Tuta absoluta Infestation. That is the name of the pest causing many Nigerians alot of pain when purchasing tomatoes. Tuta absoluta with common name tomato leafminer or the South American tomato moth and has been spreading rapidly across the world from South America, where it was first discovered. It has the ability to destroy a whole tomato farm within 48 hours […]
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In December 2015, several years of vigorous and intense campaigns by thousands of climate activists across all the continents of the world, resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement, a deal agreed to by 193 countries, admitting the imminent danger of climate change and the need for urgent actions to be taken to stem the tide
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2016 is truly the year of Sustainability as all hands are on deck to achieve Sustainable Development (Development that meets the present needs of its people without comprising the ability of the future to meet their needs) even in current day Nigeria. Today, the Senate House of Assembly passed bills for Climate Change and Hunger
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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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