A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has fixed June 6, for hearing an alleged environmental pollution suit filed against Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Limited.

The Jos Water Services Corporation (JWSC) has decried illegal activities around the Lamingo water dam site, one of its raw sources.

As the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) came to a close in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend, the world’s policymakers have set the global environmental agenda to address climate change crisis.

The ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics to curb pollution by the Lagos State government may have been welcomed by many considering the menace they cause to the environment, but implementation becomes a challenge without the involvement of stakeholders in the value chain.

In 2016, the Benue State Government proposed a generator tax, claiming it would invest the proceeds in repairing and maintaining the ozone layer. However, when Terna Francis, the media assistant to the chairman of the Benue Internal Revenue Service’s board at the time, Mimi Orubibi, was asked how the proceeds would be used to “maintain…

The environmental history of Nigeria unfortunately is not a story filled with the rich biodiverse tropical rainforests of the Niger Delta or the cascading rich vegetation of the Sahel Savanna but rather, one marred with bloodshed, exploitation, pollution, death, destruction, and devastation.

Pollution is an evil to mankind in all of its forms. Man is made up of the soul, the spirit and the body; there are certain lifestyles that are legally permitted, socially acceptable and economically lucrative, but it pollutes the environment and its inhabitants — man, animal and vegetation. Some have immediate effect on the…

NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML) said it has taken practical steps to ensure all vessels under its management comply with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) to achieve clean oceans and waterways in Nigeria.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have charged farmers in Eteo community in Eleme local government council of Rivers State to hold International Oil Companies (IOCs) accountable for the pollution of their farmlands and water bodies. They made the call following the incessant oil spills that have occurred in the community, destroying their predominant sources of livelihood…

Nigeria is 8th most polluted country in the world with 71.80 microgramme (μg) and Nepal most polluted country with 99.73 μg, according to a report published yesterday by Oxford University's Our World in Data platform and Daily Mail UK.