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Nigeria Gov't Gets Set For Elections in February, but Governance Yet The Real Challenge  November 13, 2018 From left to right: Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, current Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Image Credit: Flickr/Creative Commons.  The candidates will have to explain how they plan to tackle corruption and security threats. With party primaries now complete, the battle lines have been drawn for Nigeria’s crucial presidential election on February 16, 2019. Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari has been renominated by the All Progressives Congress (APC), while former vice president Atiku Abubakar was named as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition group. All national elections in Nigeria are important, but the stakes this time are especially high. In 2015, the country overcame a history of violent and fraudulent polls by conducting a credible vote that led to the first  peaceful transfer of...

Environment   Climate change Wildlife Energy Pollution More Renewable energy Spain plans switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2050 Ambitious scheme also aims to fully decarbonise country’s economy shortly after Tue 13 Nov 2018 | updated wed 14 Nov 2018 Shares 6,305 Spain  has launched an ambitious plan to switch its electricity system entirely to renewable sources by 2050 and completely decarbonise its economy soon after. By mid-century greenhouse gas emissions would be slashed by 90% from 1990 levels under Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition law. To do this, the country’s social democratic  government  is committing to installing at least 3,000MW of wind and solar power capacity every year in the next 10 years ahead. Advertisement New licences for fossil fuel drills, hydrocarbon exploitation and fracking wells, will be banned, and a fifth of the st...