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Waste Management

Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment – WHO

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the...

Michael Simire - February 1, 2022

Waste Management

Rainfall, poor waste management and growing pandemic

As the rain comes, floods take over our popular city centres and roads; garbage and other forms of waste dominate the surfaces of these...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2020

Waste Management

Poor waste management practice: Catalyst to COVID-19 spread

In Nigeria, wastes are dumped in open pits; flowing gully water, drainage channels and poorly managed landfills, which have become very rigorous to maintain,...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2020

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Oil & GasFebruary 2, 2026

NIES 2026: Lokpobiri pushes practical local content strategies

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has called for practical and collaborative approaches to...

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PollutionFebruary 2, 2026

Group urges NNPC to compel firm to curb Orashi River gas leak

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has urged the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to compel Oando to immediately...

Water & SanitationFebruary 2, 2026

Cholera: Bauchi urged to fix broken water facilities

WaterAid Nigeria has urged the Bauchi State Cholera Technical Working Group (TWG) to prioritise rehabilitation of dilapidated Water, Sanitation...

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Oil & GasFebruary 2, 2026

NIES 2026: Lokpobiri pushes practical local content strategies

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen....

PollutionFebruary 2, 2026

Group urges NNPC to compel firm to curb Orashi River gas leak

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has urged the Nigeria...