Aviation

Waste dumping in Lagos airports environs may attract incessant bird strike

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 January 2025 0

Multiple bird strike currently loom at the Lagos Airport – the local and international Airports – as communities around the airport dump waste in the airport, thereby, increasing chances of bird strike attacks on aircraft operating from the airports. It is worthy of note that bird

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World Habitat Day: Obaseki advocates innovative solutions to waste mgt

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2019 0

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has stated that the menacing threat of climate change across the globe, which has resulted in rise of sea levels and flooding across cities, calls for a more pragmatic approach to tackling challenges in the environment sector. He said the state government is ready to work with stakeholders […]

Health News

Curbing open defecation through dry drum pit latrines

Ihesiulo Grace 3 October 2018 0

Open defecation is the practice where people go out in fields, bushes, forests, open bodies of water and other open spaces rather than use the toilet to defecate or pass bodily waste. It constitutes a major public health problem due to rapid urbanisation, lack of public toilets and low level of awareness. According to 2018 […]

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NCF leads waste management advocacy in 20 Lagos communities

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has embarked on a 6-month waste management advocacy campaign in selected 20 communities in Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos state. This was contained in a statement made available in Lagos by the foundation, “the activities are geared towards making our environment sustainable and habitable for future