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Environmentalist wants pollution tax imposed on top plastic polluters

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:04:33 +0000

A renowned environmentalist, Mr Nnimmo Bassey, has advocated imposition of pollution tax on top plastic polluters in Nigeria. Bassey, the Director Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), made the advocacy on Wednesday in an interview in Benin. He said that imposition of the tax would reduce environmental pollution. Bassey said that plastic waste was destroying […]

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Norway to close embassy in Mali as UN peacekeepers leave

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 21:53:00 +0000

Norway is to close its embassy in Bamako following the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission to Mali, the Foreign Ministry announced in Oslo on Thursday. The withdrawal of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) would have “consequences for the security of Norwegian and other diplomatic missions and international organizations in […]

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Japan into Women’s World Cup last eight after beating Norway

Gbemi Banks — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 14:54:17 +0000

Japan eased their way into the last eight of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup with a well-earned 3-1 victory over Norway at Wellington Regional Stadium. An unfortunate Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal was cancelled out by a fine Guro Reiten header midway through the first half. Second-half goals from Risa Shimizu and adidas Golden […]

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Norway commits additional $4.5m to address food security, others in Nigeria

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:57:58 +0000

The Norwegian Government has committed an additional 4.5 million dollars in support of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), humanitarian activities in addressing the lingering crisis in the northeastern part of Nigeria. The FAO Representative in Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Fred Kafeero, stated during the signing of […]

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COP27: Egypt, Norway unveil 100mw green hydrogen plant on Ted Sea

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:23:27 +0000

Egypt and Norway have launched the first phase of a project to establish a major green hydrogen plant in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea, with a capacity to produce 100MW. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre at the launch of the project on Tuesday, said the […]

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Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 07:26:55 +0000

Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens. The Nordic nations are the most content, according to the World Happiness Report 2017 produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a […]

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Norway becomes first country to turn off FM radio

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:46:37 +0000

Norway on Wednesday began turning off analogue FM radio, making it the first country in the world to fully transition to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). Thor Eriksen, NRK Broadcasting Chief, in Stockholm, said it was an historic moment, at 11.11 a.m. (1011 GMT), when the analogue FM broadcasting system in the northern county of Nordland […]

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