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Social media responsible for divorce rate - Counsellor

Social media responsible for divorce rate – Counsellor

A Marriage Counsellor, Mrs Adeyemi Omoseye, has attributed the high rate of divorce in Nigeria to imitating the western culture through the social media.

Omoseye said this in Ilorin on Tuesday while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

She said couples in Nigeria were used to forming their lives after the western culture.

“In a country like Nigeria, no matter how well we think or repackage it, divorce is still unacceptable and to some people it is shame.

“The rate of divorce in the country is increasing, especially with domestic violence is also on the …

China responsible for ozone-depleting emissions – Study

China responsible for ozone-depleting emissions – Study

China is to blame for much of the increase in illegal ozone-depleting substances (ODS) since 2013, according to a study published by the journal Nature on Thursday, with domestic companies accused of violating a global production ban.

About 40-60 per cent of the global rise in the prohibited ozone-destroying refrigerant trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) since 2013 could be attributed to the industrial provinces of Shandong and Hebei in northern China, researchers from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Britain’s University of Bristol said.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment did not respond immediately to a request for comment on Thursday.