Climate Change

Population growth and CO2 emission in Nigeria: A recursive ARDL approach

Theoretically, population growth is believed to increase greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2 emissions through the increase in human activities. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate this assertion in Nigeria using an autoregressive distributed lag model covering periods from 1971-2000, 1971-2005, and 1971-2010 recursively. The results indicated that population was not a determinant of CO2 emissions in all the three periods in the long run.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
Chindo Sulaiman, A. S. Abdul-Rahim
Sage Open
45
1-14
Tags:
Population Trends, Climate Change, Nigeria, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Africa
Air Pollution

Household air pollution and chronic hypoxia in the placenta of pregnant Nigerian women: A randomized controlled ethanol Cookstove intervention

Household air pollution (HAP) is the eighth leading risk factor for global disease burden, contributing to 2.9 million yearly premature deaths. Nearly 80% of the sub-Saharan population and about 90 million households in Nigeria use biomass as their primary fuel for cooking and energy needs, which can adversely impact their health. Exposure to air pollution has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes like stillbirth, preeclampsia, preterm birth, low birth weight, reduced fetal head circumference, miscarriage, and intra-uterine fetal growth retardation (IUGR).

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
Anindita Dutta, Galina Khramstova, Katherine Brito & et al
Science of The Total Environment
619-620
1
212-220
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Maternal Health, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Indoor Air Pollution, Nigeria, Ethanol, Africa, Respiratory Diseases
Energy

Nigeria: World Bank - Nigeria Needs to Supply Electricity to 800,000 New Households Yearly

The World Bank has said that Nigeria would need to connect between 500,000 to 800,000 new households to electricity sources every year between now and 2030 to be able to achieve her targets of univ

Publication Date: 
28/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Energy, Nigeria, World Bank, Electricity, Africa
Health

Nigeria: Strange Disease Kills Eight As Tuberculosis Claims 21 Lives in Kano

A strange disease has reportedly killed at least eight persons in Dungurawa village in Dawakin-Tofa local council of Kano State.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Diseases, Nigeria, Tuberculosis (TB), Infectious Diseases, Africa
Health

Tanzania: Dar On Listeriosis Outbreak High Alert

The government is on high alert following reports that a deadly outbreak linked to tainted food in South Africa is now threatening other African nations.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Diseases, WHO, Food Contamination, Tanzania, Africa, Nigeria, Food Safety
Energy

Nigeria: World Bank Report - Nigeria Records $1.4bn Power Tariff Deficits in Two Years

A report by the World Bank has disclosed that the financial deficit that Nigeria's electricity market has recorded between 2015 and 2016 when the country's electricity regulator - the Nigerian Elec

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Energy, Nigeria, World Bank, Electricity, Africa
Natural Disasters

Six people killed in Sokoto landslide

Six people died in a landslide that occurred at Illela-Kalmalo village of Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Landslides, Nigeria, Africa
Food Policy

Acute hunger intensifies in 2017, affecting 124 mln people: UN

Some 124 million people suffered from acute food insecurity in 2017, up from 108 millions in 2016, the United Nations (UN) said in a report on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Global, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Congo, Food Policy, World Food Programme (WFP), Child Health, Africa, Droughts
Wildlife

Nigeria Customs intercepts elephant tusks, pangolin worth N1.2 billion – Minister

The Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, says the Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted elephant tusks and pangolin, worth about N1.2 billion, between February 15 and March 22.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2018
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Nigeria, Forest Management, Africa
Solid Waste

Lagos Assembly summons 3 commissioners over heaps of refuse

Worried about the heaps of refuse across the Lagos State, the state House of Assembly on Thursday summoned three Commissioners, their respective Permanent Secretaries as well as the Accountant Gene

Publication Date: 
23/03/2018
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Nigeria, Africa

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