•Floods The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has predicted high-intensity rainfall likely resulting in flash floods between May and June 2025 in coastal cities of the country The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, made this disclosure while presenting the annual climate prediction for the year 2025 in Abuja. H...
•Dr Nnimmo Bassey Being Dr Nnimmo Bassey’s Opening Comments at the State of the Ocean Workshop held at the NIOMR on Monday, February 3, 2025 Distinguished guests, community leaders, scientists, activists, and all those committed to justice. We gather today to consider the state of our ocean—not as a commodity to be exploited, but as […]...
•Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State As part of the effort to prevent the outbreak and spread of cholera, residents of Bayelsa State have called on the state government to ensure the availability of potable water for residents. Speaking during a roundtable organised by a nongovernmental organisation, Woman Organised for Mentorship and Advocac...
•The metre installation is to ensure accountability in oil production Former Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo and youth leaders from the four Ogoni local government areas of Rivers State have thrown their support behind the proposed resumption of oil exploration in their land. However, they insist that youths and women must be actively involve...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast a spell of haziness and cloudiness across the country from today to Wednesday. According to NiMet’s weather outlook, released yesterday, a moderate dust haze is expected on today, with a horizontal visibility range of 2km to 5km over the northern cities. Furthermore, localised visibility ...
Concerned civil society organisations in the Niger Delta have described as insensitive the intention of the government to resume oil production in Ogoniland. The CSOs met at the Port Harcourt office of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to deliberate on the recent invitation by the office of the National Security Adviser ...
•(Front row): Fubara, Tinubu and Wike President Bola Tinubu earlier today hosted a closed-door meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, alongside a delegation of Ogoni leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which brought together key stakeholde...
President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike are holding a closed-door meeting with a delegation of Ogoni leaders led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The meeting comes after a coalition of civil society organisations demanded an allocation of $1 trillion from the federal government for the...
•Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Abbas-Lawal The Federal Ministry of Environment and its agencies have appealed to the House of Representatives to increase their budgetary allocations for the 2025 fiscal year. This request was made during a budget defence session with the House of Representatives Committee on Environment today, reports...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has announced plans to demolish shanties and illegal market structures around the Cele underbridge area of the state. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made this known while speaking with journalists after an inspection tour of drainage e...

