THE Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to ensure that Chevron Nigeria Limited adequately compensates the communities within the coastal areas to mitigate the impact of its oil rig explos
European Union (EU) is to spend N207 billion on water projects in 14 states of the federation and also to tackle health sector challenges with a focus on reducing maternal deaths in the country.
The Rivers State House of Assembly has given approval to Governor Chibuike Amaechi to borrow the sum of $280 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank for water supply an
A recent study carried out by the United Nation International Children Economic Fund (UNICEF) have shown that 113million Nigerians, representing 70.6 per cent lack access to improved sanitation fac
A FRESH concern has been raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the evolution of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which it said remains a seri
AS part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is partnering with governments in six Niger Delta states to reduce the high rate of maternal mortal
THE impact of the greenhouse gas CO2 on Earth’s temperature is well established by climate models and temperature records over the past 100 years, as well as coupled records of carbon dioxide conce
THE United Nations reassured west Africa yesterday that the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic could be stopped in its tracks, telling the region’s health ministers: “We can handle this.”
THE need for governments globally to ensure that mothers and babies, especially those in the rural communities, get the quality healthcare they need to survive, has become a source of concern to th
