Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals – Analysis
June 21, 2021 Scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 to have any hope of meeting Paris Agreement targets for the…
Covid-19: African countries win the race against time with testing laboratories, increased daily testing capacity
June 19, 2021 In March 2020, Africa had its back to the wall, helpless in the face of the magnitude of a virus that appeared in Asia and quickly spread…
Protect the children, ensure environmentally sound disposal of e-waste – WHO urges govts
June 16, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for binding action by exporters, importers and governments to ensure environmentally sound disposal of e-waste and the health and safety…
From Nigeria to Brazil ‘halo’ crops reap pandemic profits
June 2, 2021 In a flowing cream hijab, Karima M. Imam walks through her fields in scrubland in northern Nigeria as workers harvest a gnarled brown root that has turned…
Recession, violence among COVID-19 side effect in Africa – Report
June 2, 2021 Much of Africa may have been spared the death toll that COVID-19 brought to other regions, but it now faces recession, growing violence and higher unemployment because…
Buhari Administration at 6: Counting The Blessings One By One, By Femi Adesina
May 28, 2021 Some people claim: we don’t see what they are doing. We don’t hear about it. Well, here it is. A Fact Sheet, a report card on the…
13-year-old boy emerges winner of 3D Kids Talent Hunt
MAY 27, 2021 I’m so happy, because my father is a pastor, and that I came to the competition, knowing that I will be singing only the gospel songs, and…
Gully erosion ravages Delta, Rivers communities; residents count losses
By Razak Owolabi, May 16, 2021 “Over the past five years, the gully erosion, which is over 20 feet deep, swallowed over 15 buildings and rendered hundreds of families homeless.’’…
15 months after, origin of Coronavirus still unknown: Scientists accuse China of cover up
Fifteen months after the global pandemic officially began, it’s still unclear how it originated – and a group of top American scientists is eager for answers. In a letter in…
US knocks Buhari govt. over blasphemy convictions, demands inquest on Shiites’ massacre
The United States is not happy with President Muhammadu Buhari government over cases of sentencing of citizens for alleged blasphemy and sentencing to long-term imprisonment and even death. US Secretary…