Tag:Akwa Ibom State

Waste Management

Flooding: NEMA tasks Akwa Ibom traders on proper waste disposal

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged traders in Akwa Ibom State to adopt proper waste disposal practices to prevent flooding in the...

Michael Simire - July 27, 2024

Oil & Gas

NNPC E&P, NOSL hit first oil in OML 13, Akwa Ibom State

NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd), NNPC Ltd’s flagship upstream subsidiary, and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd (NOSL), a subsidiary of Sterling Oil...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2024

Pollution

When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often accompanied by routine gas flaring and oil spills. The resulting pollution has added to the...

Michael Simire - March 27, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

South-South states take steps to check flooding in 2023

Some states in the South-South region in Nigeria say they have put some measures in place to check flooding during 2023 rainy season. Officials of...

Michael Simire - February 7, 2023

Water & Sanitation

PAVE, Rotary in Akwa Ibom school toilet project

The Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) through its President, Anthony Akpan, is collaborating with Dr. Philip Thompson, in his capacity as the...

Michael Simire - July 27, 2022

Human Settlement

World Habitat Day: Architects urged to accelerate climate action through designs

Members of the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) gathered on Monday, October 4, 2021, to celebrate World Habitat...

Michael Simire - October 6, 2021

Cover

Oil spill: Court orders Mobil, NNPC to pay N82bn in damages to Akwa Ibom communities

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay the oil communities in...

Michael Simire - June 21, 2021

Human Settlement

Akwa Ibom blames flooding on violation of city masterplan

Akwa Ibom State Government has attributed the perennial flooding and erosion in Uyo and its environs to violation of the City Drainage Masterplan by developers...

Michael Simire - May 18, 2021

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