By Abigael Joshua Civil Society Groups on Monday in Abuja deliberated on ways for adaptation and mitigation of the effects of climate change on the agriculture sector. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a four -day inaugural conference on Accelerating Agricultural Adaptation in Africa which commenced fromContinue Reading
By Eniola Elewude The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank(AfDB) Group had granted funding of $13.15 million to Burundi. The bank, in a statement on its website, said that the fund would help the country implement phase one of its ‘Water Sector and Climate Resilience Building SupportContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation on Friday commended the efforts of Chad Basin Development Authority to rehabilitate the collapsed Alau dam in Borno state. The dam, located 20km away from Maiduguri in Borno, had collapsed from the impact of the 2022 devastating flood, followingContinue Reading
By Nathan Nwakamma The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has confirmed the Oct. 3 oil spill from its facilities at Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa. Mr Michael Adande, a Spokesperson for SPDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday thatContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) has commenced review of its guidelines to reposition environmental health system in the country and mitigate emerging environmental health challenges. Dr Yakubu Baba, Registrar of the council, said this at the technical review meeting on guidelines for environmental health practice inContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Government on Thursday pledged to improve the culture of handwashing, as only four per cent of Nigerians practice it at critical times. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said this at a news conference to commemorate the 2023 Global Handwashing DayContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club, an arm of Lions International District 404B2, Nigeria, on Tuesday planted 25 trees within the premises of Government Technical College, Agidingbi, Ikeja, to safeguard the environment. Mr Sanyaolu Opeyemi, President of the club, said during the tree planting exercise that the move wasContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for collaboration between the public and private sectors in the financing of energy transition in Nigeria. They made the call at the maiden edition of the Africa Climate Forum 2023 on Tuesday in Abuja, with the theme ” Powering theContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has listed Zamfara, Cross River, Adamawa and Ogun as states with the highest cholera cases in the country. NCDC’s Incident Manager, Cholera Technical Working Group, Dr Sebastian Yennan, said this at the monthly meeting of the Water SanitationContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change has underscored the need to make the ‘loss and damage’ fund for most vulnerable nations a reality. The ‘loss and damage’ fund was agreed at COP27 summit in Egypt to support developing nations dealContinue Reading
