The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through an analysis of historical data, climate forecasts, hydrological modeling and the report identifying varying degrees of flood risk across different regions and …
The Federal Government will soon issue a $20bn bond to raise funds to tackle the negative effects of climate change, the permanent secretary in the ministry of environment, Bukar Hassan, said yesterday. Bukar, who spoke during the ministry's 2017 budget defence with the House of Representatives committee on climate change, …
The International Organization for Migration warns that many of the millions of people facing famine in three African countries and in Yemen risk starving to death without urgent action to help them. More than 20 million people reportedly are suffering from severe food shortages in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and …
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N750 billion as Agricultural Intervention Fund to ensure food sufficiency in tune with its diversification agenda. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed this yesterday at the inauguration of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 39 with the theme, “Science, Technology and Innovation for the …
The oil-producing community of Koko in Warri North Local Council of Delta State has alleged that a company operating in the area (name withheld) was sand-filling the toxic dumpsite it exposed a day ago apparently to cover up the evidence. Community leaders Tony Ede, Eyitemi Brown-Dibofun, and Benson O. Asamat …
House of Representatives committee on Environment and Habitat yesterday gave federal government a six-week ultimatum to forward all treaties and agreements relating to the environment sector and awaiting domestication to the lower legislative chamber for immediate action. The committee headed by Hon. Obinna Chidoka is worried that certain decisions and …
The countries, under the auspices of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and with support from other partners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. These selected 37 to be Visiting Fellows of the Climate Impact Research Capacity and …
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned that the prices of essential medicines in the country, such as anti-malarial drugs and antibiotics have risen by over 150 per cent in less than two years. According to the PSN, the implementation of a 20 per cent duty on imported medicines …
Scientists at the University of Ilorin and their counterparts at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), are finalising arrangements to develop an improved rice variety with medicinal potentials against cancer. A report in the University of Ilorin Bulletin on Monday stated that this was the outcome of the collaboration between the …
Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children's agency said Monday, February 20, according to AFP. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition …
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said pangolins are the world's most illegally traded mammal and in danger of extinction. In a press release sent to The Ethiopian Herald Friday, IFAW campaigns officer Mark Hofberg said the World Pangolin Day on February 18 reminded us to do a lot …
The Federal government has stated that because of the conscientious efforts of the President Muhammdu Buhari-led administration, the country has just achieved the record of being the second largest producer of rice in the world. It also added that a recent survey revealed that because of the federal government's alternative …
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine. A combination of …
Henceforth, anybody who forcibly grabs other people’s land in Oyo State would be imprisoned for 15 years or pay a fine of N500, 000. This followed the signing into law, of a Bill on Real Property Protection Law, 2016 by Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Friday in Ibadan. It was titled: …
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a grant commitment of $767,512 to support the development of renewable energy in Nigeria. The funds, which are aimed at the development of solar micro grids in 25 communities across the country, were received by a local private company, Community …
Slumped in his mother's lap in a health clinic in northeast Nigeria, three-year-old Hassan was too drained to cry or protest as the nurse wrapped a tape measure tightly around his arm. After weeks of fever, vomiting and diarrhoea - telltale signs of malnutrition - his gaunt face and glazed …
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 20 million people - greater than the population of Romania or Florida - risk dying from starvation within six months in four separate famines, U.N. World Food Programme chief economist Arif Husain says. Wars in Yemen, northeastern Nigeria and South Sudan have devastated households and …
As rainy season approaches, the Lagos State House of Assembly has advised residents of flood-prone parts of the state to look for alternative accommodations to prevent flood-related hazards. The Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Setonji David, gave the advice on Sunday in an …
The Rivers State government on Saturday announced the sealing off of Chinese Govt Company, CGC, in Aluu, over “aggravated air pollution, and breach of environmental laws” in the state. Two other companies – H & H Engineering Company and AUC Asphalt Company – located in Aluu have also been sealed …
The Elembiri community, Gbanraun, Bayelsa, which was affected by the Seibou II oil leak in 2015, said they are yet to receive any relief materials to cushion the effect of the spill . The victims of the spill told News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Yenagoa that none …
The Board of Trustees on Ogoni cleanup has described the initial $1 billion earmarked for the project as unrealistic in the face of rising exchange rate of the naira. The President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara, disclosed this yesterday after their meeting …
