waste management
An environmentalist and Associate Professor of Wildlife Resources Management, Department of Forestry and Natural Environmental Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Dr Edem Enaing, has alerted the Akwa Ibom state government of impending […]
The Federal government of Nigeria is committed to address the sanitation challenges including ending open defecation in the country and ensuring proper management of excreta. The minister of State for environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril who […]
The sustainability of international civil aviation is a key priority for ICAO and its States today, and governments worldwide greatly appreciate how aviation’s ability to connect us all has never been more important to our […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja, threw a jibe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing the former Army General of wasting $16 billion on power projects. Buhari also said those who mismanaged the country’s economy […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja, threw a jibe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing the former Army General of wasting $16 billion on power projects. Buhari also said those who mismanaged the country’s economy […]
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Chairman, Dr. Bawuro Yahaya, has appealed for the cooperation of area council chairmen to maintain an effective waste management system in the FCT. Yahaya made this known after […]
The question that comes to mind as Africa’s model mega city contends with waste dumped by its residents indiscriminately on highways and major roads is: what is responsible for this unwholesome state? Lagos, with […]
By Muhammad Aliyu Dutse Four hundred and forty (440) vesico virginal fistula (VVF) patients were treated in Jigawa hospital in 2016, with 95 per cent of the patients successfully undergoing operations. Eleven (11) of the […]
By Usman Ibn A. Lapai Kaduna Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), in collaboration with ZL Global Alliance Nigeria Limited, is to commence collection and management of wastes in the state from next week, Monday, November […]
By Baba Yusuf Abuja Residents and property developers in the habit of dumping construction wastes in inappropriate and unauthorised “places now face tough times as the Federal Capital Territory’s environmental mobile court begins weekly sitting.” […]
By Binta Shama Abuja Th e Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has fl agged off the National Waste -to -Wealth programme through use of appropriate technologies. Th e Minister of Science and Technology, Dr […]
By Godwin Tyonongu There are indications that the waste management firms engaged by the Nasarawa state Waste Management Bureau (NASWAMB) could be shown the way out after a period of six months “should they fail […]
Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) was established for the purpose of ensuring sanity in the Federal Capital Territory at all times. HELEN OJI writes on the conduct of waste disposal offi cials in the satellite […]
By Tope Musowo Lagos Private waste operators in Lagos state have slammed the state government over its claims that they were carried along in the ongoing reforms in the waste management sector. In a response […]
As experts continue to proffer various solutions to the current economic crisis affecting most countries, two Nigerians have thought out- of- the box on how best to turn waste to wealth, winning awards in far […]
By Musa Adamu with agencies Kano and Kaduna state governments have hinted of their readiness to generate electricity from solid waste materials. Environmental officials in the two states gave the indication at separate functions recently. […]
By David Agba Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun yesterday hinted that the federal government would soon issue a new template on approved expenses for state-owned enterprises as efforts are being intensified to […]
Lagos state has announced plans to generate clean energy by converting waste to power. This move is expected to move the city closer to achieving its mega city dream. The state hopes to generate 24 […]
Stories by Etta Michael Bisong Abuja The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), has advocated support to curb the challenges of e-waste estimated to increase to 50 million metric tons by 2018. e-waste is generated by a […]
Founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam in this interview with journalists, speaks on the crisis bedevelling the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). DAVID AGBA […]
By Musa Adamu Abuja Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, has disclosed that the waste-to-wealth programme can greatly improve power supply in the country, urging for more research to be […]
By Francis Adinoyi Kadiri Abuja The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri has disclosed that the Waste to Wealth programme can greatly improve power supply in the country, urging […]
By Emmanuel Unaegbu After exhaustive global consultations, the world, under the umbrella of United Nations gathered in New York in September, 2015 to sign the outcome which resulted in the 17 global goals for sustainable […]
By Muhammad Jiya It was not a coincidence but sheer providence that the swearing in of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 36 state governors with their deputies coincided with completion of a […]
By Ayoni M. Agbabiaka The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has urged residents and business operators in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure proper use of waste bins and avoid throwing waste in the […]
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