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Palette to paycheck: the Lagos gallery helping children make a living from their art
2024-03-13 in The GuardianThe Children’s Art Gallery supports young Nigerian artists from low-income families, helping them sell their work around the world and build a better life
Tagged under: Women and Children | Nigeria | Africa | Children
Shell Discovers Another Oil Leak After Resumption Of Forcados Export Facility
2023-08-23 by in Leadership News - Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspaper, Breaking News and moreNigeria’s oil production is facing another major challenge following discovery of another oil leak in a facility operated by oil major Shell.
Tagged under: Pollution | Shell | Nigeria
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu declares state of emergency over food - BBC News
2023-07-14 (or before) in The BBCThe president plans to provide protection to farmers targeted by notorious kidnapping gangs.
Tagged under: Farming | Nigeria | Africa
Nigerian kidnap gangs drive big-time Nigerian farmers away - BBC News
2023-07-14 (or before) in The BBCSome of those key to boosting agricultural output in Africa's most-populous nation have given up.
Tagged under: Farming | Nigeria | Africa
Yutong to provide 12,000 e-buses in Lagos, Nigeria, in cooperation with energy company OCEL
2023-05-02 in Sustainable Bus - Electric Bus and Sustainable mobility.Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL), an energy company based in Nigeria, has kicked off a collaboration with Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong.
Tagged under: Nigeria
Nigeria floods: Songs and testimonies from a drowning world - BBC News
2023-01-29 (or before) in The BBCPortraits of communities devastated by the worst recorded floods in Nigeria.
Tagged under: Nigeria | Africa
Shell to pay $15m settlement over oil spills in Nigeria
2022-12-25 (or before) in Al JazeeraShell claimed the settlement for spills in the Niger Delta between 2004 and 2007 was not an admission of liability.
Flood: Price of rice to increase due to crops lost, says Olam | TheCable
2022-10-07 in thecable.ngOlam Nigeria Limited, an agri-business company, says the price of rice will go up by December as massive flooding from River Benue damaged the company’s crops and infrastructure. Speaking on
Tagged under: Nigeria | Flooding | Rivers
Sooty hands and damaged lungs: the toll of Nigeria’s illegal refineries
2022-05-29 in The GuardianA recent clampdown on illegal oil refineries in Rivers State was welcomed by campaigners alarmed at the mounting medical toll on those living in the area. But will it have a lasting impact?
Tagged under: Nigeria | Africa | Rivers | Fossil Fuels
Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue in English courts' - BBC News
2021-02-14 (or before) in BBCThe UK Supreme Court's ruling is a victory for communities severely hit by pollution in the Niger Delta.
Tagged under: Shell | Nigeria | Africa
Floods Washed Away More Than 25% of Nigeria’s Rice Harvest
2020-09-05 (or before) in BloombergFloods washed away at least two million tons of rice in Nigeria, the second-largest importer of the grain. That is more than 25% of the previously projected national output of 8 million tons, according to estimates by a farmers’ organization.
Tagged under: Farming | Nigeria | Africa
'Our dead are buried there': Ebo logging decree sparks anger in Cameroon
2020-08-11 in The GuardianEbo forest is home to hundreds of rare species including Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees
Tagged under: Nigeria | Africa | Wildlife | Trees
'The crisis is already here': young strikers facing climate apartheid
2019-09-19 in The GuardianYoung activists call for north-south solidarity to tackle climate emergency that threatens to exacerbate inequality and conflict
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Bolsonaro | Greenhouse Gases | Nigeria | Africa
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