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Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...

Google announces N75m equity-free fund for Nigerian SMBs

Google has announced the opening of applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund...
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2025 WED: FBRA deepens circular economy awareness with community engagements

The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability with a series of impactful activities to mark the 2025 World...

WED: Legislator commends passage of bill on endangered species

The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Environment, Hon. Terseer Ugbor has commended the passage of Nigeria Endangered Species Conservation and...

2025 WED: FBRA deepens circular economy awareness with community engagements

The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability with a series of impactful activities to mark the 2025 World Environment Day (WED). The 2025 WED was celebrated globally under the theme; Beat Plastic Pollution. The Executive Director, FBRA, Agharese Onaghise noted in a press statement: "FBRA’s campaign this year centred on promoting circular economy practices, fostering behavioural change, and empowering young Nigerians to lead environmental action, with initiatives focused on education, advocacy, and infrastructure support". In line with its youth-centric strategy, FBRA kicked off its World...

Energy editors to beam searchlight on solutions for energy transition

…set date for 2024 NAEC Conference Energy Editors under the auspices of the National Association of Energy (NAEC) Correspondence will converge on Lagos for 2024...

FGN’s 77,400 social homes target low-income earners

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed that the plans to construct 100 social homes in each of the 774 local governments nationwide is...

World Bank, AfDB partnership aims to connect 300 million to electricity by 2030

A new partnership between the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group is targeting an ambitious effort to provide at least 300...

FGN to release 200 CNG buses, 2,700 tricycles in May 2024

... to birth 100 conversion workshops and 60 refueling sites spread across Nigeria The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), through the Presidential Condensed Natural Gas...

OPEC confirms rise in Nigeria’s functional oil drilling rigs to 16

 The latest March 2024 Monthly Oil Market Report of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown with data that the number of functional oil drilling...

Kaduna trains 500 women, youths on briquettes production

The Kaduna State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has trained about 500 women, youths and school feeding vendors on briquettes making to promote...

Nigeria, Germany initiate partnership on battery recycling

A collaboration between Nigeria and Germany is set to create an initiative tagged: Partnership for Responsible Battery and Metal recycling (ProBaMet) project. The partnership is...

Update: REAN, GWEC partner to harness wind power for Nigeria’s energy future

The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN); an independent, non-profit industry association founded by stakeholders in the Renewable Energy sector in Nigeria, has announced...

UNEA-6 kicks off in Nairobi with calls for stronger multilateral action

The Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 180 nations convened today in Nairobi for the start of the sixth session of...