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Yearly Archives: 2020

LAWMA campaign to extol, flay environmental promoters, offenders

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is set to commence a campaign tagged: “Hall of Fame” and “Wall of Shame” to recognise efforts of individuals whose...

Half of world’s GDP dependent on nature, says World Economic Forum report

Businesses are more dependent on nature and biodiversity than expected, according to The New Nature Economy Report, released on Sunday, January 19, 2020. Analysis of 163 industry sectors...

Akpabio inaugurates N1.69b erosion control project in Akwa Ibom

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday, January 19, 2020 inaugurated erosion control project at Ibiaku and Nduetong Oku communities in Uruan...

45m people across Southern Africa face hunger – UN

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, January 16, 2020 that a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community...

Rwanda on high alert as swarm of locusts invades regional countries

Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Geraldine Mukeshimana, says the country is on high alert to tackle the possible invasion of locusts that have infested...

NiMet to release 2020 rainfall prediction Jan. 21

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said that it will the release 2020 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) on Tuesday, January 21. NiMet’s Director General, Prof. Sani Mashi, made...

Group advocates stronger laws to check indiscriminate felling of trees

Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called on the Gombe State Government to enact stronger environmental laws to stop the indiscriminate...

Plateau approves layouts for servicemen

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State has approved layouts for serving and retiring officers and men of the Nigerian Army, the Commissioner of Lands, Survey and...

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Any successful African Energy Policy at the COP must have oil & gas at its core

Against the backdrop of the recently held COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy...
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Port Harcourt Refinery: Revival signals new era for Nigeria

Years after it went comatose, the Port-Harcourt Refinery rose up from ‘death’, courtesy of the seriousness attached to the...

Lawmakers urged to review tobacco control law to close regulatory gaps

Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called on lawmakers to ensure that the proposed Bills to review the National Tobacco...

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Any successful African Energy Policy at the COP must have oil & gas at its core

Against the backdrop of the recently held COP29 in...

Port Harcourt Refinery: Revival signals new era for Nigeria

Years after it went comatose, the Port-Harcourt Refinery rose...
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