I was privileged to attend the Earth Day event organised by the American Women’s Club Lagos on tuesday, 26th April 2016. The American Women’s Club comprises of elite American expatriates living and working in Lagos. The event was primarily aimed at celebrating earth day; discussing sustainable living plans and also the various causes members could join […]
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Earlier this week, I saw an advert on cooking gas powering regular generators; I got curious and found my way to go check it out. I found that it was in fact true and possible to have a generator run on the same cooking gas we use in our kitchen. So I had to do
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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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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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Well, why are we not surprised? According to Enviro News, there are indications that Nigeria will not participate in the Signature Ceremony of the Paris Agreement scheduled to hold this week in New York. However, the nation’s representatives will grace the occasion. The Paris Agreement will be open for signature by the Parties to the
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the epileptic power supply across the country may continue till next month. Addressing Shell officials when he visited Forcados Export Terminal, which was attacked by suspected militants in February, Osinbajo said the country had not recovered from the incident. Osinbajo explained that the damage done to Forcados has prevented
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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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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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So there’s this new research that says we would soon be able to wash our clothes with sunlight, Yes.. you heard that right, Sunlight! At least that’s what was proposed recently by a team of scientists from RMIT University, Australia. The report, published in the journal, Advanced Materials Interfaces this month says these scientists have developed
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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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