The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has harped on a “fundamental and urgent” need for collaboration with the global insurance industry to successfully tackle the climate emergency. The agency’s call came amid concerns about major re-insurers withdrawal from the global Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA). Earlier this week, another leading re-insurance the Swiss Re, announced its […]
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), a coalition of non-governmental organisations advocating for policy measures to curb health challenges in consuming sugar-sweetened beverages, has urged the Federal Government to increase tax on sugar beverages from N10 to N30. A representative of the group, Mr. Edozie Chukwuma, was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria […]
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the manager of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund and the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in furtherance of the collective efforts to mitigate climate change impacts on the country. The MoU, which was signed by the NSIA’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq, and […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday indicated its plan to increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30% ad-valorem to 50% as part of sustained measures to discourage tobacco smoking in the country. The Head of the Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Mangai Malau, made this disclosure at […]
The African Development Bank, (AfDB) has expressed concern that Africa may lose as much as 12% of its current Gross Domestic Product (GDP) value by year 2100 if the current trends in climate finance flows into Africa remained sustained. The development finance institution, in a statement issued on Friday as its governors gathered in Egypt […]
….As Buhari Tasks Firm On Protection Of Environment The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday spudded the Ebenyi-1 oil well located in Obi Local Government area of Nasarawa State as part of the Federal Government’s drive for oil and gas exploration and production in the frontier basins across the country. In his […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a €362,000 grant agreement with Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund to prepare additional studies under the second phase of developing a strategic plan for managing water resources in the Komadugu-Yobe Basin in Northern Nigeria. Specifically, the grant will support the preparation of a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) […]
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) representatives today opened high-level talks with governments, heads of business and development partners to explore ways to channel more investment into Africa’s water and sanitation infrastructure, as well as to discuss necessary policy reforms. The bank joined leading global stakeholders in calling for universal water security for Africans during the […]
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a global non-profit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 1.7 million people in 45 countries worldwide, has charged the Nigerian and other governments globally on the need for improved funding of Tuberculosis (TB) to save humanity from millions of lives being lost yearly to the scourge. The group gave […]
Mouka, one of Nigeria’s leading foam mattresses and other sleep products manufacturing companies, has joined the World Sleep Society and thousands of sleep health professionals and advocates raising awareness of the importance of good sleep for healthy living. The World Sleep Day, which is celebrated annually on March 17, is being commemorated this yearwith the […]