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Four billion people face severe water scarcity, study finds

The water scarcity crises is fast unfolding. Along with climate change, this can pose a grave threat to global peace and stability. According to...

Fresh World Bank funding for water in Africa, India

The World Bank Group has announced a significant boost in funding for water programmes Kenya, the Niger River Basin, Morocco and India to help...

Why Lagos should not privatise water, by ERA/FoEN

Deputy Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Akinbode Oluwafemi, at a media briefing in Lagos, lists reasons why the Lagos State...

World Toilet Day: BLF seeks National Toilet Summit

The Bread of Life Development Foundation (BLF), a Lagos-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has urged the Federal Government to immediately convene a National Conference on Access to...

Swedish water project wins Nordic fashion industry sustainability award

A collaboration for efficiency in water consumption, energy and chemical use in the textile industry won the prestigious 2015 Habit Fashion Award for Sustainability...

Lagos water boss resigns, activists call for probe

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for playing a pivotal role in spurring controversial former Group Managing...

Water found on Mars could be first signs of Martian life

NASA found evidence of liquid water on the Red Planet, which means there is the potential for life beyond Earth. We seem to discover water...

SIWI: Water critical to Sustainable Development Goals

About 193 world leaders will commit to 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Without water, however, these goals cannot be achieved. SIWI, in New York, will...

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ECOWAS Bank approves $150m to construct Lagos waste management facility, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved $266.7 million and XOF30 billion to support a portfolio...
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Global warming a vital issue in voting decisions – US voters

The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will be vitally important for the climate, with results shaping the final two years...

Plogging Nigeria, Swedish Embassy launch waste management directory to revolutionise nation’s circular economy

Nigeria’s waste management landscape underwent a significant transformation on March 30, 2026, with the official launch of the Nigerian...

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ECOWAS Bank approves $150m to construct Lagos waste management facility, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has...

Global warming a vital issue in voting decisions – US voters

The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will be vitally important...