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Erosion threatens Awka Federal High Court structures

The Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, is under what looks like a critical gully erosion threat and at the verge of imminent...

admin - August 3, 2018

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NESREA urged to tackle environmental concerns in Taraba

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Thursday, August 2, 2018 urged the new Field Office of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement...

admin - August 2, 2018

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Experts seek to advance landscape restoration in Africa

Finding solutions to meet the challenge of landscape restoration in Africa, where almost 50 million hectares of land is degraded each year, is a...

admin - August 1, 2018

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Zamfara battles desertification, plants 24,000 trees

The Zamfara State Government has planted 24,000 trees in some of its Local Government Areas as part of a campaign against desertification across the...

admin - July 30, 2018

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NEMA to engage states for effective disaster management

The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Maihaja, has said that the Agency would engage state governments through intensive advocacy and sensitisation...

admin - July 29, 2018

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Edo moves to curb destruction of forest reserves

The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has constituted a taskforce to halt the destruction of forest reserves in the state. Obaseki announced in...

admin - July 27, 2018

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Wildfire kills 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches

A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, Nikos Economopoulos, Head...

admin - July 25, 2018

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Tree felling: DPR wants Nigerians to embrace gas for domestic energy needs

Worried by the threat to environment posed by massive tree felling, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has urged Nigerians to embrace the use...

admin - July 25, 2018

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