Environment
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18EBID President Advocates for need to scale up Climate Financing for Africa’s Growth, Transformation at AFIS 2025
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for In- vestment and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum...
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31Inside Nigeria’s war on Illegal Mining: Gains and gaps
BY MARTHA AGAS On Sept. 11, a Federal High Court in Abuja convicted and sentenced Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a...
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23Paris Accord at 10: COP30 should move from commitment to action
BY KAYODE ADEBIYI Ahead of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties (COP30), the Executive Secretary of the...
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40Waste to wealth: Turning gas flaring into opportunity in Niger-Delta
BY PATRICIA AMOGU For more than 50 years, gas flaring has scarred the Niger-Delta. Flames rent the skies, wealth is burnt, air...
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36AfDB approves $6m grant to strengthen disaster risk management in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $6 million grant to support the African Risk...
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75Lagos tasks residents on planning permits
The Lagos State Government has urged residents to obtain planning permits before developing their properties. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban...
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68IITA’s Innovative Solutions: Key to Unlocking Nigeria’s Food Security
BY OLUWAFUNKE ISHOLA Nigeria’s food security challenges can be effectively addressed by prioritising and adopting the research findings of the International Institute...
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86ECOWAS Commission Marks International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2025
Theme: ‘‘Fund Resilience, Not Disasters’’ On this 13th of October 2025, the ECOWAS Commission proudly joins the global community in commemorating the...
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81Anxiety rises as FG raises alarm over likely five-day flooding in 16 states
The Federal Ministry of Environment has warned that several locations across 16 states may experience heavy rain- fall likely to result in...
