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AfDB approves $50m trust fund to end school-age hunger in Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the establishment of a fund to help put an end to hunger...

Oil spill: Shell distributes relief materials to community in Bayelsa

The Obololi community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has received relief materials from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). This followed the...

Tinubu seeks support to accelerate Niger Delta development

President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders and stakeholders from the South-South and Niger Delta regions to support his administration’s efforts to develop the...

UN requires $620m to ensure continued support for Nigeria, Central Sahel

The UN food agency, World Food Programme (WFP), says it urgently requires $620 million to ensure continued support to crisis affected people across the...

CODE, UBEC explore collaboration to encourage adoption of gender-responsive budgeting framework

In an attempt to tackle Nigeria's educational crisis, the federal government has revealed a plan to get the estimated 17 million children who are...

Ogoni committee to present demand for oil extraction in Ogoniland to govt

The Ogoni Dialogue Committee, tasked with discussions on the proposed resumption of oil extraction in Ogoniland, says it will soon present the people’s unified...

NOAA lays off hundreds of climate scientists in the US

The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of the world’s premier centers for climate science. The...

NPC seeks climate resilience, data-driven policies to manage population growth

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has called for urgent strategic investments in healthcare, education, climate resilience and data-driven policies. Speaking at...

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Environmentalists urge tree planting to tackle heatwave

Experts in the environmental sector have called on Nigerians to plant more trees to mitigate the current heatwave caused...
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Campaign tasks Nigerians on population crises, climate action, cultural reorientation

Nigerians have been advised to jettison the culture of African parents taking pride in giving birth to numerous children,...

Experts say upscaling organic, agroecology practices key to healthy living

Organic and agroecology experts say upscaling the practice in Nigeria is key to healthy living for the nation’s populace...

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Environmentalists urge tree planting to tackle heatwave

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Campaign tasks Nigerians on population crises, climate action, cultural reorientation

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