Some women in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have complained of the rise in the cost of firewood and charcoal, attributing it to the hike in the price of cooking gas.

The high cost of cooking gas has now compelled some residents in the South-South zone to begin using firewood and charcoal for cooking

Al-Manar Women Association (AMWA), a Kaduna-based group of elite Hausa women, has trained 200 indigent women on keys to successful entrepreneurship and also supported the women with start-up grants and various tools. Held at the Dialogue Conference Hall, Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna State recently, with the theme: “Business Creation and Development, Stimulating Start-ups,” household entrepreneurs…

As part of efforts to reduce the attendant health hazards associated with the use of firewood and kerosene stove for household and commercial, the Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to boost the implementation of National Gas Policy by making liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), otherwise known as cooking gas abundantly available to everyone irrespective…

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has promised to end firewood cooking as part of efforts to save lives associated with deaths arising from the inhalation of soot...

Mr Lucky Enegide, Programme Officer, Envirmedic, an NGO, on Friday advocated alternative cooking technique to firewood to curb deforestation.