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While some regions experience scanty rainfalls, others flood away in inundated rainwater. Lives and properties continue to be lost, threatening our hope of an inclusive and resilient world. In the last weeks, different cases of flood disasters were recorded in different places across the world. The telegraph reported that more than 1,200 people have lost […]

We believe you must have heard that more than 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi, Benue state have been displaced by a flood. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr. Boniface Ortese, who announced this said over 2,769 households were also affected. Places affected include Achusa, Idye, Wurukum Market, Genabe, Industrial

Everywhere you go, you see sachets of water littering the streets or filling the drainages or even hanging on tree branches due to improper disposal. The producers of these plastic materials are also not helping matters by not embracing extended producer responsibility. According to Mathias Wandera, plastic bags are non-biodegradable and may take up to

Arriving in Idanre Town, we were surrounded by the imposing stony hills. It was like driving into a fortress, the hills serving as sentries to protect the vulnerable town in their midst.  We drove to the  Idanre Hills resort, and I jumped out raring to go. I  took a gulp of water and munched some

The Ogun State Government has revealed plans to begin tree planting within cities towards mitigating the effects of climate change, as well as beautifying the scenery of areas through its Urban Forestry Programme (UFP). Commissioner for Forestry, Chief Kolawole Lawal, made this known at the flag-off of the tree-planting exercise at Federal University of Agriculture, International

Before discussing Gender Roles, we need to first understand what it means. ‘’Gender roles are learned behaviours by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms’’. Gender is not an easy conversation to have, it makes people uncomfortable. As thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable. Gender roles

Scientists have developed new drones that can identify ideal places to grow trees and sow one billion plants every year, an advance that may help combat deforestation. Deforestation and forest degradation make up 17% of the world’s carbon emissions — more than the entire world’s transportation sector, according to the UN. Researchers from U.K.-based company

As you may already know, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 in number, they are a set of ambitious, interconnected goals that aim to end poverty, fight climate change and ensure prosperity for all, one particular SDG which determines the survival of humans and every living thing on land is Goal 15. The goal

After weeks of waffling and reality show–style of intrigue and suspense, created by President Donald Trump over his eccentric decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement, Trump took the world by storm on this. I have been in a deeply pensive mood (sad and slightly depressed) after the news broke that the United State

Imagine sinking into the deepest parts of the Central Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Mexico and Hawaii. Watch as the water turns from clear to blue to dark blue to black. And then continue on for another 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) to the seafloor — roughly the distance from the peak of California’s Mount Whitney to