The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), says the agency is willing to collaborate with global agencies and other relevant stakeholders to improve laboratories. This according to the agency is to enable them conduct mineral sample tests. The Director-General of the…
Disaster Management
Strengthening Disaster Management at the Community Level: A Crucial Imperative
By National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Disasters can strike with little warning, leaving communities devastated and vulnerable. To effectively mitigate the impact of such calamities, having robust disaster management structures at the community level is imperative. The National Emergency…
Grooming Center renews partnership with Sesor, supports IDPs with N20.74m
Groming People for Better Livelihood Center (Grooming Center) has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sesor Empowerment Foundation, donating 20.740 million naira to continue their support for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. Executive Director, Sesor Foundation, Ms Ier…
Net Zero: Ojokoro LCDA to install plastic recycling plant
The Raising Awareness Against Net Zero (RANTZ) Nigeria Campaign has started delivering measurable results. This is as the Executive Chairman of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA), in Lagos State, Mr. Hammed Idowu-Tijani (HID) has pledged to install a bottle sorting…
Food State of Emergency: IRC recommends simplified approaches for significant gains
Simplified approaches can lead to significant efficiency gains and scale, enabling policy shift that can help us reach more children now The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has recommended for President Bola Tinubu to implement approaches to reach more children. Babatunde…
NEMA partners media on disaster, emergency reporting
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sought the partnership of the media on the reportage of disaster and emergency in the country. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed stated this at a workshop for media practitioners on Saturday in…
80% of Africa’s people facing hunger due to conflict
The World Food Security and Nutrition Report has stated that over 80percent of people suffering from food security live in conflict ravaged locations. The recently released report by the International Committee of the Red Cross paints an extremely uncomfortable picture…
PLATEAU KILLINGS: WE MUST BREAK THIS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE…Says President Tinubu
Directs security agencies to fish out masterminds and restore immediate order Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness and grief over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau State. He condemned in strong terms the most…
Plastic tax: Environmental group urges practice of circular economy, EPR
By Fabian Ekeruche The Association for Environmental impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN) has said that the practice of circular economy and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) would curb the tide of plastic pollution in the country. Professor Ijeoma Vincent-Akpu,…
Benin: African Development Bank provides €164 million loan to tackle urban flooding caused by climate change
The loan for the implementation of the Secondary Cities Stormwater Drainage Project (PAPVS), was approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, 5 July 2023, in Abidjan The African Development Bank has awarded Benin a total loan of…
