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FG approves N10.2bn for land management

By Yusuf Ozi-Usman

Mr John Odey,  Minister of Environment The Federal Government has approved a grant of about N10.2 billion from Global Environment Facility to support the proposed scaling of sustainable land management.

 

PIB: CISLAC accuses National Assembly of double-talk

By Ambrose Sule

The recent statement credited to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, that the House had passed the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB)has drawn the ire of the Civil Society of Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC).

 

Displaced Lagos residents sleep in shanties

Some Lagos residents who were directed by the state government to vacate a storey building over fear of collapse are still sleeping in nearby shanties, a week after the order.

 

40 ministers, 6,000 delegates to attend Africa Climate Change Confab

More than 40 African ministers in charge of environment are to attend the forthcoming Africa Climate Change Conference billed for October 11 in Addis Ababa, the organisers have announced.

 

Women most vulnerable to impact of climate change

The negative effects of climate change impact more on women and children in the developing countries, a Director of Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Inspectorate, in the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Olabisi Jaji, has said.

 

Climate change: Official urges govts on common ground

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, has called on governments meeting in Tianjin, from November 29 to December 10, China, to accelerate their search for common ground to achieve strong action on climate change.

 

Smugglers of endangered species (I)

Environment Watch By Ambrose Inusa Sule, mnes

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Sometime ago, a Nigerian businessman who bragged that he sells everything from “Bush-meat” to human flesh was jailed 7 years in London for his illegal business.

 

Architects to collaborate with govt on urban renewal programmes

The Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA) says it will collaborate with state and local governments in their urban renewal and upgrading programmes to stem rural-urban migration.

 

Ibadan tale as told by Bimbo Adelakun

By Tunji  Ajibade

Adelakun, reading part of her novel to the audience.The picture, houses with rusted roof, on its front cover reminds one of the famous poems, ‘Ibadan’. The book’s content is far from the poem though, and its writer is different from the poem’s author.