By Olawunmi Ashafa Dr Patience Oniha, Director-General of the DMO, says Nigeria is taking a significant step in tackling climate change with the issuance of a N50 billion Sovereign Green Bond. Oniha said this at an investors meeting for the Series III Sovereign Green Bond issuance on Monday in Lagos.Continue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Dr Chinwoke Ifeanyi-Obi, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, has developed a Gender-Responsive Smart Monitor (G-SMART) tool to track gender inclusion in agricultural adaptation initiatives. Ifeanyi-Obi, the university’s Acting Head of the Department of Agriculture Extension and Development Service, said the tool aimedContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The GreenHubAfrica Foundation, an NGO, has unveiled a Climate Action SuperHeroes (CASH) Youth Network, a digital-first platform, to train and empower 50,000 young change makers on climate-smart innovation and circular-economy enterprises. GreenHubAfrica, which promotes environmental sustainability, inaugurated the network on Saturday in Abuja at the commemoration ofContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria) has released its five-year Plastic Brand Audit Report, spotlighting top corporate plastic polluters in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Brand Audit which was unveiled at a media event in Lagos, isContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche Ahead of the Bonn Climate Conference SB62 in Germany, 12 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from across African, Europe and Russia have released a report on the growing number of African nations considering nuclear energy as part of their overall energy mix. This is contained in a statementContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The North South Power Foundation (NSPF) has donated essential food items worth millions of Naira to victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger state Mr Hassan Abdullahi, Consultant on Corporate Social Responsibility for the foundation, disclosed this while handling the items to Niger governmentContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it has begun sensitisation campaign to communities to prevent future occurrence and mitigate its impact on residents. The Director General of NOA, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed this during a sympathy visit to victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa,Continue Reading
By Peter Okolie Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has called for a collective effort to combat plastic pollution in the state and the country at large. Uzodimma made the call at an occasion to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day in Owerri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Christian Njoku The Cross River House of Assembly has proposed a ban on using styrofoam and foil paper for food packaging, aiming to protect public health and the environment. Lawmakers raised concerns during plenary, adopting the motion sponsored by Mr Ogiji Achadu, who represents the Yala 2 State Constituency.Continue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) has called for collaboration among stakeholders on finding local and innovative solutions to plastic waste crisis in the country. The society said such collaboration should be geared towards rethink, refuse, reuse, reduce and recycle of plastics for a sustainable environment. Dr EfegbidikiContinue Reading
