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Oil and Gas

Firm expresses commitment to transiting Lagos to gas economy

The IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), has expressed...

EU energy commissioner says EU ready to live without Russian gas

European Union (EU) Energy Commissioner, Kadri Simson, has announced...

Reactions trail DRC’s decision to close auction of 30 oil and gas blocks

The 30 oil and gas blocks auction that has...

Conservation

85 new coastal marine protected areas needed daily to meet ocean protection target by 2030 – Study

A new study released on Wednesday, October 17, 2024,...

Nigeria warehouse raids lead to historic seizure of stockpiled pangolin scales

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), with support from the...

Lagos partners NCF for 18th ‘Walk for Nature’

 The Lagos State Government is partnering the Nigerian Conservation...

Gender

Report showcases women-led solutions for building drought resilience

Women and girls are not only experiencing greater hardships but are also demonstrating remarkable leadership in the face of...

African Women’s Climate Assembly forges new pathway to climate action

The coastal town of Saly in Senegal on October 2024 played host to two critical African climate justice convergences...

How antimicrobial resistance threatens lives of Nigerian women

In Nigeria, where healthcare access is a challenge for many, the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is particularly...

Human Welfare

Sachet water ban will lead to job losses – Lagos residents

Some Lagos residents have expressed concerns over the proposed...

Lagos should prioritise food production above estates – Stakeholders

Stakeholders in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in...

Veteran broadcaster urges govts to provide security for students

As Nigeria continues to  grapple with several security challenges...

Science & Tech

Association seeks deployment of space technology for climate change

The World Space Week Association (WSWA) has called on the UN Committee Office on the Peaceful Uses of Outer...

Earth captures asteroid, gets second moon

Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well,...

Nigerian professor ranks among world’s top scientists in prestigious list

A renowned Nigerian scientist, Professor Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, has been named among the world's top 2% of scientists in...
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Over 130 groups urge UNEP director to retract comments on plastic production’s role in treaty talks

Over 130 organisations are calling on United Nations Environment...

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Health

World Food Day: Unhealthy foods jeopardising our future, say Nigerian youths

As the world marks World Food Day on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, with the...
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Amalgam phase-out: How Abuja Declaration became prototype to global campaign – Brown

Charles G. Brown is President of the US-based World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, a...
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Health Foundation urges Zambian govt to ban dental amalgam

Dental amalgam poses serious health and environment dangers globally. In this regard, the Children’s...
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Mercury-free dentistry coalition, US black doctors urge amalgam phase out for Nigeria

The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and the U.S. National Medical Association have asked...
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Business

World’s 26 poorest nations in worst debt since 2006 – World Bank

The World Bank says 26 poorest countries worldwide “are...

Land Degradation

Govt moves to restore 1m hectares of degraded land in the North

The Federal Government, through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid...

Great Green Wall agency commits to shelter belt dev’t

The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW)...

Africa loses $68bn annually to degradation – ECA

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says 65 per...

PAVE participates in UNEP Regional Consultative Meeting in advance of AMCEN

The Tenth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference...

Pollution

Firecrackers banned in Indian capital to combat air pollution

Indian on Monday, October 14, 2023, imposed a complete...

Reps commence probe into alleged environmental pollution by Oando, Aiteo E&P

The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into alleged...

Leslie Adogame: Why SRADev supports Lagos’ decision to ban single-use plastics

The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev...

Niger Delta communities lament losses, neglect following July oil spill

The people of the coastal communities of Odimodi, Beneboye...

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy stakeholders canvass sustainable financing model

Stakeholders in the renewable energy sector have called for...

Massive global growth of renewables set to transform power landscape by 2030

A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)...

No country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, affordable energy – Report

Climate Action Network’s latest Renewable Energy Tracker Report has revealed that...

GOCOP confab: Liyel Imoke reveals why Nigeria’s power reforms suffered setbacks

A former minister of power, who later served as...

Waste Management

Abuja Management Council gives AEPB 48-hour ultimatum to clean up city

The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has given the...

Activists at African Peoples COP demand policies on methane reduction

Environmental activists have called on African governments to enact...

New fund to support chemicals and waste management in developing economies

One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework...

Lagos vows to sustain styrofoam plastic ban

The Lagos State Government on Thursday, October 3, 2024,...

Sustainable Development

Polaris Bank, NCF plant 500 economic trees in Gwagwalada

Polaris Bank Limited and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)...

US carbon credit fraud case implicates company with Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia projects

In a significant development in the carbon credit industry,...

Good governance, transparency key to sustainable progress in Nigeria – UN

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has stressed...

Govt inaugurates national task force on EU deforestation regulation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the National...
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Nigeria partners Shelter Afrique to deliver 5,000 housing units

The Federal Government has entered into partnership with Shelter...

Shelter Afrique, CPF Group collaborate to scale up affordable housing development

Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), a Pan-African institution committed...

Cooperative group to build 1,000 houses each for farmers in 36 states

A group, Agro-Allied Commodities Cooperatives, is collaborating with the...

Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

Handwashing Day: WaterAid charges stakeholders on proper handwashing practice

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There is need for all stakeholders to prioritise efforts at promoting handwashing with soap and water as an easy, effective and affordable way to...

Dangers of water grab dominates discourse at Ecumenical Water Network workshop

Nigeria, Egypt sign MoU to enhance water resources management

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Marine

The ‘Blue Economy’ myth: Why the ocean cannot be run like a business

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In response to the increasing global demand for resources and the economic pursuits that come with it, attention on the world’s oceans continues to grow. But how...

World Rivers Day: Govt seeks collective action against river pollution, flooding

Our ocean, communities not for sale – Fishers

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