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Nigeria’s water crisis: Beyond rising budget allocations

By many accounts, dearth of potable water has exacerbated economic challenges and fueled the spread of waterborne diseases like typhoid and cholera. The Nigeria Centre...

Averting water crisis through sustainable solutions

Water, as a critical resource for human survival, is facing a great distress engendered by climate change, human abuse, among others. In Nigeria and across...

AUPCTRE, RDI, JAF blame management team for Lagos water crisis

The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) and the Joint Action Front (JAF)...

World Migratory Bird Day 2023 highlights impact of growing water crisis on migratory birds

Water and its importance to migratory birds – and the increasing threats to both water quality and quantity – is the focus of this...

UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle water crisis, ensure water-secure future

The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated on Friday, March 24, 2023, with a breakthrough response to the global water crisis, with...

Climate change induced water crisis more severe than previously thought

Climate change alters the global atmospheric circulation, which in turn alters precipitation and evaporation in large parts of the world and, in consequence, the...

New report: Is solution to water crises hiding right under our feet?

Groundwater accounts for 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even...

‘World Water Week showed how world can solve water crisis’

The 2021 World Water Week ended on Friday, August 27 with a strong message: we have many solutions to fix the water crisis and...

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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...
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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

CAPPA urges govt to increase tobacco control budget

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to significantly increase budgetary...

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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species...