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Waste Management

17 killed in Mozambique as pile of garbage collapses

Officials said 17 people died and several others were injured in Mozambique’s capital early on Monday, February 19, 2018 when a 15-metre pile of...

How sustainable waste management can create employment

An environmentalist, Mr Bassey Ating, has advised the Federal Government to embark on sustainable waste management to create employment for the people. Ating gave the...

Nigerians urged to stop throwing waste into water channels

An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, on Monday, February 12, 2018 urged Nigerians to desist from throwing waste or chemicals into water channels to aid...

Ecologist urges government to enforce waste disposal laws

An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, has urged the government to enforce the extant waste disposal laws and sanction those flouting the regulations. Aremu, who is...

Computers to cease poisoning environment as Rwanda unveils e-waste recycling plant

As African countries embrace the latest technology that includes use of phones, computers and other electronic gadgets, quite a number have however not thought ...

How I started ‘Pick That Trash’ with a single tweet – Oby Ezekwesili

Recently some members of the Abuja Pick That Trash movement (Trash Haters, as they are called) met with the initiator, Oby Ezekwesili, in Abuja to...

UNEP recommends public/private partnerships against hazardous waste

The Africa regional director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Julliette Biao Koudenoukpo, has called on African countries that have ratified the Bamako Convention to...

We disposed 17,440 tonnes of waste in 2017, says Jigawa EPA

The Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA) says it collected and disposed 17,440 tonnes of waste across the 26 Local Government Areas of the...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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