UNILAG pioneers environmental sustainability innovation
“Though it has become a menace, plastic is what our society will still require at every point of social and economic development. Taking our campus for example, given its location beside the Lagos Lagoon, socio-economic activities herein have major impacts on the coastal environment.”
UN scribe stresses need for conserving arid lands
The United Nation (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has stressed the need to conserving arid lands, saying Nigeria can protect essential water supplies, promote food and nutrition security, and reduce extreme poverty.
NNPC to tackle environmental degradation
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has tasked its staff to imbibe the consciousness and spirit of preservation and friendliness toward the environment as part of measure to prevent the environment from total degradation.
I’m delighted with Climate Change Clubs – Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has expressed delight with the achievements of the Climate Change Clubs in the state’s schools. The Climate Change Club was launched by the government in March 2008 to inculcate the idea of climate change and its impact on the environment in school children.
WORLD ENVIROMENT DAY: Environment now threatened by food wastage – Fashola
LAGOS State governor Babatunde Fashola has called on Nigerians to avoid food wastage, saying that it constitutes a challenge to the fight against global warming.
Horrible link road: Ajegunle, on verge of isolation
AJEGUNLE, popularly known as the ghetto city is located in the Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. It has a dense population of about 555,000 people and 335 streets. It is bordered on the west by Apapa Wharf and Tincan, two of Nigeria’s biggest sea ports from where over 70 percent of imported goods come into the country.
HEAVY RAINS ALERT: Our plan to combat killer-floods – NEMA chief
As the rainy season picks up, the North Central Zonal Office of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) has embarked on a disaster risk management campaign in order to mitigate the effect of the flood predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) this year. In this interview, the NEMA Coordinator in the zone, Mr. Mohammed Abdulsalam, speaks on the preparedness of the agency in the zone to avoid a repeat of the 2012 flood disaster.
Why our roads fail often, by S&T minister
Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Bassey Ewa has said that poor technological designs and construction by builders are responsible for the persistent collapse of Nigerian roads.
We use neem trees to combat desertification and create jobs – Dr. Jibunoh
Talk of killing three birds with one stone! In his fight against desertification in the northern part of Nigeria which has claimed hundreds of hectares of farmland, leaving hunger, homelessness and poverty in its wake, Dr Newton Jibunoh, an engineer/environmentalist, has not only been successfully combating desert encroachment by planting neem trees, but has been reducing poverty, empowering women and youths economically and improving the educational infrastructure, teaching and learning aids in the communities.
