GERMAN Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Müller, unveiled today the new G7 Initiative on Climate Risk Insurance, during a high-level forum attended by, as well as deci

TWENTY four churches and some mosques in Lagos have been shut in the last one year, in defiance to some environmental laws in the state.

IN spite of the progress made so far, African countries are not likely to attain the World Health Assembly target of 75% reduction in malaria cases and deaths by 2015, the World Health Organisation

NIGERIA has recorded no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the last nine months, and is three months away from being certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Medical practitioners in Lagos have cited breathing problems, skin irritations and malnutrition as major effects of the incessant oil spill in the Niger Delta.

The EU plans to simplify the import approval process for controversial genetically modified foods and animal feed, allowing member states to decide whether to admit them or not, sources said Wednes

THE Bonga 2011 oil spill incident from an offshore oil field operated by Shell Nigeria Production and Exploration Company (SNEPCO) affected 168,000 victims in 350 communities in Delta and Bayelsa.

GABON has submitted its new climate action plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the first African country to do so.

Dr. Khaliru Hassan disclosed this while inaugurating a special committee known as National Laboratory Polio Containment Committee in Abuja.

WINDSTORM on Saturday destroyed about 100 residential and public buildings and over 500 persons were rendered homeless in Mbarakom village in Akamkpa Local Council of Cross River State.