Environment

Flood alert: LAWMA intensifies flood preparedness measures

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has strengthened measures to mitigate flooding as the rainy season approaches across the state. The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed this...

Flood alert: HEDA warns of rising national risks

Mr Suleiman Arigbabu, the Executive Secretary of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), has warned of...

Flood risk: NEMA tasks Lagos residents’on precautionary measures

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Lagos residents on precautionary measures to adopt to mitigate floodi...

LAWMA , EU move to tackle construction waste in Lagos

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in collaboration with European Union-backed partners, has stepped up efforts to tackle...

Digital innovation key to daily waste in Nigeria – Experts

Experts in environmental management and sustainability have called for the adoption of digitally-driven waste management systems and increased...
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Heavy rainfall leaves over 2 million people in need of assistance

Kinshasa, DRC, Feb. 7, 2024 – UNICEF and partners are responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo...

21 dead, over 50 houses destroyed by flood in Niger

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of 21 persons in a deadly flood disaster that ravaged two communities in...

Connected Advocacy, partners hold Summit on Climate Change Crises

Connected Advocacy with support from Leap Africa and the Nigeria Youth Future Fund has organised the Summit of the People of Bayelsa on how...

CSOs urge FG to implement global plastic treaty

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of Community Action Against Plastic Waste (CAPws), have called on the Federal Government to take concrete action to implement the global plastics treaty.

Riverine community decries lack of schools, healthcentre in Lagos

Oba Afeez Shittu, the Adeyemi1, Olu of Ibasa, Ijegun-Egba land, a riverine community in Ori-Ade Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos, on Tuesday, decried the lack of schools and health centre in his community.

Subnational Climate Action key to Nigeria’s sustainable Development – SPP

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), a Civil Society Organisation led by foremost Professor of Environment and Governance, Chukwumerije Okereke, says that Nigeria...
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