Nigeria Out With Climate Change Health Policy
BY BANKOLE BUKUNOLA MONSURAT The Federal Government of Nigeria and stakeholders in Abuja on Saturday developed a policy document that would mitigate the impact of climate change on health care…
Ojukwu University Set Up Five-year Climate Action Plan
BY AROGUNDADE MICHAEL GBADURA The Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, on Saturday, July 20, 2024, inaugurated a five-year Climate Action Strategic Plan to promote green economy and advance liveable…
UN Deputy Chief On West Africa Mission To Review SDGs Challenges
BY TERRY SANDRA EBIWONNI UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, arrived in Senegal on Tuesday, the first stop on a mission to West African countries. Mohammed is in West African countries…
300,000 Haitian Women And Girls Displaced Without Basic Safety And Health Service – UN Reports
A recent report by UN Women shows the alarming living conditions and lack of security faced by 300,000 displaced women and girls in Haiti, exacerbated by ongoing political instability, escalating…
Rising Public Interest Accentuates Concerns About ATC, MTN’s Planned New Base Stations
BY LATEEF AREMU Public interest and concerns about the probable health and environmental risks associated with the building, in the same vicinity, of duplicate Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), also popularly…
Winners Of Inaugural Afreximbank-FARA Research, Innovation And Competence In Agriculture (AFRICA) Awards Unveiled.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) are pleased to announce winners of the inaugural Afreximbank-FARA Research, Innovation and Competence in Agriculture (AFRICA) Awards.…
HEDA To Appeal Court Ruling On Impact Of ATC, MTN’s Planned New Base Stations Construction
The Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre indicate that they have appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which on Friday, June 21, 2024, struck out its application…
GEF Approves $18m Funding AfDB’s E-Waste Management
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved an $18 million funding package for the African Development Bank (AfDB), earmarked for two pivotal projects: sustainable management of the Zambezi River and…
Astrid Schomaker of Germany Resumes As Executive Secretary At UN Biological Diversity In Montreal
BY BANKOLE BUKUNOLA MONSURAT Astrid Schomaker of Germany has officially taken up her appointment as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Assuming the role ahead of the…
Govt Sets Up ‘Gang’ To Avert Flood In Lagos
BY SANNI SEFIU OLUWADAMILARE As the rains intensified, the Lagos State Government over the weekend convened a review meeting with operatives of the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang (EFAG), charging them…