Environment

Enugu State government has appointed the Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Prof Chukwumerije Okereke, as the Special Adviser on Climate Policy and Sustainable Development.

Towards fostering sustainable urban transformation, the Green Building Council Nigeria (GBCN) plans to establish Nigeria Built Environment Carbon Database (NBECD}, which will allow built environment practitioners and stakeholders to respond to the imperatives of decarbonisation.

Lafarge Africa Plc has committed to minimising carbon footprints throughout the construction lifecycle, and harmonising business success with environmental responsibility.

Conservationists have charged the Federal Governments and other relevant stakeholders to urgently implement and enforce conventions and agreements protecting migratory species from extinction across the country.

Senior officials of the Lagos State government have approved the reopening of the Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) facilities at the 78 hectares forest reserve and wetland in Lekki Peninsula to improve ecotourism. LCC management secured approval from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture and State’s Safety Commission after their assessment of the level of…

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal has called for collaboration among stakeholders to address climate change and reclaim land lost to desertification in the northern parts of the country.

The Lagos State government has said that energy, waste, and transportation sectors are the highest emitters of Greenhouse Gases (GHG), which contribute to climate change, poses a severe threat to the well-being of residents and the economy of the state.

The Federal Government has assured residents in the oil-polluted Niger Delta that its mangrove restoration programme will tackle climate change in the region.

A constant question I have received as a youth activist falls along the lines of “What is all this craze about environmental conservation, Net-Zero goals, and the color green? It doesn’t affect my life so why should I care?” But look at our streets, clogged with plastic bags and styrofoam remnants, breeding grounds for disease…

Ogun State government has assured Lafarge Africa Plc of continued collaboration with the private sector in addressing the challenges of sustainable economic growth and job creation.

A development advisory group, AfriCatalyst, has urged African leaders to develop a framework for issuing African Methane Abatement Bonds (AMAB). This urgent appeal was made at the latest launch of AfriCatalyst’s groundbreaking

When Justice Okokon Essien of the Magistrate Court in Akamkpa Town of Cross River State sentenced 14 miners recently to six months imprisonment for illegal mining and other offences in the state's National Park