Yearly Archives: 2024

Nigeria’s GMO crisis and how public hearings on GMOs exposed crisis

On November 17, 2024, I was invited to Abuja, Nigeria, to attend the House of Representatives joint committee hearing on the impact of GMOs...

Shell allays fears over Bonny terminal leakage, invests in Bonga North deep-water project

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday, December 16, 2024, said the reported oil leak from the Bonny Oil Export Terminal...

Addressing gas flaring, oil sector divestment, solid minerals impasse – EDEN

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) at a recently held retreat in Benin City, Edo State, examined critical challenges besetting the oil belt of the...

Oloibiri Museum: NCDMB executes construction contract with Julius Berger

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday, December 12, 2024, executed the engineering, procurement, and construction contract with Julius Berger PLC...

Foundation fights open defecation through pet bottle toilet, borehole

In Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, a remote community is battling waterborne diseases due to unavailability of clean drinking water, sanitation and...

Canada sets new 45-50% emissions reduction goal for 2035

Canada will aim to cut emissions by 45-50% below 2005 levels by 2035, the environment ministry announced on Thursday, December 12, 2024, setting a...

Climate change: Group enlightens 60 on community development plan

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), an NGO, has trained 60 women and youths on Community Development Plan (CDP) to integrate climate change into...

Civil society, labour urge govt to reverse privatisation of electricity sector

The Federal Government has been called upon to reverse the privatisation of the electricity sector and halt discussions on privatising public assets and utilities. The...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open...
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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...

Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed...

Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an...