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Monthly Archives: September, 2017

Extreme rainfall causes global socio-economic impacts

Precipitation extremes – in terms of both excess and deficient rainfall – have caused serious disruption with widespread socio-economic impacts in many countries in...

Climate action, food security depend on healthy drylands, says IUCN

Failure to up investment in protecting and restoring drylands – soils in particular – could put future food supplies at risk and hamper efforts...

Europe commits to staying malaria-free

The World Health Organisation (WHO) European Region has marked what seems like an important step on the road from malaria control to malaria elimination,...

COP23: Germany, UN sign host country agreement

The government of Germany and the United Nations (UN) on Monday, September 4, 2017 co-signed the bilateral agreement which forms the legal basis for...

Government seeks donor support to tackle Benue flooding

The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, has called on international donor agencies and other philanthropists to support the Benue State Government...

Lagos commences reconstruction of Oshodi-International Airport Road

The Lagos State Government on Monday, September 4, 2017 flagged off the reconstruction of a 10-lane Oshodi-International Airport Road, with a pledge to complete...

Court bars Oruma, firm from encroaching Lekki land

The Lagos State High Court has restrained a former Nigeria international professional footballer, Wilson Oruma, and a firm, Dok Engineering Services Limited, from entering...

Arid community earns livelihood from transformed Niger dryland

A previously degraded acreage in a semi-arid settlement in Niger Republic has metamorphosed into life-giving grassland, thanks to a sustainable land management initiative that...

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Why President John Mahama must keep an eye on the environment in ‘resetting’ Ghana

President John Mahama is on a mission to reset Ghana, emphasizing the beginning of a new opportunity to make...
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Reactions as Amazon stocks Jeremy Rifkin’s ‘Planet Aqua’

What would happen if we suddenly realised that the planet we live on appeared eerily alien, as if we’d...

Expert wants govt to invest in astronomical research facilities

An Astronomer, Prof. Augustine Chukwude, has called on the Federal Government to invest in acquiring astronomical research facilities to...

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