February 03, 2023
Nigeria: Thousands of Nigerians Join Landmark Lawsuit Against Shell in UK
More than 13,500 Nigerians joined their communities in a lawsuit against Shell Plc before a landmark UK trial that could have far-reaching implications for parent-company… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Nigeria: Govt Introduces Programmes to Reduce Air Pollution
The federal government has flagged off the National Generator Emission Control Programme (NGECP) and the National Vehicular Emission Control Programme (NVECP) in order to reduce… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Nigeria: Climate Investment - Nigeria, China, Others May Lose U.S.$377 Billion GDP Growth
Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost China, Nigeria and other emerging markets a whooping $377 billion in climate damages and… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Nigeria: Addressing Food Crisis Will Boost Jobs, Health, Climate Goals - Report
A new report has established that early mover countries could accelerate the food systems transformation, boost job opportunities as well as meet targets on health and climate. Read more »
Nigeria: At WEF, New Initiative to Help Unlock $3trn Needed Yearly for Climate Change Launched
The World Economic Forum (WEF) supported by more than 45 partners yesterday launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a global initiative to fund and grow new and… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Nigeria: ExxonMobil Predicted Climate Change While Downplaying Risk - Report
ExxonMobil publicly sowed doubt about climate change despite the oil giant's own scientists accurately predicting global warming as far back as the 1970s, a new study reported by… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Nigeria: $106m Ilesa Water Loan - Adeleke Suspends Project's Consultant, Williams
Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate suspension of the project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project, Mrs. Tawa Williams over her… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Nigeria: Flood Victims Urge Govt to Conduct Forensic Audit On Affected Environment
Some of the victims of flood in Orashi area of Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) and Abu/Odual Local Government Areas of Rivers State have pleaded with the… Read more »
December 24, 2022
Nigeria: Oil Spills - Shell Set to Pay $16M Compensation to Niger Delta Farmers
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday announced that it would pay €15 million to farmers in three Niger Delta communities as compensation for damages to their… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Nigeria: Terrorism, Unconstitutional Change of Govt, Climate Change Threaten Attainment of AU Agenda 2063 - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has sounded a note of warning that Africa risks not attaining the goals continental leaders have set for the region by 2063 in view of challenges of… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Takes Strident Step On Plastic Waste Management
The federal government has taken a strident step on management of plastic waste in the country by inaugurating a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for Promotion of Sustainable… Read more »
Nigeria: Two Major Takeaways for Nigeria At COP 27
Godswill Ihetu is heartened by the understanding that transition to cleaner energy should not happen at the cost of people's livelihoods Read more »
December 04, 2022
Nigeria: 2022 Flood Killed 600 People, Displaced 1.3 Million Others - Unicef
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said no fewer than 600 persons died in the 2022 flood in Nigeria, while 1.3 million others were rendered homeless. Read more »
November 29, 2022
Nigeria: Group Expresses Fear Over Consequences of Pollution in Niger Delta
A Civil Society Organisation, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has expressed fear of deadly consequences on the people of the Niger Delta over the level of pollution in… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Africa: 779 Million Lack Basic Sanitation Facilities in Africa, WHO Claims
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said out of the estimated 800 million African populations, only 290 million people had access to basic sanitation services between 2000 and… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Africa: ILO Launches 1m Green Jobs Initiative for Youths, Just Transition Financing Tools #AfricaClimateHope
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first Green Jobs for Youth pacts and Just Transition Finance Tool on Banking and Investment Activities at the COP27 Climate… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Nigeria: Flight Disruptions Predicted In Harmattan Season
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet ) has alerted the public of the possible commencement of the dry season otherwise called the harmattan season in most parts of the north,… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Now Experiencing Negative Effect of Climate Change - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria was currently faced with the negative effect of climate change as experienced in the recent flooding in different parts of the… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Africa: IFC - Nigeria to Get $70bn Share of $1trn Climate Change Investment Opportunity in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank Group, has disclosed that Nigeria would get about seven per cent share of the $1 trillion climate change… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Nigeria: Ending Flooding Nightmare in Katsina
For residents of flood-prone communities in Katsina State, it is respite all the way as the major intervention work by the state government in collaboration with the World Bank,… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: Time for a Policy On Plastics
Nigeria could do more to protect the environment Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: 500 Confirmed Dead, 45,000 Houses Destroyed, 70,000 Hectares Farmlands Submerged Nationwide
The hellish condition of those impacted by the flood in several states is intensifying even as the federal government confirmed yesterday that at least 500 persons had died in the… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Flooding - Buhari Pledges Govt's Assistance to States
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Governors under the auspices of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) to meet with the Minister of Water Resources, who has "worked hard on dams and… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Nigeria: Group Urges IOCs, Govt to Restore Niger Delta Environment
International oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta region have been urged to restore the devastated environment before their divestment to offshore. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Nigeria: Incessant Building Collapse in Nigeria... (I)
Regulating agencies should be alive to their responsibility Read more »