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Flood leaves residents stranded in Lagos communities

Many residents of Lagos communities were left stranded as a result of the flood, following the downpour that left many houses submerged in the...

NiMet predicts 3-day haziness, cloudiness across Nigeria

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted haziness and cloudiness across the country from Monday to Wednesday. It warned people with respiratory issues among others to...

NiMet predicts 3-day haze, thunderstorms from Thursday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, says there will be haziness and thunderstorms across the country from Thursday to Saturday. According to its weather outlook issued...

Nimet forecasts 3-day dust haze from Thursday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has forecast a dust haze from Thursday to Saturday nationwide. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja, expects a...

NiMET warns asthmatic patients, airlines over dusty weather

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunny and hazy weather for the North and North Central states of the country beginning from Wednesday, January...

Environment, Police Affairs ministries plan outfit to secure forests from terrorists

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, says the Ministry is collaborating with the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Police Affairs to create...

Abandon fossil fuels to prevent climate crisis, group urges Nigerians

Save the Children International has said that the world is one degree warmer, which means there is an increase in negative impacts on human...

NBS, UNDP, NEMA launch Nigeria flood assessment report

Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, on Wednesday, launched the Nigeria Flood Impact, Recovery, and Mitigation Assessment Report with the goal of measuring...

Lagos gives Lekki illegal building owners seven days to quit

The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has issued a seven-day contravention notice to owners of buildings on Orchid...

Rainfall causes flooding, gridlock in Lagos

Residents of Lagos State had a hectic time plying some roads in the state following the downpour that occurred on Sunday and resulted in...

Rainfall causes flooding, gridlock in Lagos

Residents of Lagos State had a hectic time plying some roads in the state following the downpour that occurred on Sunday and resulted in...

Commuters groan as refuse takes over Ogun bridge

Residents and commuters of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government area of Ogun State are lamenting the poor state of the pedestrian bridge...

Ogun shuts recycling company over industrial pollution

The Ogun State Government, on Sunday, said it had shut a recycling company, Maths Metal Recycling Limited, in the Sagamu area of Ogun State,...

Illegal waste disposal: 26 persons convicted in Lagos

A Magistrate Court, sitting in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State has sentenced 26 persons to community service for dumping waste indiscriminately in different...

World ‘failing’ on pledge to stop deforestation by 2030

The world is “failing” on a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030, with global losses increasing last year, a group of NGOs...

Oyo removes 359 shanties around Ibadan schools

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, removed  359 illegal structures and shanties around public primary and secondary schools in Ibadan. It was reported that eviction notices...

Lagos seals up Alaba market over gross environmental sanitation offences

Lagos State Government, on Monday, sealed up the popular Alaba Market located in Ojo area of the state. This came exactly a week after it...

Lagos shuts more markets over pollution

ome markets within the Trade Fair Complex in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, including the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers...

Expect 48-hour downpour in FCT, Edo, 23 states, NiMET alerts

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has notified the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Edo, Kwara, and 22 other states of 48-hour downpour beginning on...

Climate Change: NGO takes tree-planting campaign to Kaduna primary school

The Founder and Programme Director, Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment, Mrs. Olanike Olugboji Daramola said, her organisation under the COVID-19 resilience programme had between...