The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from today to Saturday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released yesterday in Abuja envisaged slight dust haze today in good visibility throughout the forecast period in the northern region. According to NiMet, the North central states are expected to experience slight d...
•Water hyacinth Many passengers travelling from Badore Jetty to Ikorodu area of Lagos State through the waterways were stranded on Christmas day due to water hyacinths disrupting passenger boat movements. Speaking with our correspondent, some passengers expressed disappointment at the disruptions to waterways transportation on Lagos waters, re...
A group, under the auspices of Niger Delta indigenes, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Upstream PetroÂleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to reverse the 2024 licensing and 2022/23 Mini Bid Round for oil blocs in the region. The group, in a statement yesterday, alleged that the proÂcess of issuing the license was discriminatory a...
The plan by Shell to sell its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies without cleaning up the pollution in the Niger Delta communities and restoring the ecosystem has sparked protests in Bayelsa State. Women from Bayelsa and other Niger Delta states who decried the plan staged a pro...
Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) yesterday cautioned international Oil Companies (IOCs) against flouting the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The HOSTCOM reminded the oil firms of the need to remit three per cent of their annual operating expenditure (OPEX) into the host communities fund to enhance dev...
•Oil spill Communities in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised an alarm over a fresh oil spill that spread all over their shoreline on December 13. Community sources explained that the spill is suspected to be from an SPDC facility in Bonny Island spreading to the Oyorokoto/Agbama/Imo River and thereby impacting communities...
•Housing Minister Ahmed Musa Dangiwa The federal government has issued a month’s ultimatum to developers and residents of Banana Island, an upscale Ikoyi area of Lagos, and others on the Lagos shoreline to regularise their title and other necessary documentation or risk revocation and demolition. Housing and Urban Development Minister Ahmed Mu...
•Oil spill The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project has said the restoration of 560 hectares of oil-degraded mangroves in Ogoni, land, Rivers State is 75 per cent completed. Also, HYPREP said the shoreline clean-up in the area has progressed to a 20 per cent completion rate, even as the agency disclosed that it will commence the […...
No fewer than 27 individuals were arrested by the Lagos State Environmental Taskforce yesterday for engaging in street begging and causing public disturbances. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement, accompanied by a video shared on X.com today. Wahab revealed that among those a...
•Lagos govt shuts businesses across Lekki, Victoria Island, others over noise pollution The Lagos State Government has shut down several establishments, including churches, hotels, and entertainment venues, over violations of noise pollution regulations and other environmental infractions. The enforcement action was carried out by the Lagos St...
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