The oil-rich South-South region, popularly referred to as the ‘goose that lays the golden eggs’ owing to its huge contributions to the country’s economic development, is now best described as a zone replete with dunghills of abandoned projects. The consequences of incomplete projects, which littered the region, have led to gloom and despair. The deluge […]
THE Okun-Alfa Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State has appealed to the Federal and state governments to rescue it from going into extinction over lingering Ocean Surge threatening to submerge it. Chief Yusuf Elegushi, the Baale of Okun-Alfa Community made the appeal at a news conference on Saturday. He said the surge […]
RESIDENTS of Wuse Zone Six in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT have raised alarm over alleged contaminated water running from their taps. Complaints over polluted water in the Wuse zone six axis of AMAC have intensified in recent weeks, with several residents reporting similar experiences of unsafe water supply. A resident, […]
By EMMANUEL AGBO ON a mildly sunny morning in January, Blessing Bolaji squeezed into a packed Toyota Space Bus headed from Ogudu to Lagos Island. As the bus cut through traffic, a conversation among passengers stirred something painful in her. Ms. Bolaji joined in, recalling the long, exhausting commutes she once endured from Ogun State […]
By EZRA MUSA THE Kaduna State Government on Thursday commenced desilting of 200,000 metres of drainages to tackle flooding across the state. Mr. Abubakar Buba, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources state this while flagging off “Dredging and expansion of River Kaduna and desilting of drainages” in Kaduna. Represented by Mrs. Linda Yakubu, Permanent Secretary […]
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 […]