The Musim Mas Group announced the completion of the first phase of its Women Smallholders Program to provide independent female smallholders with life skills. Developed with academic trainers from the University of North Sumatra (USU), the program offered voluntary training…
WaterAid, Cummins W.A to impact 186,000 people with water improvement project in Lagos, Abuja
WaterAid has partnered with Cummins W.A to impact about 186, 000 people with life- transforming water, sanitation and hygiene project to be sited within communities in Lagos and Abuja. Newsmen reports that the project would provide water and sanitation facilities…
Sterling One Foundation partners Live Abundantly, British High Commission on gender based violence
Sterling One Foundation, in collaboration with Live Abundantly and the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has officially launched the 2023 edition of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria. The 16 Days of Activism for…
WaterAid, PepsiCo Foundation provides clean water, toilets for 2000 students in Lagos
WaterAid has partnered with the Lagos State Government to commissioned newly installed 6,000-litre solar-powered borehole, rehabilitated seven compartments of toilets and group of handwashing stations at Community and LGA Primary schools at Ijegun. Speaking at the ocassion, the Country Director,…
World Toilet Day: ‘Toilet Loss’ costs Schools $1.9billion, says New Research
Launched for the upcoming World Toilet Day, the research supported by Unilever, identifies urgent need for school toilet maintenance. The cost of neglecting toilets has now hit US$1.9bn in lost infrastructure, with an additional hidden economic cost estimated at over…
Lagos seeks drainage stakeholders support to develop secondary drainage masterplan
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday rallied experts in the drainage sector for inputs in the development of a Secondary Drainage Masterplan for selected Local Governments. The government said that the move was part of its efforts to reduce the…
Lagos Seals Ogba City Mall, Ajah Market
Vows more action on filthy markets and business facilities The Lagos State Government has shut Ogba City Mall, Ikeja, and Ajah Market, Eti-Osa, for sundry waste disposal offences. The action was carried out by the combined enforcement teams of the…
What next after the Re-opening of the Markets in Lagos?
By Olutayo Irantiola In the last few weeks, many markets across Lagos State have been locked and opened by the Ministry of Environment and the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). There is no gainsaying that these markets are due…
Deforestation, Encroachment Threaten West Africa’s One Health Plans
By Stella Paul Thirty-three years ago, Bala Amerasekaran – a Sri Lankan by birth – visited Freetown, Sierra Leone. Since then, the West African nation has been his home, where Amerasekaran has dedicated his life to conserving the chimpanzee…
Environmental Engineers: We need more integrated support for WASH and Sanitation in Lagos State to combat child mortality and unhealthy environment; says Majolagbe
Over 700million children under 5 die every day of diarrhoel diseases….UNICEF Engineers under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) Lagos State Chapter have called for more integrated support by the public and government to improve…
