Monthly Archives: January, 2021

Human Settlement

Planners urged to address urbanisation challenges

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has urged members of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to tackle the consequences of rapid...
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Human Settlement

Lagos suspends land extension, reclamation on Banana Island, Osborne Foreshore

The Lagos State Government has issued an order for the immediate suspension of all approvals of land extensions into the lagoon at the Banana...
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Waste Management

Oando, NCF empower teachers, others in environmental sustainability

The Oando Foundation of Nigeria, Sumitomo Chemical of China with the technical support of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) recently built the capacity of...
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Waste Management

Group evacuates 5,000 plastic bottles in popular Kaduna market

An NGO, African Climate Reality Project, says it has evacuated 5,000 plastic bottles at the popular Station Market in Kaduna to improve sanitation in...
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Pollution

Nine children win case to stop gas flaring in Ecuadorian Amazon

An appeals court judge has ruled that the Ecuadorian oil industry’s long-permitted practice of gas flaring – dubbed “flares of death” by local residents...
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Cover

Reactions as Dutch court orders Shell Nigeria to compensate farmers over spills

A Dutch Appeal court in the Hague, on Friday, ordered the Nigerian branch of Shell to compensate four farmers for damage to their land...
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Cover

Power minister inaugurates ecological fund projects in Wukari University

Minister of Power Alhaji Saleh Mamman on Friday, January 29, 2021 inaugurated various projects at Federal University, Wukari, which were executed by the Ecological...
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Pollution

NOSDRA, environmentalists, trace Bayelsa oil spill to Conoil’s facility

Investigations into the Jan. 16, 2021 oil spill around the Funiwa offshore facilities off the Bayelsa Atlantic coastline has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond...
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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...
Health

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...
Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

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