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Shrinking Lake Chad: A wake-up call to address insurgency, violence

Lake Chad basin that happens to be an endorheic lake ( a closed drainage basin that retains water and allows no outflow to other...

How Ogoni pollution impoverished indegenes

Poverty, destitution and deprivation prevalent in Ogoniland have been linked with the soil, air and water pollution that the people of the area have...

Activists demand governments’ renewable energy, poverty status

Ahead of the UN Climate Summit, a group of NGOs is asking governments, “Are you in?” - as part of a new report and video which highlights the...

World Bank climate report elicits shockwaves

Applause has greeted the World Bank report, “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty”, released on Sunday, November 8 2015. The report...

Report: Africa must embrace ‘wet markets’ as key to food security

Studies find informal markets provide essential sources of food and income for millions of poor, with milk and meat that is often safer than...

Climate change: Tackling poverty, ignorance

Ignorance could often be considered a significant factor of influence in the wise of the low-level   perception of climate change among the common people...

Tackling Africa’s energy poverty sustainably

To address the persisting energy poverty on the African continent, national and community energy needs should be prioritised over global economic models. This formed part...

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Energy firm boosts host communities with N101bn investments

Heritage Energy Operational Services Ltd. (HEOSL) says it committed not less than N101 billion to community development projects across...
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Seplat completes conversion of onshore assets to PIA fiscal regime

Seplat Energy Plc, a Nigerian independent energy company, says its subsidiaries have completed the conversion of their operated onshore...

NNPC reaffirms commitment to peace, responsible energy development in Ogoniland

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Bashir Bayo Ojulari, has reaffirmed the...

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Energy firm boosts host communities with N101bn investments

Heritage Energy Operational Services Ltd. (HEOSL) says it committed...

Seplat completes conversion of onshore assets to PIA fiscal regime

Seplat Energy Plc, a Nigerian independent energy company, says...
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