The Borno Government has revived the monthly sanitation exercise in the state suspended because of COVID-19. The Manager of Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA), Alhaji Nasiru Surundi, made this known on Thursday in Maiduguri. Surundi said the exercise was…
The Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA), has urged the State Assembly to review its law to allow for the establishment of a functional mobile sanitation court in the state. The Managing Director of ASWAMA, Mr Amechi Akora made the…
The Nasarawa State Government has warned loggers and herders not to encroach into the forest reserve at the Farin Ruwa waterfalls in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Dogo Shammah, gave the warning on Friday in…
The Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in collaboration with Global Environmental Facility (GEF) on Thursday launched waste recycling programme and donated 150 bins to Government Science and Technological College, FCT. Mrs Ronke…
The Clean-Up Nigeria, an NGO, has urged government at all levels and other relevant stakeholders to collaborate for effective waste management in the country. Mr Ene Baba-Owoh, National Coordinator/Secretary of the organisation, made the appeal in an interview with newsmen,…
Mr Towoju Gabriel, Director of Environment, Kwara State Ministry of Environment, says the state needs more environmental officers for effective sanitation. Gabriel told the Newsmen in Ilorin on Friday that the state had only 300 environmental officers, whereas 2, 000…
The Minister of Power Alhaji Saleh Mamman on Friday inaugurated various projects at Federal University, Wukari, which were executed by the Ecological Fund Office. Reports state that the projects include 3.54 kilometer roads, drainages, culverts and several other erosion control…
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 to nearby `Auntie Julie platform’. The team, which had on Jan. 23 visited communities affected…
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist with UNICEF, Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, has called on states to show more commitment toward scaling up sanitation services and access to water supply in the country. Ogunjobi made the call while delivering a…
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources, through the Clean Nigeria Campaign Secretariat is engaging 77,400 Youth volunteers to act as hygiene ambassadors towards scaling up sanitation and hygiene in the country. At the monthly meeting of the National Task Group…
