Alliance seeks end to plastic pollution
By Lara Adejoro The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives has called on leaders to tackle the plastic pollution crisis and issues affecting individuals’ and communities’ […]
Pollution
Physicians demand action against malnutrition, air pollution to curb pneumonia
By Janet Ogundepo To curb Nigeria’s high pneumonia deaths, especially among children and the elderly, pulmonologists say air pollution and malnutrition must be checked. Pulmonologists […]
Yuletide: LASEPA vows to regulate noise pollution
By Agency The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has reaffirmed its commitment towards addressing noise pollution, especially during the festive period. The agency said this […]
PUNCH Foundation to discuss increasing plastic pollution at ‘World Environment Day’ webinar
Environmental experts and policymakers will on Wednesday, 21, discuss the growing challenge of plastic pollution globally and particularly in Nigeria at a virtual event organised […]
World Bank reveals Nigeria among countries with highest poverty, pollution
Sami Tunji A new report by the World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo top the list of countries […]
NESREA, FRIN seek sustainable solutions to curb plastic pollution
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria has intensified efforts to reduce plastic pollution in […]
Niger-Delta women hail military efforts to end air pollution
Niger-Delta women hail military efforts to end air pollution A Niger Delta Environmental Health Advocacy group, Women for Sustainability has expressed optimism that ‘soot’ which […]
Harmful pollution boosting superbug ‘silent pandemic’
Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a […]
France to probe microplastic pollution on Atlantic beaches
French prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the appearance of vast quantities of tiny toxic plastic pellets along the Atlantic coast that endanger marine […]
Lagos govt seals off firm over noise pollution
Idowu Abdullahi The Lagos State Government has shut down the popular nightclub, Quilox, at Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island area of the state. The government, […]