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Groups urge govt to enforce smoke-free public places policy

Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called on the Federal Government to reinvigorate the enforcement of the smoke-free public places policy and the ban on...

AfDB grants Ethiopia $830,000 to improve climate resilience for communities, ecosystems

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an $830,000 technical assistance grant agreement for Ethiopia. The funds will help mainstream climate risk management, gender...

National policy imminent as Clean Cooking Committee is inaugurated

The Federal Ministry of Environment on Friday, May 27, 2022, inaugurated the National Clean Cooking Committee under the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change. The...

Endemic corruption has blinded adherence to professionalism – Shonubi, NIQS president

President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Olayemi Shonubi, at the Quarterly Interactive Forum of the Property And Environment Writers’ Association of...

Lagos urged to support just energy transition, endorse fossil fuel treaty

A Lagos-based group of civil society advocates and environmental activists, HEDA Resource Centre, has called on the Lagos State Government to support a just...

Video: Mercury, silent killer that contributes to biodiversity loss – Stankiewicz

In the spirit of International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 that was observed on Sunday, May 22, the Minamata Convention on Mercury has drawn...

CSOs want divesting oil firms to remediate polluted sites before leaving

Civil society organisations (CSOs) that converged on Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday, May 27, 2022, have warned that the current model...

Group urges govt to make menstrual hygiene a human right

As Nigeria marks the Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022, the Bread of Life Development Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Ota, Ogun State, has...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...
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International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

Onuigbo hails Tinubu’s reforms, backs Regional Development Commissions as path to national growth

The member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sam Ifeanyi...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition...
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