Environment

Dubai, Saudis plan world’s tallest skyscrapers

Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently…

7.1 magnitude earthquake hits India, Pakistan, Afghanistan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8  to 7.1 on the Richter Scale has  hit Hindukush Region…

Maiduguri records first rain of the year

Maiduguri recorded its first rainfall in 2016 on Saturday, lasting for about 40 minutes. The…

Chernobyl where only animals thrive, after nuclear disaster

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, booming populations of wolf, elk and other wildlife…

World Millionaires trooping to Dubai: Report

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) business and trade metropolis Dubai attracted 2,000 millionaires last year,…

Lagos hunts homes disposing waste water improperly

The Lagos State Waste Water Management Office (LSWMO) on Sunday said that it had started…

Lagos has 0.2% of forest coverage, gives out tree seedlings

The Lagos State Government has said that it was distributing tree seedlings to Non-Governmental Organisations…

Benin City’s greatness predates European Renaissance

As part of its Story of Cities series, The Guardian of London, in its 18…

Abattoir ordered to be moved from cemeteries

The Commissioner for Environment in Ebonyi, Chief Moses Nome, has ordered the relocation of the…

Chinese lab breeds mosquitoes to battle Zika, malaria, dengue

A laboratory in China is aiming to sterilise mosquitoes to cut off transmission of dengue…