•Floods Three people have been killed, with at least 1,415 households affected by the recent flash floods in Adamawa State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said yesterday. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday after a downpour, affected communities in the Yola North and Yola South councils, reports Channels TV. While over 40 ...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state, citing environmental risks. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the directive in a press release issued today. Wahab said the ministry observed with con...
•Submerged by flooding The Ogun State Government has warned residents of communities adjoining the Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, and Yemule rivers, such as Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju, and those of the coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island, and Agosasa...
•Power transmission line The Lagos State Government has announced plans to remove illegal structures built under high-tension cables in the Makoko community, Yaba, Lagos. The move comes after the state, through the Office of Urban and Regional Planning, removed dilapidated buildings and shanties at the Oworonshoki end of the Third Mainland Bri...
The federal government has announced plans to begin the decarbonisation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo (SAN) announced the plans yesterday in Abuja, reports The Nation. The minister said the challenges posed by climate change demand decisive and concerted action b...
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has strongly condemned the killing over oil resumption, which has led to ongoing attacks on Ogoni communities of Gbaken, Ledor, and neighbouring communities in Tai Local Government Area of Ogoni. As at the time of this report, one person, simply identified as Befii, has been […]
•Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos Government has announced that obtaining an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval is a must for all projects development across the state. The Special Adviser on Environment, Olakunle Rotimi -Akodu, made this known during a Stakeholders’ Engagement on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) fo...
•Flooding The Federal Ministry of Environment’s National Flood Early Warning Center (FEW Center) has issued another flood warning alert to Adamawa and eight other states in the North. A circular signed by the Director, Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management Department, Usman Abdullahi Bokani, in Abuja, yesterday, stated that following thei...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and heavy rains from today to Sunday across the country. ‎NiMet’s weather outlook released yesterday in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms with moderate rains over parts of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kaduna States in the northern region during the morning ...
Environmental activists from Ogoni in Rivers State have called on the federal government to urgently decommission all aging oil wells in Ogoniland, in line with the United Nations Environment Programme recommendations. The demand follows a fresh oil spill from Well 14 in Yola, Kpean, Khana Local Government Area, which began on August 3, with a...
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