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Oil and Gas

Senate gives NNPC April 29 deadline to explain N210trn audit queries

The Senate, through its Committee on Public Accounts, has...

TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery...

NORS 2026 to accelerate Nigeria’s shift to refining self-sufficiency

The Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN)...

Conservation

Study ranks Hawaiian monk seal most at risk of extinction from plastic pollution

 A new study released in Conservation Biology on Wednesdy, April 15, 2026,...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most...

Expert warns declining bats population may affect food security in Nigeria

A bat biologist, Dr. Benneth Obitte, has warned that...

Gender

Cross River scales up school water projects to close gender gap

The Cross River State Government has intensified efforts to reduce gender inequality by expanding access to clean water in...

RDI engages female journalists, Ekuri women on forest, biodiversity loss

A Lagos-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has, enlightened women journalists on illegal logging activities and climate...

UN chief tasks women on accelerating progress on water, sanitation

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called on women to accelerate progress on water and sanitation for all. Guterres made...

Human Welfare

Experts unite to boost Ghana’s school food systems

What if the food needed to improve children’s diets...

Food crisis deepens in Sudan, fear of spread heightens – NGOs

A group of non-governmental organisations on Monday, April 13,...

CAPPA demands urgent govt action over Abereke ocean surge, oil spill

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the...

Science & Tech

Space technology key to tackling insecurity, says NASRDA D-G

Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr Matthew Adepoju, has stressed the critical role of...

Local water supply crucial to success of hydrogen initiative in Europe

Green hydrogen is considered to be an important part of the global climate transition, especially as a fuel and...

CAPPA welcomes Nigeria’s first PCBs treatment facility, urges scale-up, compliance, enforcement

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government on the commissioning of Nigeria’s first dedicated...

Mining

Minister wants regional energy hubs established to boost cross-border mining

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has called for the establishment of regional energy hubs as a...

Society advocates mandatory geoscientific investigations before mining

The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) has urged relevant authorities to ensure mandatory geoscientific investigations before mining activity...

Group flays illegal Abia granite mining, lauds govt on clean cooking plan

The Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), an environmental advocacy group, has condemned alleged illegal granite mining...
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Flood expected in 33 states, Abuja, says Minister

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph...

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Health

NCDC alerts 10 states on flood-linked cholera, disease outbreak risks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted 10 states to a...
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Shell, NNPC boost respiratory care with donation of key equipment to LUTH

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
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SEEPCO, VCDF conduct free cataract surgeries at Kwale Central Hospital in Delta

The bright surgical lights at the Cataract Surgery Unit extension in Central Hospital, Kwale...
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World Health Day: Fix Nigeria’s health budgeting, policy crises, CAPPA urges govts

As Nigeria joined the global community to mark World Health Day 2026 on Tuesday,...
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Dangote, Pope Leo XIV, Trump, Xi Jinping, others named in TIME 100 Most Influential People for 2026

Renowned African industrialist and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has been...

Land Degradation

Erosion: Anambra, Enugu gear to mitigate ecological challenges

The Anambra and Enugu State Governments say they are...

Saudi Green Initiative Day: Saudi Arabia marks restoration of 1m hectares of degraded land

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has reached a...

VC, environmentalists raise alarm as world loses 10m hectares of forest annually

Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, on...

Kazakhstan to create protective forest belts to tackle desertification

Authorities in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, said...

Pollution

Artemis II: Humanity’s presence in space, along with environmental challenges, is expanding – UNEP

If all goes as planned NASA’s Artemis II crew...

LASEPA seeks data-driven reporting, sustainability in environmental practice

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has called...

Kaduna rolls out clean cooking stoves to curb pollution, deforestation 

The Kaduna State Government, in collaboration with the Federal...

Human bile emerges as a hidden reservoir for microplastics

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental...

Renewable Energy

SON partners SRADeV to advance energy efficiency for electric motors

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in collaboration with...

Electricity generation improved to 4300MW from 3951MW – Govt

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced on Sunday, April 12,...

Tinubu inaugurates 60-megawatt gas turbine plants in Bayelsa

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, April 10, 2026, inaugurated...

Simon Stiell: Clean energy is solution to fossil fuel crisis, doesn’t depend on vulnerable shipping straits

As the head of UN Climate Change, I’m used...

Waste Management

Digital innovation key to Nigeria’s 87,671 tonnes daily waste – Experts

Experts in environmental management and sustainability have called for...

How Lagos recycled 405.17 tonnes e-waste in 2025

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) recycled 405.17 tonnes of electronic...

Sustainable infrastructure key to efficient waste management – Expert

The National President Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria...

Ogun arrests, prosecutes 108 waste offenders

The Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) has arrested...

Sustainable Development

Association urges dialogue, strategy over charcoal export ban

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and...

Eco-comedy: Laugh, resist, survive

At a time of deepening ecological crisis, widening social...

The Earth Prize 2026: Two young Nigerian teams among world’s top 35

Three young Nigerians have been named among the top...

UN commends Benue on SDGs implementation model

The United Nations (UN) has commended the Benue State...
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Real Estate

Stakeholders express divergent views on Lagos’ New Tenancy Bill 2025/2026

Some lawyers in Lagos State have lauded the proposed...

Shettima urges estate developers to uphold standards, professionalism

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged estate developers to...

RICS Conference: Lagos governor says infrastructure central to real estate expansion

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated that...

Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

Africa must prioritise water availability, safe sanitation – Pan-African group

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The President of the Pan-African AU Agenda 2063 Diplomatic Mission, Dr Steven Ben-Joel, has called on AU member countries to prioritise sustainable water availability...

Idle water schemes, not funding, main challenge in Cross River’s WASH sector – Stakeholders

Lagos, WaterAid unveil $2.5m water project

Marine

Marine

World Seagrass Day: Five ways seagrasses boost biodiversity

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Seagrasses are one of the most widespread marine ecosystems on Earth, covering around 300,000 square kilometres of seabed in 159 countries.  Monochromatic seagrass meadows may not...

PAVE’s Anthony Akpan invited to serve as member of Marine Genetic Resources

Strategic imperative for Africa to ratify, domesticate the BBNJ Agreement

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