Seeks overhaul of HYPREP Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government to implement the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) emergency measures on the clean up of Ogoniland. Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Ojo, said it was disheartening that nine years after the UNEP recommendations, Ogoni communities still did…

Optimism was high at the weekend as United Nations begun moves to mark this year’s World Environment Day (WED), which dwells on protecting nature.

Nearly four years after the Federal Government flagged off the much-proclaimed Ogoni clean-up, nothing tangible has since been achieved. Although a framework for a definite intervention was provided in 2011 through a report by the United Nations Environment Programme...

To bridge the knowledge gap in the implementation of electronic waste, the E-waste Producer Responsibility Organisation of Nigeria (EPRON) has joined the Waste Electrical

The presidency at the weekend claimed that the progress recorded in the Ogoni clean up project in line with the government’s vision for the Niger Delta was attracting local and international commendation.

Considering the slow pace of work at the sites generally, the Ogoni clean-up might take up to 50 years to complete, Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Jens-Peter Kjemprud, has said.

• Seek comprehensive audit of infrastructure Four years into the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), initiated by the Federal Government to clean up contaminated Ogoni land in Rivers State, the exercise is dogged in transparency issues. The Federal Government flagged off the remediation of contaminated sites in Ogoni Land in 2016. The government had through…

The Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) at the weekend urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review the cleanup ordered in the oil-rich community...

To mitigate air pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Japanese-based environmental consultants are to embark on a mercury survey of landfill facilities in Nigeria by the year 2020.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for concerted efforts towards addressing the problems associated with climate change and environmental degradation in the country.

It is a time-honoured suggestion that during a period of rapid economic growth, nations, as well as corporate organizations, must continue investing even though it may...

Amid the health hazards associated with its maintenance, the federal government has teamed up with European Union, German Cooperation to develop national policy and guidelines for environmentally sound management of used batteries in the country.