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Vanguard reports that the Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly, EBAFOSA, has expressed fears that climate change might be a threat to government’s resolve to diversify the nation’s economy by focusing on agriculture. According to Vanguard, Mr. James Oyesola, the National President of EBAFOSA, while expressing these fears at the World Food Day celebration 2016, tagged Climate is Changing: Food ...

Reports show that after a persistent rainfall during the past three weeks in Cross Rivers State, over  4, 000 persons have been displaced and about 900 farms destroyed. The Guardian reports that crops such as rice, cassava, yam, vegetables, cocoa and palms were destroyed by the flood that followed the down pour, in addition, over 1,200 houses were also flooded, causing ...

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, (NEWMAP) has restated its intention to complete all the erosion sites it is currently handling in Cross River State, soon. The Guardian reports that NEWMAP, with funding from the World Bank, is intervening at five gully erosion sites in Atakpa, Ikot Awantim, Nyagasang, Edim Otop and Ikot Ekpo, all located in the Calabar ...

Nigerians have been urged to have zero tolerance for illegal trade in wildlife and sustain the environment, The Guardian reports. The Guardian reports that the Commissioner for Environment in Lagos State, Dr. Babatunde Samuel Adejare, said this at the yearly ‘Walk For Nature’ programme, with the theme: ‘Save Our Heritage,’ organised by the Lagos State government and the Ministry of Environment, ...

 Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed suspension of work on the Minna-Suleja road project, in order to prevent overloaded heavy trucks from plying the road, which is currently under rehabilitation. According to the governor, allowing the trucks to ply the road while been rehabilitated would prevent users from feeling the positive impact of the rehabilitation exercise, The Guardian ...

The Federal Government plans to put massive funds in construction projects, especially in the road and housing sectors. The Guardian reports that, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who made this at the annual conference of the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) in Abuja, observed that government believes that massive investment and expenditure in ...

Reports show that the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has blamed the rising number of dilapidated roads on absence of legislation to enforce reforms in the sector. The Guardian reports that NSE President, Otis Anyaeji, who disclosed this in Abuja while hosting legislators who are also engineers in Abuja, explained that the society has six legislations that can bridge the ...

Reports show that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said his ministry is set to provide logistics and technical assistance to state governments, in a bid to invest in the mining sector. National Mirror reports that the Special Assistant (Media) to the minister, Yinka Olabode, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen, Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the minister gave the hint when he ...

Vanguard reports that leaders of Okoyitoru community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have given a 14-day ultimatum to Chevron Nigeria Limited to commence the pilling and sand filling of the devastated community. According to Vanguard, a letter to the Managing Director of Chevron, dated October 10, 2016, through their lawyer, Omes Ogedegbe, said: “The ...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday, that Nigeria is working with stakeholders to raise one trillion Naira to provide affordable housing for Nigerians. According to Vanguard, the vice president said this at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, when he chaired a Roundtable on Job Creation, Skills and Employment at the summit. Vanguard reports that he said ...