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WRITTEN BY CHRIS AGBALUGO – PRESIDENT, LIPS MCS LTD   There is no denying the fact that mans activities over time have not been friendly to the environment, even with the existence of environmental laws in the form of treaties, statutes, regulations, common and customary laws which try to curb the effects of human activity on the natural environment. Environmental law certainly has an international element as many treaties governing everything from pollution to sustainable farming are the result of multi-national agreements. However, the reality is that the negative effects of man’s activities can be seen all around us. Mountains have been turned to valleys, freshwater turned to sewage, play grounds turned to dump sites, trees turned to firewood and the result is also quite glaring as lives are being lost to sicknesses, air pollution, lack of potable water, hunger and famine. No doubt mans needs albeit wants are insatiable and whole swaths of land have been trans...

   LIPs will be organizing a virtual conference to celebrate the world environment day 2020, to discuss the impact of 5G in Nigeria and Post covid-19 global exigencies. JOIN US ONLINE FOR A  LIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON 5 TH JUNE 2020.  10:00AM MORNING SESSION AND 7:00PM EVENING SESSION. https://tinyurl.com/lipsconference2020

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is on the offing and the World Economic forum is at its ebb, with Nigeria and some other big economies in Africa like Ruwanda absent as a show of the displeasure over the recent Xenophobic attacks in South Africa which happens to be the host country of the World economic forum. The World Economic Forum is aimed at making the African Partnership more robust, as African leaders may continue to consolidate on the already signed African free trade Agreement which was initiated via an Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from 17-21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, during which the Agreement establishing the AfCFTA was presented for sign ing , along with the Kigali Declaration and the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Right to Residence and Right to Establishment. In an ironical twist the citizens of the countries w...