Four Local Government Areas Placed on High Flood Risk Alert

EnvironmentFour Local Government Areas Placed on High Flood Risk Alert

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 11, 2020

Four local government areas in Lagos State have been marked as being at risk of flood this year. The local government areas include Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ibeju-Lekki, and Ikorodu. According to the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, the areas will witness more high-intensity rainfall between now (July) and September. He urged residents of the low lying areas to relocate during this period to avoid any untoward incident which may come with...

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FG Approves N14.9bn for Ecological Projects in 6 States

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaFG Approves N14.9bn for Ecological Projects in 6 States

PilotnewsJune 24, 2020

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N14.9 billion for the execution of 11 ecological projects across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s fifth virtual meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the approval followed the memo presented by the Office of the Secretary to...

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Lagos Warns Residents in Flood Prone Areas to Relocate

EnvironmentNewsLagos Warns Residents in Flood Prone Areas to Relocate

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos, Tunji Bello, has warned residents in low lying places and those living along Ogun River to take precautions, including relocating, as rainy season intensifies in the state. Mr. Bello made this known while briefing journalists on the measures put in place by the government for this year’s rainfall patterns, adding that high volume of rainfall currently experienced will continue in July and September. He said residents...

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Nigeria Collaborates With Australia to Address Environmental Challenges

EnvironmentNewsNigeria Collaborates With Australia to Address Environmental Challenges

PilotnewsJune 22, 2020

The Ministry of Environment says it will collaborate with Australian Government to address some environmental issues affecting Nigeria. Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor.the Minister of State for Environment made this known while receiving the Australian High Commissioner, Ms. Claire Ireland on Monday in Abuja. Ikeazor said that the Australian high commission had been working closely with the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Mines and Steel where they share ideas on environmental and mineral resources issues. “Bear in...

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Why Lagos is Establishing Fruit Orchards in 20 Schools

EducationEnvironmentNewsWhy Lagos is Establishing Fruit Orchards in 20 Schools

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 22, 2020

No less than twenty secondary schools have been selected by the Lagos State Government for the establishment of fruit orchards, to promote tree planting culture and protect the environment. The Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, said the policy would transform Lagos into a greener, healthier and more orderly State, adding that the secondary schools were selected from the 3 senatorial districts in the State. “Trees are fell indiscriminately without replacement and this has...

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Anambra: Massive Gully Erosion Ravages Ekwulummili Community in Nnewi

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaAnambra: Massive Gully Erosion Ravages Ekwulummili Community in Nnewi

PilotnewsJune 16, 2020

The people of Umudim Village in Ekwulummili town, Nnewi South Council Area have expressed concern over massive gully erosion which have swallowed up vast expanse of farmlands and homesteads. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the endangered area reports that the gully erosion was moving at a high speed towards residential buildings since this year’s rains set in. NAN also reports that gully which is several metres deep and wide had already...

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COVID-19: NFVCB, Nollywood Appeal to LASG to Grant Funke Akindele State Pardon

Arts & CultureEnvironmentNigeriaCOVID-19: NFVCB, Nollywood Appeal to LASG to Grant Funke Akindele State Pardon

PilotnewsJune 12, 2020

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), regulator Nigeria’s film industry has joined Nollywood stakeholders to appealed to Lagos State Government to grant state pardon to actress Funke Akindele. Alhaji Adebayo Thomas, the Executive Director of NFVCB, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN recalls that a Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos had on April convicted Funke Akindele and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly...

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World Environment Day: Plateau Commissioner Decries Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

ConservationEnvironmentNewsWorld Environment Day: Plateau Commissioner Decries Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

PilotnewsJune 6, 2020

As the world celebrates this year’s Environment Day, Plateau environment commissioner Usman Idi has decried the indiscriminate dumping of refuse by residents of areas waste evacuators cannot access. The commissioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Jos that the situation was impeding the evacuators’ efforts to discharge their duties diligently. He said that the Plateau Environmental Protection And Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) had designated areas for residents to dump their waste to...

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Cleanup Starts at 57 Sites in Ogoni Land – Minister

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaCleanup Starts at 57 Sites in Ogoni Land – Minister

PilotnewsJune 3, 2020

The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says no fewer than 57 sites at Ogoni land in Rivers are being cleaned up currently. Abubakar made the disclosure while speaking with State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja, saying that he had presented a report on the ministry’s mandate to a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The virtual meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. “The Ogoni cleanup in the past has been...

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COVID-19: Enugu Govt. Decontaminates Ogbete Main Market

CoronavirusEnvironmentNigeriaCOVID-19: Enugu Govt. Decontaminates Ogbete Main Market

PilotnewsMay 31, 2020

The Enugu State Fire Service has commenced the decontamination and fumigation of Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing newsmen during the exercise on Saturday, the state’s Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Okwudiri Ohaa, said that the exercise would last until Sunday. It would be recalled that the state fire service carried out the first phase of the exercise in the market on April 1, shortly after the market was shut...

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