Presidency Opposes Ecological Fund Bill

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaPresidency Opposes Ecological Fund Bill

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 26, 2020

The Presidency has registered its opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to regulate the Ecological Fund. the opposition to the bill was expressed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, adding that the law would either clash with or duplicate the existing ones. Mustapha warned that the bill, if passed into law, would cripple the power of the president has over the Ecological Fund Office and the...

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Humanitarian Actors Seeks Collaboration To End Open Defecation

EnvironmentHealthNewsHumanitarian Actors Seeks Collaboration To End Open Defecation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 20, 2020

Humanitarian actors in health and environment in Adamawa State have called on the Government to build a strong synergy with relevant bodies to enlighten people on the dangers associated with open defecation. They spoke against the backdrop of World Toilet Day observed annually on the 19th November every year aimed to remain people both in rural and urban centres on the importance of having a good and healthy environment. Mr. Sunday Anthony, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer...

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Dry Season: Gombe NGO Cautions Against Bush Burning

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaDry Season: Gombe NGO Cautions Against Bush Burning

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 16, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent A Gombe-based non-governmental organisation, Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI) has cautioned residents of the state against bush burning, especially in the rural communities.  Mr. Ismail Bima, JEI Chief Executive Officer, gave the advice on Monday in Gombe in an interview with newsmen. According to him, the advice has become imperative in view of the commencement of dry season farming which often records a surge in bush burning.  Bima said that the...

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Oil Spill Again Pollutes Okpoama Communities in Bayelsa

EnvironmentNewsOil & GasOil Spill Again Pollutes Okpoama Communities in Bayelsa

PilotnewsNovember 2, 2020

Another oil leak, the third in six months, has discharged a yet-to-be-ascertained volume of crude oil polluting the Okpoama community and its environs in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The leak reportedly occurred on Oct. 28 on the 50-year-old Ogoda-Brass crude pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) near the oil firm’s crude export terminal. Chief Inikio Sele-D, Chairman of Okpoama Kingdom Chiefs’ Council, had earlier the told News Agency of Nigeria...

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Flooding: Bayelsa Govt. Closes Schools, Distributes Palliatives to Victims

EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsFlooding: Bayelsa Govt. Closes Schools, Distributes Palliatives to Victims

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2020

Following the devastation caused by flood, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has directed the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools across the state. In a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, said the directive takes effect from Monday, October 19. The statement said Governor Diri’s decision was taken to avert further danger to lives. It said the governor gave the...

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Environmentalist Proffer Solutions To Environmental Disasters

EnvironmentNewsEnvironmentalist Proffer Solutions To Environmental Disasters

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2020

The Controller, Federal Ministry of Environment Yola Field Office, Adamawa State Hajiya Safiya Mohammed Abubakar has called for concerted efforts to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on the environment. Abubakar in an interview with newsmen noted that the effects of natural disasters such as flood and fire disaster are enormous; pointing out that human activity could mitigate impact of such disasters on humans and the environment. “People should engage in environment friendly activities, proper...

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FG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

EnvironmentJobsNewsNigeriaFG Trains Youths, Women, to Combat Desertification

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2020

The Federal Government has put in place skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training, for youths and women to combat desertification and improve livelihood of communities affected by it. A statement signed by Mrs Pauline Sule, Head, Press and Public Relations, National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) in Abuja on Monday, said the programme is carried out by the agency. The statement said this became necessary following the devastating effects of desertification and land degradation...

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Nigeria Ratifies Kyoto Protocol’s Doha Amendment to Check Emission

EnvironmentNewsWorld NewsNigeria Ratifies Kyoto Protocol’s Doha Amendment to Check Emission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 3, 2020

The Federal Government has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and its Doha amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC). The ratification is contained in a letter, signed by the Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 1997 Kyoto protocol set binding climate targets for developed countries while its amendment signed in Qatar in 2012 obligations...

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Adamawa State Govt Takes over Geographical Information System Center

EnvironmentNewsAdamawa State Govt Takes over Geographical Information System Center

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 30, 2020

The State government has taken over the multi-million naira Adamawa Geographical Information System AGIS Center, from the contractor that handles the project located at the headquarters of the Ministry of Land and Survey Yola. The Center is to serve as a Physical and taxable inventory centre via the Art and Science of Geo-Special Mapping. Handing over documents of the edifice to the Commissioner Ministry of Land and Survey Alhaji Ibrahim Yayaji, the contractor of the project Mr...

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Increased Level of Flood in Anambra Puts Residents on the Edge As Environmentalist, Government Officials React

EnvironmentNewsSpecial ReportIncreased Level of Flood in Anambra Puts Residents on the Edge As Environmentalist, Government Officials React

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 22, 2020

Special Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu “NIHSA wishes to use this medium to advise state and local government, stakeholders, multinational companies and public-spirited individuals and philanthropists that all hands should be on deck to save the country from the consequences of flood pandemic in the year 2020”. Only a few months ago, precisely in July, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency – NIHSA- had warned that several Nigerian states are at the risk of experiencing “massive flooding”....

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