Category Archives: Environment

Environment key indicators on course – Minister

June 18, 2013 no comments

Minister of Environment, Hajia Hadiza Mailafia, has posited that the key indicators of the ministry of environment are in tandem with the economy. Speaking at the on-going 2013 mid-term ministerial p...

Mid-term report: FG counts milestones, seeks more environmental consci...

June 18, 2013 no comments

Recently, at the ongoing ministerial platform orgainsed by the Ministry of Information in Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Hajiya Hadiza Mailafiya presented the 2013 mid-term report of her ministr...

NESREA says pact with agencies will promote synergy

June 18, 2013 no comments

Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr. Ngeri Benebo has explained that the recent alliance between her agency and some key federal g...

S/east erosion control: FG gets W/Bank $500m facility

June 18, 2013 no comments

Federal government has confirmed that it would deploy about 500 flood early warning systems (FEWS) in different locations across the country. The minister of environment, Hajiya Hadiza Mailafiya who ...

Rivers constitutes committee to tackle flood disaster

June 11, 2013 no comments

In response to the forecast made by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) that the country is likely to experience increased rainfall this year, the Rivers state government has constituted a spe...

World Environment Day: Stakeholders urged on impact of food waste

June 11, 2013 no comments

‘Think.Eat.Save: Reduce Your Foodprint’ was the theme of this year’s World Environment Day. This choice, according to the United Nations and other key stakeholders who observed the day, was conscious...

How to repair Nigeria’s environment

May 21, 2013 no comments

An open letter to Her Excellency Dame Patience Jonathan Your Excellency, may you please appraise my NGO, Transformational Environmental Norms, (TEN)’s pilot project “……Alernatives to firewood&#...

Suswam restates call for dredging Benue, Katsina-Ala rivers

May 14, 2013 no comments

Governor of Benue state, Gabriel Suswam, has called on the federal government to fulfill her pledge of dredging rivers Benue and Katsina-Ala, because of their vast socio-economic benefits to the nati...

Minister seeks EIA integration into projects

May 14, 2013 no comments

Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Mailafia, has called on all federal and state ministries, departments and agencies to mandatorily integrate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the contractu...

Women to tackle Nigeria’s cooking challenges

May 14, 2013 no comments

Ambassadors of the Clean Energy Network have accepted the responsibility to enlighten and canvass for the adoption of efficient energy sources for cooking to protect and preserve women and children’s...