As debates concerning global sustainable development goals intensify, there is one policy that seems to unite all development agencies: the reduction or elimination of energy subsidies – especially those for fossil fuels. It has been estimated that the world’s governments spend approximately half a trillion United States dollars (US$) each year on subsidizing fossil fuels. This subsidy – of commodities that appear to be the major cause of climate change – has recently been described as a reckless use of public funds.

THE over 3, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Government Girls Secondary School resettlement camp at Biu, Borno State, risk losing their lives to cholera, which has already killed five

NIGERIA may see a 33 per cent rise in its oil production from 2.35 million barrels per day (mbppd) on an average currently to a new high of 3.13mbpd by 2030, according to a new report.

Sierra Leone is now the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, which is shifting away from its source in neighboring Guinea, Doctors Without Borders said.

A team of researchers from Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) in Puducherry and Pondicherry University has discovered bacteria in bird droppings that can kill mosquitoes.

The Cameroon-Nigeria border region where the Cross River gorilla occurs is a biodiversity hotspot of global significance. The Cross River gorilla can therefore play a role as a ‘flagship’ species; the actions proposed in this plan ensure the survival of both this Critically Endangered ape and the region’s immense biological wealth.

AGAINST the backdrop of the epileptic power supply bedeviling the country, a ray of hope may be in the offing as Germany is willing to provide the technical know-how to Nigeria on renewable energy.

kwankwaso-okNO fewer than six persons have died of cholera in Kafin Dalawa Village in Tudunwada Wada local council of Kano State.

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ebonyi State Government to establish a collaborative development partnership to mo

THE Federal Government’s efforts through the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) notwithstanding, Nigeria is one of the 15 countries accounting for over 75 per cent of the 2.1 million ne

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