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Nigeria might not be signing the Paris Agreement until September this year

According to the official twitter page of the Federal Ministry of Environment, it was stated that September 2016 is the intended date to sign the Paris Agreement. The ever proactive Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed gave this announcement at the Council of Foreign Relations Meeting on the 25th of April.     Septemeber is just

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We need to plant more trees

I grew up in Lagos mainland, typically populated and as such filled with residential buildings all over the place. But we were fortunate to have a tree in our compound, I say fortunate because it was quite a big deal, I remember people describing our house as “the one with the tall tree” and this made

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Buhari Promises China Speedy Completion Of Mambilla Power Project

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has pledged his government’s commitment to honouring all agreements concluded between Nigeria and China especially on power project. President Buhari gave the assurance in Beijing on Wednesday at a meeting with the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China, Mr Li Keqiang. He said that his administration

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Equal opportunity bill ‘not in conflict with constitution’

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Oby Nwankwo, the co-ordinator, National Coalition on Affirmative Action (NCAA), said the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill recently rejected by the national assembly was not in conflict with the 1999 constitution Nwankwo stated this at the tribunal on women’s right to political participation in Nigeria, a forum for testimonies of human and women’s right abuses

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Benue State plans to use generators tax to “maintain” the ozone layer

Yes, you read it right…this government has plans to maintain the entire ozone layer – with money. According to DailyPost.Ng, Benue State Internal Revenue Service  receives N50,000 Naira tax yearly for electricity generating sets from private residents and up to N150,000 Naira from business outfits across the state. Addressing newsmen in Makurdi, the Benue State capital,

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