Passengers who flew from Abuja to Edo state were recently transported back to Abuja after their pilot was unable to land due to power outage at the airport in Benin city, the state capital. An aggrieved passenger shared a video from the airport as he expressed his disappointment. Watch the video below… View …
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Fuzzy boundaries that lead to costly and incomplete enforcement and overlapping land and property laws lend common lands to exploitation. | Picture Courtesy: Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) Opinion anand, india Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ANAND, India, Jun 03 (IPS) – Common lands are natural resources that …
Read More »Cuban Farmers Fight Land Degradation with Sustainable Management
Farmer José Antonio Sosa, known as Ché, stresses the importance of taking into account the direction of the land for planting, and the use of live or dead barriers to prevent rains from washing away the topsoil to lower areas, thus combating soil degradation in Cuba. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS …
Read More »‘There is so much anger and frustration in the land’ – Actor Alexx Ekubo expresses worry over jungle justice trend
According to the movie star, the trend of killings in the country via jungle justice needs to stop. “I woke up this morning with so much pain in my heart, Nigeria how did we get here, there is so much anger & frustration in the land. Almost everyone is 2 …
Read More »No Climate Transition Without Securing Land Rights
Opinion by Alexander Muller, Jes Weigelt (berlin) Monday, May 16, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, May 16 (IPS) – The landmark land tenure decision by parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 2019 offers a blueprint for upcoming climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh in November. The ongoing …
Read More »President Buhari approves reopening of four more land borders
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River. Recall that as part of measures to curb the proliferation of illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into …
Read More »Russia outlines plans to seize Ukraine’s entire south coast to create a land corridor to Moldova
Russia has outlined plans to seize the entire Donbas and the south of Ukraine in the second phase of its offensive to create a land corridor stretching to Moldova. The deputy commander of Russia’s central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, said Russia planned to forge a corridor between Crimea, the …
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