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Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Ovais Sarmad replaces Richard Kinley as deputy UNFCCC executive secretary

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Ovais Sarmad of India as Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Conservationist confronts Dangote over alleged ‘plantation in national park’

Nigerian conservationist, Odey Oyama, recently discovered freshly cut logs on the edge of a pineapple plantation, and nearby sits a saw mill. The Dangote Group,...

When legal practioners evaluated GMOs, biosafety and the law

The need for public consultation and participation in the approval processes of applications that directly affect the people’s health and wellbeing cannot be overstressed....

GM food and Nigerian promoters

Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje, lawyer and coordinator of the Food Sovereignty Programme of Friends the Earth Nigeria and Africa, as well as Chair of AFSA, in a...

Pacific Island women’s high mercury levels attributed to predatory fish species consumption

A new study, supported by the Minamata Convention’s Interim Secretariat hosted by UN Environment (UNEP) reveals that women of childbearing age living in four...

Norway ratifies Minamata Convention

The Government of Norway on Friday, May 12, 2017 deposited its instrument of ratification, thereby becoming the 44th future Party to the Minamata Convention on...

Clinical Neymar hat-trick sinks Las Palmas

In Spain the battle for the Spanish La Liga title continued at the weekend as Barcelona got a comfortable victory on the road to...

Sustainable practices help Ghana communities reverse land degradation

Farmers and communities in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana are being assisted to adopt sustainable land management practices to help reverse land degradation...

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NiMet predicts three-day thundery, sunny weather conditions across Nigeria

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Tuesday, April 8 to Thursday, April 10, 2025,...
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Group demands enabling environment for efficient waste management

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN) has called for an enabling environment for its members to deliver...

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths – UN

Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released...

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NiMet predicts three-day thundery, sunny weather conditions across Nigeria

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

Group demands enabling environment for efficient waste management

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN) has...