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 …
Talks On With Namibia & Niger For Uranium Imports Even As Govt Woos Left For N-Deal With US Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI ENERGY-hungry India is now tapping non-NSG (nuclear suppliers' group) members, including Namibia and Niger, to explore possibilities of importing fuel for its nuclear power plants. This comes even …
According to the latest global report card, India ranks 27th along with Ghana and Eritrea when it comes to providing basic healthcare to its children, which includes life-saving interventions like prenatal care, skilled childbirth, immunization and treatment for diarrhoea and pneumonia. Over 53% children in India under five years
Crude oil prices could surge to $200 a barrel in the next two years, according to theGoldman Sachs analyst who three years ago correctly predicted a price "super-spike" above $100 a barrel. The warning by Arjun Murti came as oil prices hit a fresh record high above $122 a barrel, …
Dora Akunyili is director-general of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Since her appointment in 2001, she has led a successful crusade against counterfeit pharmaceuticals, which are responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year.
Seen from the porthole of a Super Puma helicopter skimming over the Atlantic, the future of African oil exploration appears for a second like a giant, fire-breathing dragon. Towering 12 storeys above the waters off Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell's mammoth Bonga facility puffs a constant plume of flame as it …
A species of cattail grass, Typha australis, is taking over river banks and farmlands in the wetlands of Nigeria's Jigawa state, disrupting farming and fishing activities, said the state environment commissioner Yusuf Mato while releasing a feasibility study on the control strategy of the weed. "Fishermen cannot fish in the …
The biological index of pollution (BIP) which hinges on the responses of aquatic biota to pollution of water sources was used to assess the quality of some water sources in Zaria area, Nigeria. Water samples were collected from 15 stations comprising three open water sources (lakes) and twelve hand-dug wells …
Benue Valley of North Central Nigeria is basically an agrarian zone with about 95% of her inhabitants engaged in agricultural businesses. This study assessed the performance of organic vegetable growers who utilized locally fabricated Biodigester along the river bank and inorganic vegetable growers who used chemical fertilizers on the high …
This research effort is an assessment of drainage problems in the tropical environment of Ilorin, Nigeria. In order to achieve the philosophy of the work, the following data have been sourced from direct fieldwork. Such data include drainage dimensions, types of wastes in drainage channels, problems of wastes and techniques …
In the recent times, due to the increasing rate of global warming, the northeast region of Nigeria has been experiencing continuous climatic change characterized by drastic reduction in rainfall, increase in the rate of dryness and heat, which makes it a fast growing arid environment, with depletion in the amount …
To avoid being turned into a dumping ground for e-waste, the Nigerian government has decided to slap duties on old computers imported for spare parts. Much of the unwanted material is dumped. It is toxic waste. The decision was made at the federal executive council's meeting in Abuja. At present, …
THE ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary whose primary business is to bid for oil and gas acreages abroad and produce hydrocarbons, is going places. According to R.S. Butola, Managing Director, OVL, the company contributes 8 million tonnes of oil and oil-equivalent gas, which he says, is "quite significant from …
The time has come for the government to get off the oil industry's back The runaway rise in international oil prices, which recently crossed $100 a barrel, has put Indian oil companies in a spot. Even as their costs rise, they are unable to raise prices to get the resources …
The government of Uganda has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly meningitis bacterium in the country. On January 16, health officials said that 121 people are suffering from the disease in Arua and Nebbi districts alone; three have already succumbed to it. Meanwhile, who has confirmed similar outbreaks in three …
This paper focuses on environmental degradation and the need for corporate organisations to fulfill their social responsibilities. Using the systems theory, the interdependence among the environment, organisation and sustainable development was examined. Feb 2008
This paper analyses the determinants of vulnerability to food insecurity among male and female-headed households in Kwara state of north-central Nigeria. The specific objectives are (1) to describe the socio-economics characteristics of male and female-headed households, (2) to examine the coping strategies employed by households against food shortage-related shock and …
The study investigated the factors associated with pastoral and crop farmers conflict in derived savannah zone of Saki-West Local Government Area of Oyo State. Jan 2008