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The Federal Government yesterday signed a N34.8bn contract for the dredging of the Lower Niger. The project, which covers about 572km stretches from Warri in Delta State to Baro in Niger State.
Government is to establish two autonomous oversight bodies, to manage the 14 fishing harbours and landing sites being constructed alongside the coastal areas of the country.
A year after the Mozambican state took control of the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi, the dam is operating close to its maximum potential, the banks who financed the takeover are being paid on time, and Cahora Bassa is contributing substantially to the state budget.
The president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad and his delegation have arrived in Garowe, the HQ of [semi-autonomous region of] Puntland on Wednesday.
Excitement is in the air again in western Boteti as their river started flowing.Reports from the area say that the Boteti River, a tributary of the mighty Okavango, has gone past Moreomaoto, about 50 kilometres west of Rakops on the Maun-Orapa Road.
TWO poachers drowned in Darwendale Dam after slipping off an inflated tube while fishing on Tuesday morning.
Fisheries officials take measurements of immature fish before it was burnt. Indiscriminate fishing is pushing fish stocks in Ugandan lakes to extinction. Unless stern measures are taken, the fish stocks are likely to be no more soon than later
Welcoming a workshop at which the parties to a recent Somalia peace accord tackled the challenge of impunity, the top United Nations official for the strife-torn country has called on the international community to support them in the endeavour, which could include a commission of inquiry and an international court.
Several villages and communities on the Atlantic Ocean coastlines where Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited operates have jointly accused the oil giant of poisoning marine products from the surrounding waters.
TWO surfers narrowly escaped death on Saturday when they were attacked by an adult female seal at Cape Cross.
The leader of Somalia' s Puntland region has called on the international community to formulate a coordinated plan to combat piracy, especially by supporting local governing structures in fighting pirates on land bases, Radio Garowe reported.
Scientists and environmental experts have warned that millions of people in Nigeria could be displaced by rising sea levels in the next half century, as ocean surges swamp some of Africa's most expensive real estate and its poorest slums, Reuters reported yesterday.
It is common knowledge that stagnant water has its attendant health problems of biharzia so no one needs to be told that this is the lot of the people along the Volta River from Akwamufie downstream.
The Ministry of Fisheries has compiled a reference book regarding the Eritrean coastline and activities carried out in the years 2006 to 2007.
November, often the rainiest month of the year, has left most of Swaziland awash with flash floods: but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of yet another drought year in which food aid will be needed.
United Nations humanitarian agencies are preparing to send emergency supplies to southern and eastern Ethiopia, where flash floods following heavy rains have displaced locals and damaged about 2,000 hectares of cropland.
Compensation for victims of the flood disaster in Shagari Local Govern-ment Area of Sokoto State will gulp N800m, Special Adviser on Ecological and Relief Matters, Dr.Kulu Abubakar disclosed yesterday at a news conference in Sokoto.
The House of Representatives has flagged-off an investigation into the activities of private jetties in the country. This is coming few weeks after startling revelations at the sitting of the Senate ad-hoc committee that probed the transportation sector.
CONCERNED that its people, wildlife and natural heritage are under unparalled and imminent threat from mining activities, 17 chiefdoms in the Zambezi basin from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique have come together to call for urgent action, that of saving the Great Zambezi.
The Senate unanimously passed into law the long awaited Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission bill (HYPADEC) yesterday.
Senate on Tuesday passed into law the Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) Bill, which seeks to protect host communities.
All eyes are glued to the radar screen in anticipation of the cyclone season in Madagascar, and this year the authorities and their humanitarian partners hope not be caught off guard.
The state of preparedness for a natural disaster in Malawi's flood-prone areas as well as other locales is coming under intense scrutiny ahead of the expected annual rise in the rivers during the rainy season.
MEMBERS of the East African Community are set to sign an agreement that will set up an organisation to manage Lake Victoria.
IN response to the call for increased local private sector investment in the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy, a leading marine and oil services company, Fymak, launched a new vessel MV Chinyelugo to support offshore activities in the industry in Lagos.
