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Nigeria: Environment Under Threat, Says Agagu
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:43:57 GMT
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu yesterday warned that unless something urgent was done to check environmental degradation in the country, Nigeria would be facing enormous environmental hazard and imminent degradation.
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Mozambique: Maputo Council Wants to Ban Plastic Bags
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:08:57 GMT
Maputo Municipal Council plans, in the near future, to ban the production and use of plastic bags in the city, according to the City Councillor for Health, Joao Schwalbach.
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Nigeria: Group Moves to Sue Abia Govt Over Alleged Extortion
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:14:40 GMT
The Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORCN) said that it may be forced to drag Abia State government to court over what it referred to as "criminal" extortion of money from Aba residents over environmental sanitation by quacks posing as health officers.
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Nigeria: Citizens in Distress
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:07:05 GMT
NIGERIANS are in distress. Buffeted by hunger, poverty, illiteracy and diseases for years, they have entered the terminal consequences of decades of neglect by governments that profess to serve the people. Now, they have to cope with the global financial crisis.
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Nigeria: Erosion Retards Implementation of Seven-Point Agenda -Director
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:08:12 GMT
The present administration is committed to tackling erosion menace in the south east as the problem was retarding the implementation of the seven-point agenda in the region.
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Uganda: Oil Firm Won't Build Refinery in Reserve
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:17:21 GMT
TULLOW oil has dropped a proposal to locate a mini oil refinery inside Kabwoya wildlife reserve following concerns from environmentalists.
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Nigeria: Oil Spill Ravages Nembe Community
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:12:26 GMT
An oil spill has been reported in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State impacting on several communities in the area.
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Nigeria: Monarch Appeals to Govts Over Erosion Menace
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:41:11 GMT
The traditional ruler of Nekede autonomous community, Eze Jonas Agumanu, has passionately appealed to the federal and state government to help tackle the devastating gully erosion currently ravaging the area.
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Nigeria: Environment - Between AEPB and Cattle Rearers
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:25 GMT
Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria is being sanitized of cattle rearers who persistently graze their animals at all cost into high-class residential areas creating inconveniences, ill-health and sleeplessness for residents.
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Nigeria: Kano Supports Pollution Treatment Plant
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:55:37 GMT
The Kano State government on Saturday assured that it would support the establishment of pollution treatment plant in the state to tackle the menace of environmental pollution caused by industries.
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