The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), an agency charged with the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, Report on the clean-up of Ogoni and other Niger Delta areas has begun the implementation of the report area with healthcare outreach to the people. The agency has already embarked on health outreach programme in conjunction […]
In a bid to complement and improve the learning environment of the students in the Niger Delta region, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has inaugurated six blocks of classrooms to some Niger Delta States. Speaking at Ode-Aye in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, while inaugurating one of the projects in the region, […]
The Visionscape Group has taken delivery of a fresh batch of environment sanitation trucks to beef up its fleet ahead of the formal launch of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) in early 2018. The batch comprising compactors, trash trucks, trailer heads and other utility vehicles, were driven in an extended convoy from the port to […]
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has appealed to the Federal Government to create enabling environment for technological advancement for the establishment and promotion of protected areas in the country to protect ecosystem. The appeal is contained in a press statement issued on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital by Dr. […]
In a couple of days a new queen will emerge on the Miss Nigeria Platform where 37 beautiful queens will slug it out on the grand finale billed to hold Thursday Dec. 21, 2017. Outgoing queen and the 40th Miss Nigeria queen, Miss Chioma Obiadi will be handling over the baton of leadership to yet […]
Nick Fadugba,is a former Secretary General of African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and publisher of African Aviation magazine for the past 27 years. He is also an aviation consultant and enthusiast. He spoke with aviation journalists at the just concluded Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative’s 2017 conference in Lagos with the theme: “Nigerian Aviation Infrastructure: Development […]
Hope, despair, suspicion greeted the Senate Committee on Environment headed by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in Ogoni land last Monday as the team stormed the area on a fact-finding mission. The vexed issues arising from the planned cleanup of Ogoni swamps, creeks, streams, rivers, farmlands, and wells severely devastated by oil spills, informed the visit. The […]
In the hostile environment of the ‘galactic bulge’ at the heart of our galaxy, scientists have spotted a planet so big it might not actually be a planet. A large international team of researchers found the object when looking at data acquired by NASA’s Spitzer infra-red space telescope, which was first launched in 2003. Using […]
In its commitment to ensure unimpeded supply of petroleum products and safeguard the environment through reduction of carbon emission, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ondo State Government to establish a 65 million litres per annum biofuel plant in Okeluse, Ondo State. Speaking when the Governor […]
On Thursday 4th August, 2011, when the United Nations Environment Programme presented its Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland to the Nigerian Government, there was a sigh of relief. In the draft press release that followed, the first paragraph read “The assessment has been unprecedented. Over a 14-month period, the UNEP team examined more than 200 locations, […]
Hon. Dayo Saka-Fafunmi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency 2 is the Acting Chairman, House Committee on the Environment; to him, the new law on the environment in Lagos State brought with it a new approach to managing waste in the metropolitan state. In this interview with PATRICK […]
Pursuant to his administration’s ongoing efforts to effect needed reforms in the transportation, environment and energy sectors aimed at putting the state on a sound footing for economic growth and development, the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has asked lawmakers in the state to support his efforts. Speaking at the opening session of the 2nd […]
…. Nigeria launches N20bn 1st tranche Green Bond in March The federal government has assured on its commitment to sustain the private sector partnership, saying it was pertinent to drive Nigeria’s economy. Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Lagos, Green bonds capital market investors conference titled […]
In my environment, I notice a particular couple who are always at each other necks, they quarrel most of the time, disturbing the peace of the neighborhood and I began to wonder what could be the cause of their almost every day fight. Even on the pages of newspaper, there are cases of husbands beating […]