Environment

Beijing, 39 Chinese cities issue air pollution alerts

Forty cities in north China, including Beijing and Tianjin, have issued alerts for air pollution,…

High calibre expired explosives to be destroyed in Ogoniland

Okafor Ofiebor Rivers State Police Command has announced that approval has been granted to Halliburton…

Paris Climate agreement adopted by 196 nations

The historic Paris agreement on climate change was finally adopted with no objection on Saturday…

UN Climate agreement ready

France on Saturday delivered the final text of a historical global agreement on climate change…

Goat, tiger friendship stirs huge interest in Russia

Moscow (AFP) - A goat sent to a Russian safari park as live prey for…

Mauritian bank backs local inventor of air purifier

Mauritius Commercial Bank Group  has invested, via MCB Equity Fund, in Partnering Technologies, a French…

Noise pollution: Lagos shuts 53 churches, mosques, hotels

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down 53 churches, mosques and hotels over…

China closes schools over toxic smog

Schools in China’s capital city, Beijing, were closed on Tuesday as authorities issued the first-ever…

Elegushi: Communities join hands to ‘clean the beach’ with COPA Lagos

Further to its corporate social responsibility, Kinetic Sports, organizers of the international beach soccer tournament,…

7.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Tajikistan, Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale with a depth of 10.0 km jolted…