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UN Ocean Conference: Nigeria highlights efforts to tackle plastic pollution

Nigeria has pledged  commitment to reducing marine plastic pollution from land-based sources and activities. President Muhammadu Buhari, according to his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on...

UN Ocean Conference: Tide of pledges as Lisbon Declaration launches new chapter

The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended on Friday, July 1, 2022, with over 150 countries collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions...

UN Ocean Conference opens with call for urgent action to tackle ocean emergency

With climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution exacting a devastating toll on the world’s ocean – critical to food security, economic growth and the...

Leaders call for urgent action to halt emerging deep-sea mining industry

As the UN Ocean Conference gets underway and global attention turns towards the ocean, political resistance to the emerging deep-sea mining industry gains traction. President...

‘Ocean Atlas 2017’ sounds wake-up call on escalating sea crisis

Bothered by the unsavoury conditions faced by oceans and coasts, a group of publishers is calling for local action and global regulations to raise...

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Custom seizes pangolin scales worth N432m in Bauchi

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone D, Bauchi, has seized contraband Pangolin scales with a...
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World Environment Day: Osun institutes action against plastic pollution, environmentalists seek alternatives

Osun State Government on Monday, June 5, 2023, instituted action plan against plastic pollution as measures to control plastic...

World Environment Day: Nasarawa, NGO tackle plastic pollution

Nasarawa State Government has set up a taskforce geared towards tackling the menace of plastic pollution in the state. Mr...

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Custom seizes pangolin scales worth N432m in Bauchi

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU)...