced his resignation. He said he would leave on February 1. “It...

Kigali Amendment comes into force as world moves against HFCs

The world appears to have taken an important step on the road to drastically reduce the production and consumption of powerful greenhouse gasses (GHGs) known as...

World Bank, Canada, UK to assist countries in transition from coal

The World Bank, Canada and the United Kingdom have announced financial, technical and advisory support for developing countries that have decided to transition away from coal...

Anglophone Cameroon uprising: Horror of a war the world ignores

Cameroon is melting down. A year-long war is ravaging the nation. Investigative journalist, Arison Tamfu, recently became the first local journalist to spend time with the...

Council adopts 24-project work programmes under GEF-7

The 55th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council convened in Washington, DC, US, from December 18 to 20, 2018 at World Bank headquarters. Representatives...

Stakeholders validate Nigeria’s REDD+ Strategy document

Nigeria now has in place a plan to promote its REDD+ agenda, thanks to a World Bank and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) promoted initiative that was...

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A greener path forward: Commending Ogun’s housing drive, calling for urban tree canopy

Nigerian Canadian environmentalist, Surajdeen Alabede, commends Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun for his outstanding commitment to affordable housing in Ogun...
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Dangote-NNPC alliance to redefine Nigeria’s energy security, deepen industrialisation – Ojulari

Strategic collaboration between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has the potential...

Tobacco control researcher, Charity Aienobe-Asekharen, bags WHO, PhD awards

A health promotion expert, and researcher associate at the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB), Dr. Charity Aienobe-Asekharen,...

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A greener path forward: Commending Ogun’s housing drive, calling for urban tree canopy

Nigerian Canadian environmentalist, Surajdeen Alabede, commends Governor Prince Dapo...

Dangote-NNPC alliance to redefine Nigeria’s energy security, deepen industrialisation – Ojulari

Strategic collaboration between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...
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