By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Future of Nigeria Youth Initiative, an NGO, has taken its campaign of planting one million trees to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Durumi, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mrs Noni Okocha, Chief Executive of the Initiative said during the campaign in Abuja, that the projectContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Ministry of Environment are partnering to recover 350,000 hectares of degraded landscapes for environmental sustainability in the country. Malam Balarabe Lawal, Minister of Environment, communicated this on Wednesday in Abuja during the contract signing ceremony. He said that theContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade A gathering of experts on Wednesday urged the urgent integration of climate change discussions into Nigeria’s national development agenda. The experts said this at a policy Dialogue on ‘Nigeria, Climate Change, and the Green Economy’, organised by Agora Policy, MacArthur Foundation and other partners in Abuja. MrContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Government has introduced a comprehensive sanitation marketing strategy in a move towards curbing open defecation in the country. The strategy was unveiled at an event commemorating the 2023 World Toilet Day under the theme ‘Accelerating Change,’ which held on Tuesday in Abuja. Speaking at theContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Malam Balarabe Lawal, the Minister of Environment, has announced a significant policy shift, mandating that all building plans in Nigeria must now include provisions for toilets. This directive was made during the commemoration of the 2023 World Toilet Day in Abuja, themed “Accelerating Change.” Expressing concern overContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Environment stakeholders have called for the urgent need to address threat to ocean and aquatic lives, in order to sustain biodiversity in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. The stakeholders made the call on Monday in Abuja at the ECOWAS Marine Biodiversity of AreasContinue Reading
By Sani Idris The Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED), on Monday, donated sanitary items to some public schools in Kaduna to promote toilet hygiene and end open defecation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items, donated in commemoration of the 2023 World Toilet Day, included:Continue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Stakeholders convened on Friday in Abuja to elevate green growth policies and documents in the ongoing battle against climate change. Mr Steve Abu, the National Network Coordinator of the Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), highlighted the significance of the workshop on Policy Development, emphasising its roleContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua and Tosin Kolade The Federal Government on Thursday called for collective action and partnerships to address the escalating challenge of open defecation, as 48 million Nigerians still practice it. This was the thrust at a joint news conference between the Ministries of Water Resources and Sanitation andContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Members of the State Forestry Department of Poland say they are eager to partner with the National Park Service on forestry and its value-chain. The group communicated this during a courtesy visit on Dr Ibrahim Goni, Conservator-General, National Park Service, on Wednesday in Abuja. Adam Rek, whoContinue Reading
