For residents of this community, especially, the young ones, they have grown to see this act as the norm. The excuse residents often give for such open defecation is that they are sitting on a rocky environment, so, having a sewage tank to house their excreta might be difficult.

The actual implementation of recommendations by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Ogoniland might not commence till next year.

Amid fears that Nigeria has adopted Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed has urged the people not to panic, saying they are not currently officially grown in the country.

The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, while delivering a lecture at CIBN’s yearly lecture titled “SDGs and Financial Services Sector: The Meeting Point”, said development is about...

Both 2014 and 2015 were declared the hottest years on record. 2016 may well be hotter still, judging by the unusually high temperatures we’ve been experiencing particularly since February.

In line with the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Nigeria has announced plans to commence national preparation towards signing and ratification of the Paris Agreement in September.

Mr Celestine Akpobari, a human rights and environmental activist is also the former Chairman of Gokana Council Area. He has been in the forefront of Ogoni struggle since the demise of Ken Saro -Wiwa.

The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland would reduce crime and violence in the area.

A few weeks ago, Fortune, a New York-based multinational business magazine published by Time Inc., officially released its annual ranking of the world’s 50 greatest leaders for 2016.

Amidst speculations on why President Buhari cancelled his scheduled official visit to Lagos, the presidency yesterday insisted it had nothing to do with an illness.

The Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, said this when she featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.

Few weeks after after 176 countries met to endorse the landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement, another round of UN climate negotiations will get underway today with governments looking to the next steps needed....