•Illegal abattoir in Agege, Lagos The Lagos State Government has shut down an illegal abattoir discovered on Succo Road in Oko-Oba, Agege, seizing contaminated meat and arresting suspects involved in the operation. The action, announced by Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, is part of intensified efforts to cl...
•Oil pollution in Ogoniland Various claims and reports have continued to trail the ongoing cleanup exercise in Ogoni land, Rivers State, being handled by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) . Former Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, in June 2016, flagged off the remediation exercise, reports The Guardian. However, on May 25, 202...
The High Court in London has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for historic oil pollution in the Niger Delta, a decision that paves the way for a full trial in 2027. The case, brought by the Bille and Ogale communities in Rivers State, relates to decades […]
•Oko-Oba Abattoir in Lagos The Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced the immediate closure of Oko-Oba Abattoir over environmental violations and inappropriate operational practices. The Commissioner For Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said this while speaking with journalists after an inspection tour of the abattoir to...
•Atan cemetery The Lagos State government has sealed the construction site for a proposed cemetery within a residential neighbourhood in Bode Thomas. The sealing of the site followed Saturday’ protest by residents of Natufe/Animashaun neighborhood who insisted that citing a cemetery in the place would pollute their water, reports The Nation. T...
•Flood The skies opened up yesterday across several states of the federation rendering some roads flooded The rain began early in the day just hours after the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) warned of thundery and rainy weather activities between yesterday and tomorrow across Nigeria, reports NAN. A similar warning came from the Lagos S...
•Gas flare No fewer than 49 gas flare sites have been identified in Nigeria, report from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has shown. For this purpose, Chief Executive of the NUPRC, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, said the commission is implementing a dual strategy to address gas flaring: by decarbonising flare sites, and b...
•The suspects A Magistrate Court sitting in Bolade Oshodi yesterday remanded 34 persons in prison custody till July 22, 2025 for engaging in street trading along the median of the Alaba Rago, Ojo, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The arraigned persons made up of 32 males and two females were arrested over the weekend in an […]
•Flood Residents of flood-prone communities in several states are resisting evacuation and are instead asking the authorities to come to their aid. Following the recent flood that killed over 200 persons and left about 500 others missing at communities in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, the federal government, last week, raised the...
•Flood Despite warnings by the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) about severe flooding this year, especially, in the South-south region, and with records of deaths already as a result of flooding, state governments in the region are ostensibly unperturbed as no major preparations are on ground against the impending flood, reports Saturday Gu...
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