The Peremabiri community in Bayelsa on Friday decried the continuous unattended oil spillage in the area. Mr Return Koma, Chairman, Peremabiri Community Development Committee, decried this in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa. According to him, a petroleum development company has been insensitive over…
Air Pollution Kills Millions Every Year: Action Needed
An estimated seven million people die every year from indoor and outdoor air pollution. That’s more than died from Covid-19 over the last two years. Often invisible, air pollution receives little attention compared with other public health emergencies, but the threats to health are every bit as real
Crude Oil Theft: Figures Claimed By NUPRC, NNPC and Stakeholders are Outrageous, And Impractical – Chief Of Naval Staff
There is a significant miscalculation in determining how much Nigeria is losing in terms of oil theft because oil losses due to other factors are often lumped together as theft. Meaning that the figures given by Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission…
Lagos loses 22,500 children to air pollution in 2021 – LASEPA
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the…
Environmental Engineers seek proper pollution control
The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) has sought to enhance better awareness and detection of air pollution in Nigeria. This was evident as the institution, a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers held the grand finale of a…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FG apologises for continuous gridlock
The Federal Government on Saturday apologised for the hardship being faced by road users due to construction works on the Berger-Opic axis of Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, and announced plans to improve on traffic management. The Acting Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Forosola Oloyede,…
After 34-Year Gap, the Philippines has a Nuclear Facility Again
After more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a nuclear facility. In 2014, a proposal was accepted to utilize fuel elements of a shutdown research reactor for training and education, which the IAEA has been supporting through a…
Dubai-based Olive Gaea joins hands with Sapio Analytics to launch “The Climate Future Project”
Olive Gaea, a Dubai-based Sustainability as a Service (SaaS) platform providing Net Zero solutions to organizations across the MENATI region, and Sapio Analytics, an artificial intelligence-based government support organization, joined hands to launch “The Climate Future Project”. The agreement brings together…
‘Our Goal is to Sustain a Cleaner Lagos’, Ibrahim Odumboni, Lawma MD
The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni has reiterated Lawma’s focus on proactively achieving and sustaining the goal for a cleaner Lagos. He stated this during an exclusive chat with Environment Africa Magazine…
Africa needs the right strategies for adaptation and mitigation that meet the needs of the people, communities and further boosts our developmental agenda…..says Landry Ninteretse
Africa needs the right strategies for adaptation and mitigation that meet the needs of the people, communities and further boosts our developmental agenda. Says Landry Ninteretse in an interview with Environment Africa Magazine. Landry has been very passionate about climate…
