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Monthly Archives: January, 2018

Group predicts Visionscape will replicate refuse management crisis in Lagos water sector

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Lagos State Government to terminate any agreement it may have entered into...

Battery recycling plants in Nigeria, others contaminated by lead, study finds

An international study has found extensive lead contamination around lead battery recycling plants in Nigeria and six other African countries.  The contamination levels in...

Tambuwal inaugurates Sokoto solar mini grid scheme

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday, January 19, 2018 inaugurated a 80kwp solar mini grid electricity project that will supply power...

Tobacco and life expectancy in Nigeria

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of birth, current age...

Unemployment, pollution identified as Niger Delta’s biggest challenges

The Managing Director of Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority (NDRBDA), Mr Tonye David-West, on Friday, January 19, 2018 said youth unemployment and environmental...

Lagos, Visionscape evacuate refuse heaps across metropolis

The Lagos State Government and the environmental utility group contracted to implement the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, have intensified evacuation of...

Before Kangimi Dam fails

Communities around Kangimi Dam in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have raised an alarm over the deteriorating state of the dam. They...

New EU ‘urban mining’ tools map e-waste, scrap vehicles, mine waste

Standardised, consolidated data helps to identify recovery potential of secondary raw materials worth billions of euros wasted annually in the EU region Expert organisations have...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of...

Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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