Environment

Dangote coalmines hurting Nigerian communities: Residents

Communities in Benue and Kogi states say activities at Nigeria's largest coalmine have polluted...

African leaders want more global taxes to fund climate action

African leaders have called for more global taxes to fund climate action, saying that...

Chinese firm ‘illegally’ mines titanium in Nigerian community

The Akwa Ibom state government closed a mining site on Tuesday after accusing a...

Nigeria seizes shark fins, donkey genitals worth N1.23 billion

Nigerian authorities have seized wildlife parts worth N1.2 billion, the latest interception of such...

Bayelsa crude oil poisoning report brings little or no hope

Earlier this month, a fisherman reported oil leaking from an old wellhead at Okpoama,...

Shell, Eni blamed as high levels of toxins found in humans, fish, crabs in Bayelsa

By Ashoka Mukpo Oil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil,...

Nigerians lose to Shell as UK Supreme Court rules on 2011 oil spill

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Nigerian claimants missed a six-year deadline to...

New study of chimps suggests when humans left trees

Chimpanzees tend to sleep more on the ground than previously thought, a behavior that...

0.36% of Nigeria becoming desert yearly, driving food crisis

Nigeria is losing about 0.35% of its total land area to desertification each year,...

Nigeria gas flaring cut world’s biggest in 2022

Nigeria’s significantly low oil production in 2022 strained government revenue, affected the value of...

‘Toxic legacy’ in Akwa Ibom as ExxonMobil plans exit

As oil giant ExxonMobil prepares to sell its onshore and shallow-water assets in Nigeria...

World has a decade to avert devastating warming, U.N. panel says

The earth is likely to reach a level of catastrophic warming within the next...

Crude oil explosion kills at least 12 in Rivers

A crude oil explosion has killed at least 12 people near Port Harcourt in...