Why marine protected areas matter
By Azeez Mojeed Olusola While working on my final paper for my environmental management course, I was pleased to share with my class that the Philippines pioneered a community-based approach…
Assessing biodiversity of marine protected area using only water samples
By Obabueki Victor Nosakhare Typical zooplankton found in the North Sea include copepods (top right), bristle worms (polychaetes, bottom right) and hydrome-dusae (left), a class of cnidaria. Many of the…
US-Africa Summit: Why Buhari spoke on Climate Adaptation, Just Energy Transition – Aide
By Azeez Mojeed Olusola Facts have emerged on why Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, spoke on Climate adaptation and Energy Transition on the first day of the 2022 US-Africa Summit in…
COP15: How New international biodiversity agreement strengthens climate action
By Azeez Mojeed Olusola Countries that converged at the recently held UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal reached an agreement that observers believe represents a key step in protecting the…
Flood: FMW&H urges motorists to avoid Lokoja-Abuja highway
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has advised all motorists travelling to the North from the Southern and Eastern parts of the country through Kogi State…
Dam Collapse in Jigawa: Haya Community solicits FG urgent Attention
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Haya community in Gwaram- local government area of Jigawa state has appealed to the Hadejia/Jama’are River Basin Authority (HJRBA) to reconstruct Haya Dam which had collapsed…
Jigawa reconnects communities cut-off by flood disaster to parts of the World
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The Jigawa state government has directed the repair and reconstruction of bridges and culverts that were destroyed by recent flood disaster that cut-off hundreds of communities…
103 sanitation offenders arrested In Nasarawa
From Abel Daniel, Lafia The Chief prosecuting officer on sanitation exercise, Nasarawa State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Abubakar Mohammed on Saturday said the enforcement team has arrested…
Niger-CARES LIPW engages 1,300 beneficiaries, flaggs-off distribution of work tools
By Abubakar Hassan Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in Niger State have engaged 1,300 beneficiaries in its Labour Intensive Public Workfare (LIPW) component with the aim of…
NASG lauds residents’ compliance with sanitation exercise
The Nasarawa State Government has expressed satisfaction with compliance by members of the public during the July sanitation exercise. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Yakubu Kwantae, represented…