Tag: Pollution
Kano govt seals two warehouses over pollution
The court ordered that the warehouses be sealed for violating environmental regulations and causing nuisance and health hazards for residents…
Imbibe positive attributes to stop air pollution – Experts
Some Environmental experts have advised Nigerians to imbibe positive attribute to help stop air pollution. The experts made the call…
Germany registers 15 highly polluted cities with EU
The German government said it had registered 15 cities with high pollution levels with the European Union.
India sets up expert panel to save Taj Mahal from pollution
The Indian Government on Tuesday announced the formation of a special committee of experts to save Taj Mahal from pollution.
Pollution: Europe struggles with plastic mines issues
European waste policies “need to become much more nuanced because some landfill might actually be quite good,” a top academic,…
Gabon accuses France’s Veolia of widespread pollution
Gabon has accused French environmental services group, Veolia, of widespread pollution at SEEG, the power and water utility it operates…
Unemployment, pollution remains Niger Delta’s biggest challenge – NDRBDA MD
Mr Tonye David-West, the Managing Director of Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, on Friday said youth unemployment and environmental…
UN environmental assembly pledges to end pollution
The third session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) ended in Nairobi with leaders pledging to end pollution for…
Pollution is world’s biggest killer – UN
Pollution is the world’s biggest killer and governments and businesses must do more to reduce it, the executive director of…
Study links pollution to millions of deaths worldwide
Pollution is killing millions of people worldwide, mostly through the diseases it causes including heart conditions, strokes and lung cancer,…
Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Yearly – WHO
Polluted environments take the lives of 1.7 million children under the age of five, according to two new reports from…
Lagos , FG move to relocate Ikoyi Prisons over pollution
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos and Federal Governments are in talks over the relocation of the Ikoyi Prisons built in 1955…
50 in hospital as NLNG pollutes Bonny
A dangerous gas from the operations of Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, is on the rage in Bonny, Rivers state and…
Ten Chinese cities issue pollution red alert
More than 100 million people in China have been warned to stay indoors after at least 10 Chinese cities issued…
Lagos shuts Marina mosque over pollution
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down Marina’s Workers Mosque on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria over poor…
Lagos And Waste Management
By Tayo Ogunbiyi That Lagos is the commercial nerve centre of West Africa and one of the most populous cities…
Breaking The Silence On Open Defecation
By Rasak Musbau “I am moved by the fact that a child dies every 2 and a half minutes from…
Cleansing For Wellness
By Sharon Jane-Akinyemi As I questioned a petite young woman about her lifestyle, Ruth painted a picture of a fairly…
LG Boss Tasks Residents On Clean Environment
The Chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Area, Jide Jimoh, has urged residents of the council area to sanitise their…
Alternate driving days in Paris to fight smog
The French government will on Monday introduce alternate driving days in Paris for the first time in nearly two decades…
I Have Been Sexually Harassed
Yoruba movie producer and actress, Princess Linda Adedeji, talks about her life and career, and the challenges ladies face in…
4 Nigerian farmers lose some, win some against Shell
THE HAGUE(AFP) – A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Nigerian farmers to hold Shell’s parent company responsible…
Jonathan Challenges Shell On Pollution
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed concern at the level of environmental pollution in the Niger Delta, challenging multinational oil…
Magodo Residents Cry Out Over Pollution
Residents of Magodo Estate in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, have sent a ‘save our soul’ message to Lagos State Governor, Babatunde…