A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute Nigeria has revealed that Nigeria is losing about 0.35% of its total land area to desertification each year. The report released Friday said the loss is a reality that is increasingly reducing the country’s ability to produce food. The institute which is a research centre of CGIAR, a global partnership
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As part of efforts to ensure food security and job creation for rural youths and women through agric-enterprise development, over 1,000 youths from Ondo State South West Nigeria, will benefit from the International Fund for Agricultural Development Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in Niger Delta (IFAD/Life-ND) project. The Coordinator of the programme, Prince Olawale Ademola who disclosed this during training for
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The value of fish imported into Nigeria from Norway dropped by 5.9% from ₦3.4 billion to ₦3.2 billion over a period of one year due to forex restrictions in the country. The Director for Africa for the Norwegian Seafood Council, Mr. Tronds Kostveit while speaking at Council’s seminar in Lagos. Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with Norway has grown considerably especially in
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The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has claimed that the richest man in Sudan is a Nigerian. Abike made the claim on Monday, April 24 while responding to a tweet by a Nigerian user asking why some Nigerians decided to study in Sudan. “Nigerian study in Sudan, how on earth is this
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An environmental activist, and head of the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) Olumide Idowu, has asked the Federal Government to collaborate with civil society organisations (CSOs) to sensitise Nigerians at the grassroots on climate change and how it affects environmental disasters such as flooding. Idowu while speaking on Wednesday during a Twitter Space organised by The ICIR, also urged
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised residents of riverine and flood-prone communities across the country should relocate to higher grounds before flooding starts this year. Nigeria experienced intense flooding in 2022, which caused loss of life, displacement of people, and extensive destruction of houses, farmlands, and infrastructures. The disaster affected over 2.8 million people across 34 states, leading
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Health and environmental advocates today called on communities, school boards and governments at every level to accelerate the electrification of school buses, replacing tens of thousands of diesel-powered school buses spewing toxic fumes that can seriously harm child health and interfere with learning. Led by the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), a coalition of 34 organisations made
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An increase in Nigeria’s local rice production has led to a drop in foreign rice importation from 1.2 million metric tons in 2014 to 438 tons in 2022. Andy Ekwelem, the Director-General of the Rice Processors Association of Nigeria, RIPAN, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, over 100 large-scale integrated rice processing facilities are domiciled in
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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