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Africa EnvironmentBuhari Leaves Abuja to Attend Special Session on UNEP@50 in Kenya

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2022

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday, to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50). The event is to hold from March 3 to March 4 in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said Buhari’s trip to Kenya was sequel to an invitation extended to him by his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, The...

Environment MusicOlamide to Retire After 12th Album

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji simply known as Olamide, aka Baddo has hinted at retiring after his 12th album after over a decade on the music scene. The famous rapper who records in Yoruba and English disclosed on Twitter that his next album, Unruly is 95% ready. However, he said he doesn’t know when he will be releasing it yet. “Probably my last album…dough I’ll drop singles once in a blue moon when I...

Environment News WellnessOgoni Clean-Up Project Will Last For Decade

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 1, 2022

ABUJA — The minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor said the Federal government has put in place strong institutions to ensure complete remediation of contaminated 5,354,766 cubic metres of Ogoniland over an area of about 314 acres. She explained this at a ministerial briefing in Abuja; the Ogoni clean-up project might last for a decade, noting that the people of Ogoni have been incorporated into the project to ensure its continuity beyond a single...

Environment Special ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Concerns As Waste Threatens to Overrun Awka, the Anambra State Capital

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 25, 2022

AWKA — With only about two months to change of government, there are clear signs that seem to suggest that the current government has perhaps been disserted. An elegant proof of this is the attitude of government officials towards their duty. Understandably, transition comes with its own demands and pressures which tend to affect work and work pace. But even that must not subject the people and the society to incredible stress and confusion that...

EnvironmentWe Are Working On Greener, Cleaner Nigeria — Umar Farouq

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — The minister of humanitarian affairs, Umar Farouq, has said efforts are in place to ensure a cleaner and greener environment for Nigeria’s future generation. The minister said this on Thursday during the global launch of the 2022 humanitarian overview by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) according to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, the minister’s special adviser on media. She assured that the government is enhancing its disaster preparedness,...

Environment NewsFG Begins Review of Regulating Guidelines To Ensure Stiffer Penalties for Oil Spillage

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 26, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it will embark on the process of reviewing the National Oil Spillage Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) for it to be able to mete out stiffer penalties to oil companies involved in oil spillage in the country. This declaration was made by the Minister of Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. She maintained that a...

Environment HealthNigeria Can Become Open-Defecation Free by 2025 – Osinbajo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 12, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that even as the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will help the country to achieve its goal to end open defecation by 2025. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the virtual meeting of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Steering Committee to review the progress report...

Climate Environment NewsNigeria Targets Net-zero Carbon Emission by 2060, Says Buhari

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 2, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria will achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. The president indicated this on Tuesday while speaking about Nigeria’s plans during the climate change conference in Glasgow. His proposed date is 10 years behind the United Nations-approved target. The UN stipulated that the global carbon dioxide emissions would need to reach net-zero around 2050 to limit the disastrous effects of climate change. Net zero-emission means that all man-made greenhouse gas emissions must...

Environment JobsFederal Government Creates Over 74,000 Employment Opportunities For Nigerians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2021

ABUJA — Chief Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for Environment says the Federal Government has created 74,413 employment opportunities for Nigerians through the implementation of various environmental projects in the country. She disclosed this on Friday at the closing of the 15th National Council on Environment (NCE) in Abuja, explaining that, the employment opportunities are through effective collaboration of the ministry with other private sector organisations across the country. “The ministry has been able to...

Environment WellnessCommittee Recommends Refuse Disposal And Evacuation Timing In Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 12, 2021

ENUGU — An ad-hoc committee on Extortion and multiple collections of levies in Enugu Urban Local Government Areas and other connected matters report propose that time are fixed for residents’ refuse disposal and its subsequent evacuation. Presenting the report at the floor of the Enugu State House of Assembly, the Committee Chairman Chinedu Nwamba, member representing Nsukka East Constituency said that after careful consideration and deliberations, the committee members came up with a resolution that...

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