Environment

Some 30 youths drawn from the 21 local government areas of Anambra state, south eastern Nigeria, are currently undergoing training on Environmental Beautification scheme designed by the National Directorate of Employment, NDE. The aim is…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned the indigenous people of Abuja to stop renting out their economic trees plantations to scavengers. The Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection…

The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) of Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has attributed environmental challenges to human activities and tasked stakeholders with finding a lasting solution to the menace. The…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) when releasing the first findings of its new Global Remote Sensing Survey said agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation – an impact much…

Enugu State Government has announced it will no longer hold statewide environmental sanitation on Saturday. The Managing Director of the Waste Management Authority, (ESWAMA), Mrs Amaka Anajemba, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in…

The Ogun state government has announced its plans to commence palliative works on the deplorable Sango-Ota-Joju Road. The work determined to bring succour to the residents and motorists in Sango Ota axis of Ogun State, will begin on…

The Nigerian government says more than seventeen Ogoni cleanup projects in Niger Delta region have been completed through the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP. Nigeria’s Minister of Environment Dr Muhammed Abubakar…

Ministry of Environment has launched Nigeria’s Long-term low emission Vision 2050 and Investment / Financial Flow Assessment Reports, to support Youth Innovation for Climate Actions in Nigeria. The Long Term-Low Emission Development…

Greece has highlighted marine plastic pollution as it marks World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, and World Oceans Day on June 8, with the Shipping Ministry launching a project to clean up eight Greek ports. In cooperation with…

Planting trees to offset carbon emissions, using clean energy for heating and accumulating "carbon credits" on cell phones, these environmentally friendly endeavours were promoted at an event for the 2021 World Environment Day held in…