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Monthly Archives: July, 2014

Lamenting Nigeria’s fragility in leadership, governance

Mariam Lady Yunusa, Head of Partners and Inter Agency Coordination at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Nairobi, Kenya, looks at the...

Nigerian manufacturers deserve the stick

A friend of mine once told a story of how he made money by simply adhering to the environmental laws of one European country....

Energy efficiency: UNDP, GEF, SON set refrigerating appliances standard

Minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for refrigerating appliances emerged last week in Lagos as the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) rallied a team of...

Laureates on Gaza: They’re also our children

Declaration by Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award on Gaza: As recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, popularly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize“, we strongly...

Shell urged to resolve Bonga oil spill crisis

Bothered about the protracted crisis over the Bonga Oil Spillage in the Niger Delta region, Minister of Environment, Laurentia Laraba Mallam, has given a...

Essential biological diversity roles recognised in SDGs

Biological diversity and ecosystems last week featured prominently in the proposal of a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the Open Working...

‘How GM foods advocates promote poverty, dependency in Africa’

The recent article, GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty, published in the Guardian’s PovertyMatters Blog on 21 July 2014, is...

‘The ocean can consume us, yet we can’t help ourselves’

Okun Alfa in Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos lives on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. And it’s not just lulling beach waves,...

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Tinubu seeks support to accelerate Niger Delta development

President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders and stakeholders from the South-South and Niger Delta regions to support his...
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Reps urge NNPCL to revive vandalised Ore depot

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to prioritise rehabilitation of the vandalised...

AfDB, IITA sign $27m agreement to boost agricultural transformation in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, signed a...

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Tinubu seeks support to accelerate Niger Delta development

President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders and stakeholders...

Reps urge NNPCL to revive vandalised Ore depot

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National...