Environment

Pollution

Oil spill at Shell facility fouls Bayelsa community

Saviour Imukudo -
Residents of Peremabiri community in Bayelsa state's Southern Ijaw local government area say an...
Environment

Floods hit five communities in Delta state

Plu Team -
Floods have hit five riverine communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta...
Climate

IMF seeks more fuel subsidy cuts, says climate above consumer pain

Eric Ojo -
The International Monetary Fund is pushing for more fuel subsidy cuts, arguing that while...
Environment

Dangote coalmines hurting Nigerian communities: Residents

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

African leaders want more global taxes to fund climate action

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

Chinese firm ‘illegally’ mines titanium in Nigerian community

Saviour Imukudo -
The Akwa Ibom state government closed a mining site on Tuesday after accusing a...
Wildlife

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

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

Bayelsa crude oil poisoning report brings little or no hope

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

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

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

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

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

New study of chimps suggests when humans left trees

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

0.36% of Nigeria becoming desert yearly, driving food crisis

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

Nigeria gas flaring cut world’s biggest in 2022

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

‘Toxic legacy’ in Akwa Ibom as ExxonMobil plans exit

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

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

Jane Kalu -
The earth is likely to reach a level of catastrophic warming within the next...
Environment

Crude oil explosion kills at least 12 in Rivers

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