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Monthly Archives: June, 2023

World Environment Day: NCF, FCMB combat plastic pollution

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) teamed up with First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) in the provision of practical solutions to the menace caused...

Desertification and Drought Day: How land degradation, desertification impacting women, girls – Leaders

United Nations General Assembly event to mark Desertification and Drought Day brings together leaders to advance gender equality and land restoration goals Women leaders from...

Desertification and Drought Day: 40% of planet’s land degraded – UN chief

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, says up to 40 per cent of the planet’s land is degraded thereby endangering food production, threatening biodiversity...

Govt commences solar power project in Makoko community

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has begun installation of decentralised Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Makoko area of Lagos State, to bridge energy supply...

Charcoal producers pledge to address high forests deficit in Nigeria

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) says it is committed to sustainable forest development that would address...

Desertification and Drought Day: World leaders urged to prioritise women’s land rights

Women facing worsening droughts, raging wildfires and other climate change impacts have delivered an urgent message to the international community at the United Nations...

Stakeholders fault Cross River‘s anti-deforestation committee, demand its dissolution

Stakeholders in forest conservation in Cross River State have faulted the recently constituted committee by the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu. Speaking at Multi-Stakeholder Conference...

Robust health systems could stem climate-related rising cases of malaria

Over the past few decades, remarkable strides have been made to end Africa’s malaria burden. Frontline tools, including insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) and artemisinin-based...

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As world observes International Mother Earth Day on April 22

Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more...
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NiMet forecasts three-day thunderstorms from Sunday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a thundery weather outlook from Sunday, April 20, to Tuesday, April 22,...

Five dead, 15 rescued in Lagos building collapse

Emergency responders have recovered five dead bodies and rescued 15 others alive at the rubble of a three-storey building...

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As world observes International Mother Earth Day on April 22

Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action....

NiMet forecasts three-day thunderstorms from Sunday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a thundery...