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Shell pledges support for Nigeria’s ambitions for energy sufficiency

Shell says it will continue to explore opportunities to...

Shell Companies in Nigeria commended for elaborate exhibition at Oil and Gas Conference

Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) on Tuesday, July 1,...

NNPC records 100% availability on major crude oil pipelines

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says...

Conservation

We developed action plan to reverse decline of vultures in Nigeria – Director of Forestry

In order to address the decline in the population...

Vianet Djenguet: A storyteller’s journey into the wild

Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Foundation Friend of the Month...

Ondo to partner FUTA on wildlife conservation

The Ondo State Government says it will partner with...

Gender

Women leaders kick off 7th Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice

The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) on Monday, June 23, 2025, hosted the first day of the "Global Women’s Assembly...

New report lists Indigenous Women’s response to climate, human rights crisis

As the world searches for answers to the climate crisis and the global backsliding of human rights, Indigenous Women...

Green energy: Group empowers 30 women on electric tricycle services in FCT

The Skilled Women Initiative (TSWINI), an NGO, has trained and empowered 30 underserved women on the services of electric tricycle,...

Human Welfare

Groups flay abductions, killings of human rights defenders in Kenya

Human rights groups across Africa are horrified by the...

UNFCCC accused of censoring Palestine solidarity at Bonn climate talks

Civil society organisations participating in the United Nations climate negotiations have...

World Refugee Day: Nigeria houses 138,154 refugees in 33 states, FCT – Govt

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday, June 20,...

Science & Tech

NARAP, SRADev collaborate to promote eco-friendly refrigeration technologies

As part of their initiative to commemorate the 2025 World Refrigeration Day (WRD), the Nigerian Association of Refrigeration and...

Nigeria to launch four satellites for Earth observation, security

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, said the Federal Executive Council...

NASRDA, UNICCON sign MoU on advancing Nigeria’s space technology

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and UNICCON Group of Companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Mining

Kano moves to curb illegal sand excavation near water sources

Kano State Government has intensified efforts to curb illegal silica sand excavation activities near water sources in a bid...

Informal lead, gold mining contributing to widespread poisoning in Nigeria – Study

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure...

South African mining communities urge community-led path in energy transition

As South Africa moves toward a low-carbon future, communities most affected by the extractive economy have demanded to be...
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UN laments heatwave in Northern hemisphere, underscores early warning alerts

UN weather experts have said that the blistering early-summer...

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Health

Vaping in Nigeria: Green outside, deadly within

When, during the 1920s, the American public began to identify smoking as the cause...
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WHO certifies Suriname malaria-free

Suriname on Monday, June 30, 2025, became the first country in the Amazon region...
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WaterAid rolls out Danida Project to end period poverty in Nigeria

Danida Project - an initiative aimed at tackling period poverty in Nigeria through the...
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Tobacco control efforts protect 6.1bn people – WHO report

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, June 23, released its report on the Global...
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Land Degradation

FENRAD urges Abia action over worsening erosion crisis in Ebem Ohafia

The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD)...

Desertification and Drought Day: Nations urged to unlock trillion-dollar land restoration economy 

If we continue business as usual, land almost the size...

Insecurity: Benue LG boss bans forest logging activities

The Chairman, Agatu Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue...

One-third of forest lost this century unlikely to grow back naturally – Study

One-third (34%) of all global forest lost between 2001...

Pollution

New science-policy panel marks big win for multilateralism – Andersen

Closing remarks by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the...

World Environment Day: A call to action against plastic pollution

The theme, "Beat Plastic Pollution", for this year’s World Environment Day...

Bayelsa community in lamentation over 24-hour gas flaring

The local community people in Okolobiri Community of Gbarain...

UN reaffirms support for Nigeria’s environmental protection

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Mohamed...

Renewable Energy

Govt promotes CNG adoption to cut emissions, create jobs

Pi-CNG Programme Director, Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (Pi-CNG),...

Egypt urges acceleration of renewable energy projects, local manufacturing

Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, has urged stepped-up efforts...

No energy transition agenda can succeed without a well-structured policy framework – Adelabu

Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has reinforced Nigeria's...

Report offers path forward on fossil fuel phaseout, just transition, renewable energy models

The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network on Thursday, June...

Waste Management

Group hails Lagos on single-use plastics ban

The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev...

World Environment Day: Stakeholders at Unity Bank webinar demand urgent action on plastic pollution

Environmental activists and climate change advocates seized the opportunity...

Ecocykle advocates youth inclusion to tackle Nigeria’s plastic waste pollution

When asked what she would do differently to solve...

Ogun adopts tech-driven strategy against single use plastics

Ogun State Government says it has adopted a new...

Sustainable Development

Lagos tasks residents, traders on good environmental habits

The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Monday, June 30,...

World Refrigeration Day: Countries urged to establish committees to tackle food, health, climate challenges

On the occasion of World Refrigeration Day, the International Institute...

AGESI launches to drive Africa’s green transition from ambition to action

A coalition of African leaders from government, finance, academia,...

International Breweries Plc commemorates World Environment Day with nationwide green initiatives

In commemoration of the 2025 World Environment Day, International...
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Shelter Afrique extends $15m loan to finance affordable housing projects in Mauritania

Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), a leading Pan-African multilateral...

Builders, engineers partner to enforce construction standards

The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has...

CSOs raise alarm over housing crisis in Port Harcourt

Civil society organisations (CSOs), under the aegis of the...

Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

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

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 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even clean,” says Mallam Abdullahi Garuba,...

Nigeria, UNESCO push for climate-resilient WASH in schools

Four nations meet to approve Limpopo Basin Water Report

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Marine

Pollution: 14m tonnes of plastic obstruct world’s oceans annually – Minister

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The Federal Government says about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually obstruct the world’s oceans, threatening Nigeria’s biodiversity, and impacting vital marine ecosystems. Minister of...

Govt moves to protect Nigeria’s coastlines

Hydrography agency to drive blue economy, Africa’s maritime development

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