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Nigeria glad US is back on climate change agenda, says Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is delighted that the US is fully back on the global climate change agenda. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said...

WFP welcomes $5.3m from U.S. for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 received $5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to provide...

Biden, at climate summit, pledges to halve U.S. emissions by 2030

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, April 22, 2021 pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade compared...

Osinbajo tasks U.S. on net-zero emissions, access to COVID-19 vaccine

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the U.S. to support the call for a just global transition to net-zero emissions and lead the effort...

Health experts urge Biden to ‘go big’ on nation’s climate change commitment

On behalf of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health – a consortium of 32 national medical societies organised by the Centre for Climate...

China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change despite spat in Alaska

China and the United States (U.S.) have decided to establish a joint working group on climate change, according to a statement by the Chinese...

US on verge of exceeding 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

The US is on track to top 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 – the most for any country in the world – on Monday, February...

Paris Agreement is humanity’s pact with descendants – Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres joined U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John F. Kerry at an event marking the United States’ re-entry into the...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi, has urged new NUPENG president, Salimon Akanni Oladiti, to sustain...
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Countries urge Santa Marta Conference to recognise need for new legal instrument on fair fossil fuel phase out

A three-day Senior Officials and Ministerial meeting of the highest ambition coalition pushing for an equitable global fossil fuel...

Lagos unveils ‘Library on the Lagoon’ to promote blue economy

The Lagos State Government has strengthened its environmental sustainability drive with the introduction of the "Library on the Lagoon",...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi,...