The intersection of environment and class
By:Nadia Khawaja A healthy environment is a basic right of a society’s inhabitants, a right affirmed by the Rio Declaration (UN, 1992). Yet environmental risks are unevenly distributed within and between societies, and these risks affect different populations in unique ways. Inequities in risk exposure, risk reduction and risk compensation are crucial More...
Kebbi govt inaugurates Great Green Wall Programme Committee
By Mohammed Kandi Following the swift ongoing transformation in the environment sector, the Kebbi State Government has inaugurated a 17-member Technical Committee for the successful implementation of the Great Green More...
The battle over the River Nile
By Ambrose Inusa Sule, mnes As it was predicted that most wars will be fought over water, not oil and gas in this 21st century, there is an ongoing quiet diplomatic confrontation between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, More...
Living with wolves – The amazing story of Werner Freund
79-year-old Werner Freund has a unique gift. The ex-paratrooper and now wolf-researcher from Germany can get along with wolves so well, it’s almost like he’s a member of their pack. In fact, it’s been 40 long More...
Grandmother finds loaded gun on animal kingdom ride – Deputies
A grandmother found a loaded gun on the seat of a ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom on Sunday, an Orange County Sheriff’s Office incident report said. An attendant of the Dinosaur ride said that on Sunday More...
FG’s gazette of 24 new NESREA regulations commendable, says agency’s DG
By Mohammed Kandi Director-General, National of Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) Dr Ngeri Benebo, has extolled the Federal Government for endorsing 24 new regulations formulated More...
What’s the ecological state of Nigeria?
By Ambrose Inusa Sule, mnes In 1976, the federal government commissioned the study of the ecological state of the country. The study which was meant to find out more about the ecological state of the country was More...
Mining Sector: Reinforcing partnership with Australia
By Mohammed Kandi The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen the existing partnership with Australian government following the development of the country’s minerals and metals sector. In More...
Flood:Forum calls for greater environmental education, awareness
By Mohammed Kandi The 9th National Council on Environment has called on the Federal, States and Local government Councils across the country to create wider environmental education and awareness, urging strict adherence More...
Book Review: Disaster Management is Everyone’s Business
It is therefore, everybody’s business and we must all put our hands on deck to ensure effective disaster management by regularly evolving strategies, policies and programmes so as to reduce loss of lives and More...
