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WMO to build climate resilience in Horn of Africa

The 29th Meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board, which was held in Bonn, Germany on March 16 to 17 2017, has endorsed a $6.8 million...

Bainimarama tags battling ocean pollution, climate change a ‘two-front war’

Speaking to Pacific island leaders and diplomats in Suva recently, the incoming President of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in November (COP23),...

COP22 bureau prepares May climate talks in Bonn

COP22 President and Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salaheddine Mezouar, presided over a meeting of the COP22/CMP12/CMA1 Bureau, on Friday, March 17 2017 in Rabat, Morocco,...

Boxing: Anthony Joshua eyes billionaire status

Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua, who is the current International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion, reckons he can become Britain's first sporting billionaire. His...

Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as head of Convention on Biological Diversity

Cristiana Paşca Palmer on Monday, March 20, 2017 assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal...

African civil society flays bid to ‘hijack’ renewable energy initiative

The African civil society has expressed reservations regarding what it terms efforts by the European Union and France to takeover the Africa Renewable Energy...

Applause as Lagos discards ‘anti-people’ sections of environment law

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed the decision of the Lagos State Government to discard what it tags “anti-people”...

Government rejects Superhighway’s EIA, Cross River admits errors in report

The Cross River State Government has admitted errors observed in its third failed attempt to get its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the...

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NiMet forecasts sunshine, haziness for three days starting Thursday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted sunshine and haziness across the country from Thursday, January 16 to Saturday,...
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AfDB launches pioneering energy-efficiency project in Senegal

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €8.51 million loan for Senegal’s "Programme to Promote Efficient Lighting Lamps"...

Bird Flu: Enugu sensitises poultry farmers, dozens of chickens killed in Kano

Enugu State Government says it has intensified sensitisation of poultry farmers, tradersand the general public on the risks associated...

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NiMet forecasts sunshine, haziness for three days starting Thursday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted sunshine and...

AfDB launches pioneering energy-efficiency project in Senegal

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €8.51...
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