The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted that many Nigerians will likely experience “above-danger heat stress” this year due to a combination of heat and humidity. iMet, in its 2017 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction, said heat for too long could cause heat stress, which may, in turn, lead to several illnesses collectively called “hyperthermia”. The agency […]
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UNLEASH is a global innovation lab that brings together people from all over the world to transform 1,000 personal insights into hundreds of ideas, and build lasting global networks around the Sustainable Development Goals. Each year UNLEASH works with different themes. This year seven themes (Water, Food, Energy, Urban Sustainability, Sustainable Consumption & Production. Education
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King Alexander the Great after he had conquered so many nations said, “there is still more world to conquer!” This statement stands true for our youths today especially in the face of growing discontentment with happenings across Africa. Although with few success stories and numerous capacities, Africa remains a cocoon of absurdities defined by poverty,
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The Think 20 Summit GLOBAL SOLUTIONS is committed to involving the views and ideas of the next generation into global problem-solving. To do so, they encourage the most promising talents to apply for the Young Global Changers scholarship program. The scholarship is open to outstanding early-career professionals (researchers, entrepreneurs, technology experts and journalists) to attend the conference in Berlin. Recipients selected by the jury will
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Nothing is as amazing as getting rewarded for your own waste and we are doing just that and quite efficiently too. RecyclePoints is a waste recycling and social benefit venture that is addressing Nigeria’s waste management crisis through its incentive-based waste recycling initiative. Now, we know that Nigeria is presently a consumer-oriented nation and it
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A senior White House official confirmed that President Trump will start rolling back key Obama-era climate policies on Tuesday. The executive order is aimed at sweeping away the Clean Power Plan, methane regulations, mining restrictions on federal land, and, well, you name it. The White House will direct government agencies to root out “all rules, all policies,
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The Commonwealth Secretariat, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Youth Council, the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network and Rotary in Canada and the Caribbean, has launched a new initiative to empower young women. The project was conceptualized at the Commonwealth Women Leaders’ Summit in 2016, and endorsed by Commonwealth Ministers responsible for women’s affairs at their
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Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, earlier this year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC 2017), said ‘We’re going to have beautiful clean coal.’ This is a statement that was collaborated by his press secretary, Sean Spicer at a presser in the White House also this year. This has brought a major
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The 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 25, 2015. The Agenda is a set of 17 Global Goals or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) meant to holistically complete the previous Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was signed in 2000 to eradicate all forms of poverty by
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Guinness Nigeria Plc recently released their Sustainability report for 2016. The report is titled ‘Sustainability: From Grain to Glass’ and gives details about Guinness Nigeria’s economic, social and environmental activities and impacts. It also detailed their social and environmental policies aimed at ensuring that their supplier relationships and their internal processes are aligned with their
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