ngrclimatereports August 10th, 2010
Akanimo Sampson
AROUND 4,000 students, researchers and concerned environmental rights activists have so far visited oil spill sites in the Niger Delta in the last five years.
Field Monitors of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Nigeria’s foremost environmental rights advocacy group, made this known to AkanimoReports in an exclusive interview in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Friday. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports April 26th, 2010
From Etim Imisim in Abuja
Nigeria and India yesterday considered the possibility of working together to promote agriculture in the two countries.
Indian high commissioner, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, said his country has a large population and made significant progress in its agricultural development. He spoke during a visit to Nigeria’s new agriculture minister, Prof. Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah, in Abuja. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports April 5th, 2010
Shell
The Hague, 27 March 2010
Today, Royal Dutch Shell is holding back the tears no more. Shell apologises to all inhabitants of Nigeria’s Niger Delta for the many years of human rights violations, for which Shell takes full responsibility. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports January 20th, 2010
By Lewis Ziska
January 20, 2010 (Courtesy SciDev.net) Understanding how carbon dioxide impacts food quality is vital to tackle malnutrition effectively, says agricultural researcher Lewis Ziska.
Researchers are focusing much attention on how to adapt agriculture to ensure steady food supplies in the face of climate change. But it is equally important to preserve the quality of these supplies as well as the quantity.
Researchers, policymakers and the public are increasingly aware that climate uncertainty — characterised by shifting rainfall patterns, increased desertification and warming temperatures — threatens to decrease people’s ability to grow food sustainably in many parts of the developing world. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 31st, 2009
By Etim Imisim (Abuja)
USA
Peace and security initiative in West Africa received a boost yesterday when the US government gave a Deployable Satellite System to the Standby Force of the Economic Community of West African States.
The mobile system could be deployed any ECOWAS force operated in the continent, both ECOWAS Chief of Staff, Gen. Hassan Lai, and project manager who led the US delegation Mr. Richard Baisley, said during a ceremony in Abuja. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 12th, 2009
Hillary Rodham Clinton
REMARKS
Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton And South African Minister of International Relations Nkoana-Mashabane
August 7, 2009
Presidential Guest House
Pretoria, South Africa
MODERATOR: Madame Minister, good morning. Secretary of State Madame Clinton, Madame Minister Mashabane, we welcome you to this gathering of the media during Women’s Month. Without further ado, we will now hand over to Minister Nkoana-Mashabane to make her remarks, followed by Madame Clinton.
MINISTER NKOANA-MASHABANE: Well, thank you very much. Once again, welcome to South Africa. We had very, very interesting discussions. In fact, we both agreed that we were doing a catch-up. And we have, among other things, agreed to elevate our bilateral relations to a higher level, a level of Madame Secretary and myself, to lead and coordinate our engagements between the two countries. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 6th, 2009
By: UDOCHUKWU IFIONU
Melting Polar Ice-Caps
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)/THISDAY, August 5, 2009: For three consecutive days, Favour Oma had slept and woken up drenched in her sweat. Dragging herself out of bed, she recalled that it had never been this hot in the last three years. Definitely, something must be wrong, Favour reasoned, blaming the sweltering heat on the inexcusable constant power outage. But Favour’s predicament is not personal, as the phenomenon has become the general trend which has manifested in rising temperatures occasioned by what scientists call global warming. Since the mid-20th century, the earth’s surface has witnessed an increase in average temperature which is blamed on the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon particles which deplete the Ozone Layer, the earth’s protective cover.
The carbon emissions are worsened by the unchecked depletion of forests and felling of tress which should have absorbed the carbon particles in the atmosphere. According to scientists, the high temperatures will result in a drastic change in climate, with water bodies rising in volumes and threatening low lying settlements. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 5th, 2009
By: Etim Imisim (Abuja)
E.U. Insignia
A team of European Commission (EC) and federal government officials visited Abia State to discuss the implementation of new micro projects in nine states of the Niger Delta. The programme has its head office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
A statement from the European Union said EU approved the MPP9 programme in September 2008 to support Niger Delta communities after the conclusion of the earlier MPP3 and MPP6 programmes. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 5th, 2009
By: Etim Imisim (Abuja)
Togo at the weekend endorsed the Compact of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
The West African nation became the second country to country to sign the compact since CAADP was established at African Union (AU) summit in Maputo in 2003. The first country, Rwanda, signed in 2006. Continue Reading »
