Non-fossil fuel cars top new vehicle registrations in Austria
Austria last month registered more hybrid and electric cars than it did petrol or diesel vehicles, a first for the country, according to figures released on Thursday. The total share of electric and hybrid cars stood at 42.2 per cent in August, ahead of petrol cars, which totalled 35.1 per cent, and diesel cars, at 22.7 per cent, said Statistics Austria...
Niger Govt moves against desertification
The Niger State Task Force on forest exploitation has auctioned 500 bags of charcoal confiscated from dealers of the commodity in the state, according to Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government. Matane, who was at the auction in Minna, warned that government would not hesitate to deal decisively with anyone caught engaged in indiscriminate felling of trees for...
Climate change targets: OPEC harps on financing
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has stated that financing remains critical, in meeting any climate change target for developing countries. Dr. Mohammad Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, disclosed this at a video conference, entitled: “Ministerial Roundtable on Energy, Climate and Sustainability on Monday.” “Financing is critical to reach any climate targets set in developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). There has been a...
Imo to fix Nekede ecological problem
Imo State Government will soon address the ecological disaster at Nekede, Commissioner for Tourism, Mr Uche Ohia, said in Owerri on Wednesday. “The ecological disaster that has affected access to the Imo State Zoo and Wildlife Park through the old Nekede Road will receive the state government’s attention before long. “The road caved into a gully which developed at the lowest...
NEMA, stakeholders battle against flood in South-East
Environment stakeholders have embarked on flood mitigating actions and public education on adequate preparation to forestall the negative effects of flooding in the South-East. In Enugu State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has embarked on massive sensitisation in local governments on need to build temporary shelter camps in flood prone communities. The South-East Coordinator of NEMA, Mr. James...
UNILORIN don discovers use of eggshell to tackle pollution
Prof. Omodele Eletta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, has discovered the use of eggshell, coconut shell, sawdust and croaker fish scales for the prevention of environmental pollution. Eletta disclosed this in her Inaugural Lecture entitled: “Bad yet good: Rummaging and Combatting for Future Water and Land Security”. The don, who lectures at the Faculty of Engineering, also listed...
Nigeria’s Ihekweazu heads WHO’s pandemic hub in Germany
Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, will head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s newly-inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based in Berlin, Germany. Outgoing German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, and the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, inaugurated the hub on Wednesday to better prepare and protect the world from global disease threats. The hub aims at...
Buhari to Rotary Club: Thanks for spending $268m to fight Polio
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Rotary Club for its various interventions in the health sector, particularly putting in $268 million in the fight against Polio. The president gave the commendation when he received Rotary International President, Mr. Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, Abuja on Monday. According to the Nigerian leader, the Federal Government will continue drawing from...
30 stranded patients get Okowa’s wife succour, N7.8m bills paid
Thirty stranded patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba and the Asaba Specialist Hospital (ASH) have heaved a sigh of relief. The relief came as Wife of Delta Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, paid their medical bills worth N7.8 million. Speaking at a brief ceremony to hand over the cheques to representatives of both hospitals on Tuesday in Asaba, Okowa said the...
Obi donates N100m to Catholic Nursing, Midwifery school
Former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, has donated N100 million to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka (BSSHN) to upgrade its School of Nursing and Midwifery to a College. BSSHN is a missionary hospital owned and managed by Nsukka Catholic Diocese. Obi made the donation in Nsukka, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday when he paid a visit to...
