Nigeria to host international conference on Lake Chad
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an international conference in Nigeria on saving the Lake Chad and revitalise its basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and...
Category: Environment/Climate
Environment contributes 80% to children’s IQ – UNICEF
Agency Report The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 says 80 per cent of children’s IQ is derived from the environment....
Oil Spillage: 4 of Every 10 Ogoni Newborns die, MOSOP blames it on Shell, FG
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has decried the high rate of infant mortality in Ogoniland, Rivers State, noting that four of 10...
Constitute COMEG Now, Mining Engineers Urge FG
The Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency inaugurate its regulatory body COMEG for the...
Kaduna Waste Collection: KADIRS, ZL Global Alliance To Commence Revenue Collection
Kaduna Internal Revenue Services (KADIRS) and ZL Global Alliance Nigeria Limited is to jointly commence the collection of revenue from waste collection and management effective...
Ex-minister Under Probe Over Alleged $1b Illicit Deals
• Amina Mohammed linked to 1.4m illegal Nigerian woods in China • New allegations challenge environment record of top UN official • I signed permits...
NOSDRA Restates Commitment to Speedily Combat Oil Spill
Zonal Director, National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Cyrus Nkangwung, has expressed the agency’s readiness to continue to combat oil spill in...
Climate Change and Health Risks in Nigeria
By Olumide Idowu Climate Change brings with it an increase in malnutrition, mental health conditions, infectious diseases spread and even death. Rising greenhouse gas levels...
Attacks on Oil Facilities to Resume September 10 — Militants
copied. Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has said it will renew its attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta on September 10. It also...
Oil Bunkery: NSCDC Discovers Illegal Refinery in Sokoto
agency Report The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had discovered an illegal refinery, operated in a rented apartment in Sokoto state....
