On the occasion of the 2024 World Recycling Day, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the Lagos State Government to recognize waste pickers as essential contributors to recycling efforts and frontline warriors against pollution…
LASG intensifies cleaning of drainage channels including canals
As part efforts to actualize its promise to sustain a flood free Lagos, the Lagos State Government has intensified dredging / cleaning of major drainage channels and canals across the state. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo…
Niger Delta: Why Traditional Leaders Must Speak Out Against Environmental Injustice
Niger Delta traditional leaders have been urged to speak out against all forms of environmental injustice meted out on them as a result of oil pollution, environmental degredation and oil spillage by oil companies working in the Niger Delta. Prince…
Nigeria, Germany launches partnership on battery recycling
Nigeria and Germany has launched a Partnership for Responsible Battery and Metal recycling (ProBaMet) project. The partnership aims at improving battery recycling in Nigeria, raising labour and environmental standards, and establishing sustainable trade flows for raw materials. On this new…
Wastepickers Day: Association calls for formalization of informal wastepickers
As the International Community marks the International Wastepickers Day, the Association of Scrapes and Wastepickers of Lagos (ASWOL), has called for the integration of informal wastepickers to the formal sector The President of ASWOL, Mr Friday Oku, made the appeal…
Lawma organises Health and Safety Training for Sweepers
…. Deploys mechanised sweeping on strategic roads The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has organised the first quarter health and safety training for sanitation workers in the state, aimed at prioritising their health, safety, and overall well-being in the course…
EnviroNews Advocacy warns against dumping, blockage of Ogunpa River channels
The EnviroNews Advocacy & Campaigns for Sustainability, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has urged residents of Ibadan in Oyo State to prevent the outbreak of another flood disaster in the city by putting an end to the indiscriminate dumping of refuse…
On OML 34; NNPCL, US Govt., Deloitte Partner to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Part of new operational goal to reduce methane and greenhouse gases from upstream activities A net-zero carbon objective The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has partnered with the United States (US) Department of States and international management consultancy…
Why Nigeria must Channel Petroleum Subsidy Savings Towards Driving Green Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
By Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke In a daring move, Nigeria’s President, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, declared the immediate abolition of fuel subsidies during his Inaugural Address on May 29, 2023, stating quite simply that “subsidy is gone”.…