FEC approves N6bn for water projects in Ogoniland
Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N6.04 billion for the provision of potable water in the four local government areas of Ogoniland. Minister of the
Category : Environment
NOSDRA, Environmentalists, trace Bayelsa oil spill to Conoil’s facility
Investigations into the Jan. 16, oil spill around the Funiwa offshore facilities off the Bayelsa Atlantic coastline, has taken regulators and environmentalists beyond Chevron’s facilities
Oil spill: Environmental Rights group hails Judgement against Shell
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), an NGO, has described as a healthy development the recent judgement by the Netherland’s court of
Nigeria loses N455b to poor sanitation practices’
Convener of Clean Up Nigeria Campaign, Adepeju Jaiyeoba, yesterday, declared that Nigeria loses about N455 billion to poor sanitation practices, stressing that 70 million Nigerians
LAGESC arrests 2,212 offenders, prosecutes 296 in 2020
The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), says it arrested 2,212 persons for various environmental offences in 2020, while 296 of them were prosecuted by the
Akassa Oil Spill: ERA/FoEN Decries Inaction Of NOSDRA, Bayelsa Govt
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has decried the inaction of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and the
Open defecation: Nigeria requires 20 million toilets, says CNG
Nigeria requires the construction of about 20 million household toilets and 43,000 toilets in schools, health centres and public places to achieve Open Defection Free
Stop marginalising oil communities, ERA tells FG
The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (FoEN) has again charged the Federal Government to stop marginalising oil-producing communities. ERA regretted that 25
Oil Spills: Environmentalists berate Shell for defying regulatory compliance
Environmentalists on Thursday berated the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) for poor compliance to regulatory verdict on oil spill matters in its operational
Amidst climate concern, stakeholders insist oil key to Africa’s future
Growing population, dearth of investment, others worry experts Stakeholders in Africa’s energy sector have insisted that crude oil still has a major role in the
