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Towards ensuring Nigeria fully adapt to climate change, stakeholders have called for a new line of thinking that support a green economy. According to them, such initiatives could be enshrined within reviewed national laws, and local councils’ action plans, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the call was contained in an interim report from the workshops held in Lagos by ...

As part of efforts to improve livelihoods of about 40 million people living around the Lake Chad basin, Governments of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm, Powerchina International Group Limited to transfer water from the Congo Basin into the receding Lake Chad. According to The Guardian, the project, which worth $1.8million, ...

Do you know that Christmas is barely 10 days away? Yeah! I know a lot of us have lost track of time, blame it on the recession. I have not even started hearing Christmas carols on auto-play in the various CD shops around Lagos, albeit, the jingle bells are ringing all around the world. While we are still expectant, some ...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday, announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed, as his Deputy Secretary-General. The Nation reports that Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr. Stephane Dujarric. Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. ...

New Telegraph reports that the monthly inflation rate commonly referred to as Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen by 0.15 per cent from 18.33 per cent to 18.48 per cent in the month of November, according to the monthly inflation data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS cited increases in costs of water, housing, electricity, gas and clothing ...

The Energy Commission of Nigeria, (ECN), commenced a three-day Capacity Building Training on Energy and Environment to brainstorm on the technology suitable for the actualization of a renewable energy which would reduce waste and improve power in Nigeria. Vanguard reports that the Director-General of the Commission, Prof Eli Jidere Bala, while speaking at the opening of the workshop at the ...

Vanguard reports that Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has inaugurated an eight-man Commission of Enquiry to investigate the building collapse tragedy at Reigners Bible Church last weekend that claimed the lives of several worshippers. The commission has Justice Umoekeyo Essang (retd) as Chairman, and Emem Victor Daniel of the Ministry of Justice as Secretary. Other members are; James, Utiaruk,  Essien ...

New Telegraph reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that most of the stalled projects in the aviation industry would resume and be completed in record time. According to New Telegraph, he particularly mentioned four of the terminals under construction at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Port ...

Reports show that the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday, sealed the Diplomat Hotel, located on Shonnyway Street, Shonibare Estate, Maryland, Lagos, over a N351 million tax debt. The Guardian reports that Bukar Gana, head of the FIRS enforcement team, stated the hotel owes taxes between 2012 and 2016. The hotel’s customer care manager, who didn’t give his name, said ...

There is an Increasing awareness to the potential impacts of climate change on urban cities. Presently, roughly 50 percent of the world‘s population live in cities, but this figure is expected to reach 66% by 2050. Most of the future growth of the urban population is anticipated in the developing world. Many low-income countries are already exposed to shortage of ...