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While some chemical pollutants reducing in the environment, new ones keep popping up – Study

A comprehensive global study of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) – health-endangering chemicals that stay in the environment over decades and longer – confirms they...

Saudi Arabia, UNEP launch World Environment Day campaigns to combat desertification

World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification,...

Zero Waste Day: Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis

Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year. When improperly managed, much of that refuse – from food and plastics...

NESREA, UNEP task stakeholders on circular solutions to plastic pollution

In its drive towards ensuring environmental sustainability and a cleaner and healthier Nigeria, the National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) convened a...

Two African environment initiatives get UN recognition

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) have named two African initiatives among the UN World...

Committee reviews 2024 energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling solutions workplan

The National Technical Committee of the Scaling-up Energy-Efficiency and Climate-Friendly Cooling in Nigeria’s NDC project convened in Abuja to deliberate and review the project's...

Looking back at top moments for the environment in 2023

The last year has been a hard one for the planet. The Earth sweltered under record heat, nature continued its precipitous decline and pollution continued to claim millions...

Some key takeaways from the COP28, by UNEP

The world is welcoming with caution a landmark decision, referred to as the Global Stocktake, in which nearly 200 countries pledged to move away from fossil fuels,...

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Govt inaugurates N18.8bn Benue water project

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 27, 2025, inaugurated the upgrade of the Buruku-Gboko water supply project, valued at...
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Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Kogi, destroys over 500 houses

No fewer than 500 houses have been destroyed when a devastating rainstorm swept through Itobe District in Ofu Local...

UN urges children, youths on lead towards attainment of SDGs

The United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Mohamed Fall, has urged children and youths to take the lead towards the...

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Govt inaugurates N18.8bn Benue water project

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 27, 2025, inaugurated...

Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Kogi, destroys over 500 houses

No fewer than 500 houses have been destroyed when...