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Media forum underlines need for data-driven journalism in reporting tobacco

In its determination to encourage the use of data to drive home the campaign against tobacco use and addiction, the Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI)...

Tobacco smoking: Time to close the gap in enforcing graphic health warning policy

The alarming rate and impunity with which the tobacco industry and its promoters visibilise tobacco products and smoking in the virtual space requires the...

Tobacco responsible for 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease – Report

Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a brief released on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 by the World Health Organisation...

Tobacco watchdogs express COVID-19 related concerns in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Indonesia

Global tobacco industry watchdog organisations, STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), are urging caution following a rash of reports that tobacco...

CPC to play pivotal roles in safeguarding Nigerians from tobacco harms

Director- General of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera, has promised that the Council will support efforts to safeguard Nigerians from tobacco harms. Irukera...

Report identifies increase in tobacco control policies in last decade

The World Health Organisation (WHO) latest “WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic” published on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 finds that more countries have implemented tobacco...

Philip Morris exposé: Government urged to probe delegation to tobacco treaty talks

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has demanded the Nigerian government institute a probe of members of the Nigerian delegation that...

World No Tobacco Day: How tobacco kills, scars environment, threatens livelihoods – WHO

Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according...

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Nigeria’s energy crisis: Shedding light on corruption, obstacles, reforms for Energy Transition

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African non-state actors decry ‘unjust’ location of Santiago Network on Loss and Damage in Geneva

The Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), its allies and partners, representing the active agency of Non-State Actors from...

EAIF commits additional $30m to support urea plant expansion in Nigeria

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed a $30 million senior...

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Nigeria’s energy crisis: Shedding light on corruption, obstacles, reforms for Energy Transition

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African non-state actors decry ‘unjust’ location of Santiago Network on Loss and Damage in Geneva

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