Open Letter To: Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud, Hon. Minister of Environment Chief Sharon O. Ikeazor, Hon. Minister of State for Environment When we drink a glass of water, write in a notebook, take medicine for a fever or build a house, we do not always make the connection with forests. And yet, these and many other aspects of our lives are linked to forests in one way or another. (United Nations) Honourable Ministers, On the 21st day of March every year, the world marks the Internati

We are continuing with the theme of our last blog post on responding to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new Coronavirus. By their nature, small businesses are mainly unregistered and have informal structures with few employees. Nevertheless, as social distancing and self-isolation kicks in, many of these businesses will find that their supply chains will be disrupted and revenue losses follow from reduced customer demand. Basically, the world of business as we know it is

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the highly infectious Coronavirus that was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease has since rapidly spread across the world with more than 207,000 people being infected as of 18th March 2020 and 8,200 deaths.* Nigeria has recorded 8 cases of COVID-19 since its first confirmation on 27th February 2020.** In order to keep safe and well, it is important to understand how the virus is spread. This occurs from person to perso