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NESREA, stakeholders to eliminate Lead from paint in Nigeria

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and SRADEV-Nigeria have reiterated their commitment towards the elimination of Lead from paint in the...

WHO, SRADev push to phase out lead-containing paints

Lead poisoning is entirely preventable yet the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates childhood lead exposure to contribute to about 600 000 new cases of...

Paints in Côte d’Ivoire have high lead levels, study finds

Consumers can’t buy safe products because labels lack information about lead levels A new study on lead in decorative paints in Côte d’Ivoire released on...

Dangers of Lead in paints

A team of civil society organisations (CSOs) that met recently in Lagos has joined the global campaign to eliminate Lead in paint. The activists observed...

Osuntogun at 70: How I emerged, fairing as an environmentalist

Adeniyi Osuntogun, environmentalist, former Director of the Leadership for Environment & Development (LEAD) in Nigeria and Professor of Agricultural Economics, recently clocked 70 years...

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Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks...
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World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, announced the launch of Version 3.0 of the International Water Stewardship Standard,...

Zambian authorities seize half-a-tonne of ivory tusks smuggled by cross-border trafficking syndicate

Acting on intelligence provided by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in...

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Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more...

World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026,...