By FABIAN EKERUCHE THE Lagos State Government says it is embarking on a landmark transition to circular waste management system. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, stated this on Thursday on his verified Facebook page. Wahab said the transition was in alignment with the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration’s THEMES+ Agenda. […]
By ABIGAEL JOSHUA STAKEHOLDERS on Thursday converged in Abuja to develop skills to tackle climate change and its impact on agricultural growth in West and Central Africa. They made this known at a two-day regional workshop on the revitalisation of the West and Central Africa Community of Practice (CoP) on foresight analysis. Dr. Alcade Segnon, […]
By JOSHUA OGBOLOGUGO ENVIRONMENTAL activists from Ogoni in Rivers State have called on the Federal Government to urgently decommission all aging oil wells in Ogoniland, in line with the United Nations Environment Programme recommendations. The demand follows a fresh oil spill from Well 14 in Yola, Kpean, Khana Local Government Area, which began on 3rd […]
By MOHAMMED BABA BUSU THE reappointed Managing Director of National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa, has assured communities within its mandates of new intervention initiatives. Sadiq-Yelwa said this on Wednesday shortly after assuming office for his second term with an inspection visit to the Mana Water Works in Bida, Niger. […]
By AHMED ABBA THE Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) and The Global Peace Development (GPD), an NGO, have gone into a partnership to promote proper waste disposal in Yobe. Mr. Ebruke Esike, GPD Executive Director, made this known at a two-day workshop on waste management for ACReSAL Site Management Committees (SMCs) in Damaturu on […]
By IBRAHIM KADO MR. Richard Dangari, Director National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Adamawa has advised residents in flood-prone communities to relocate to safer areas to avoid flood disaster. Dangari gave the advice in an interview in Yola on Thursday. He said based on the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMent) prediction, Adamawa is among the states to […]
By ABUJAH RACHEAL THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged State Governments to strengthen year-round community engagement to curb the spread of Lassa fever. In its latest situation report for epidemiological week 31, the agency confirmed nine new cases in Ondo, Edo and Taraba, up from three reported the previous week. […]
By FABIAN EKERUCHE THE Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), in collaboration with DCR Ambassadors and the Climate Champion Consortium (CCC), has awarded Certificates of Proficiency in Climate Education to 12 teachers from two post-primary schools in Adamawa State. This is contained in a statement obtained from the verified X handle of SPP on Tuesday […]
By NATHAN NWAKAMMA A Green Non-Governmental Organisation, Eco-Citizen Ogoni Initiative (ECOI) has launched an Eco Volunteer Portal to register 560,000 youth volunteers for the takeoff of its planting of 560 million Mangrove trees in the deforested Ogoniland, Rivers. Launching the portal, www.ecocitizenogoni.org, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, coinciding with the International Youth Day, 2025, the […]
LAST week’s description of 176 estates as illegal by Lagos State government, has thrown residents into panic and created fears in investors as real estate developers are counting the cost of the action. Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) in a letter to the state government, expressed worries. The association said: “It comes as […]