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Monthly Archives: June, 2023

Climate change: IFAD advises farmers to embrace insurance agric policy

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has advised farmers to embrace insurance coverage to cushion the effect of flood and climate changes on...

AATF partners Gates Agricultural Foundation to improve African crops

Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) are to partner to strengthen research into improving...

Civil society strengthens alliances as Paris Summit fails to deliver for climate finance

As the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact concluded on Friday, June 23, 2023, after two days of discussions on issues such as...

Paris summit fails to raise the bar on truly transforming global finance – CSOs

The Paris Summit on a New Global Financing Pact concluded on Friday, June 23, 2023, with little to show on the ambition to truly transform...

Niger embarks on house-to-house sensitisation to prevent flooding

The Niger State Government says it has begun a house-to-house sensitisation for its residents to prevent flooding across the state. Dr Lucky Barau, Permanent Secretary...

Group urges NOSDRA, Shell to intervene in fresh crude oil spill

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has appealed to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and...

German President Steinmeier warns of conflicts over water shortages

The world faces a growing risk of interstate conflicts as water becomes scarcer due to climate change, German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warned on Friday,...

Flood submerges 116 houses at Abuja estate

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says 116 houses have been affected by flood at Trademore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja. Dr Abbas Idriss, the Director-General, FEMA,...

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Power Minister Adelabu clarifies statement on Siemens project

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has further clarified his statement on the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) emphasising...
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Nigeria needs 5,000 cold trucks to tackle N3.5trn post-harvest losses

The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa (OTACCWA) says Nigeria needs 5,000 cold trucks and...

Botswana, AfDB reaffirm strategic partnership to drive private sector-led industrialisation

Botswana's Vice President and Minister of Finance, Ndaba Gaolathe, has reaffirmed the country's strong partnership with the African Development...

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Power Minister Adelabu clarifies statement on Siemens project

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has further...

Nigeria needs 5,000 cold trucks to tackle N3.5trn post-harvest losses

The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in...