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Environmental Defenders Network, Akwa Ibom to collaborate on environmental protection

The Akwa Ibom State Government is to partner with the Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in addressing oil spills, mining impacts,...

Lagos sanitation corps intercepts truckload of banned Styrofoam packs

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, says it intercepted a truckload of banned Styrofoam packs at Ojuelegba area of the...

Environmentalist berates IOCs for pollution in Niger Delta region

An environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has berated the International Oil Companies (IOCs) over the sustained degradation of the Niger Delta region. Bassey, who is the...

NAF airstrikes destroy 12 illegal refining sites in Abia, Rivers

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 12 illegal refining sites and two reservoirs in airstrikes in...

Zero emissions: NOSDRA, stakeholders restate commitment to reduce gas flaring

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) have reiterated commitments to reduce gas flaring...

Investigation underway on Ogboinbiri-Tebidada pipeline leak, says Agip

The Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says investigation has begun on a leak from its Ogboinbiri-Tebidada pipeline in Bayelsa State. The company made the disclosure...

Air pollution, second leading cause of death globally, says researcher

Dr Sulemara Watara-Abubakari of Kintampo Health Research Centre in Ghana has said that air pollution is the second leading cause of death worldwide after...

Oil spill: Aiteo shuts OML 29 field in Bayelsa

Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, announced the shutting of...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific reveals that Pacific Island countries are making...
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Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich...

Groups flay abductions, killings of human rights defenders in Kenya

Human rights groups across Africa are horrified by the continued crackdown on peaceful protests and the abduction and detention...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

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