Nigeria’s mangrove ecosystem is said to be the largest in Africa and the third largest in the world spanning about 10,000 square kilometres, from Badagry in the West to Calabar in the South, an expert has said.
Kogi State government has warned against indiscriminate and illegal felling of trees in its forests for charcoal production and other uses.
Four energy companies have won $10,000 start-up capital in the Nigeria Clean Energy Innovation Challenge, Co-Creation Hub said.
Human activities have increased the concentration of mercury in the environment.
The minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has commissioned N263 million erosion control projects executed by the Ecological Fund Office (EFO), in Karshi, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
Sanitation Court sitting in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State has convicted 40 offenders and remanded some offenders in last Saturday’s clean-up exercise in Afara prisons, Umuahia, for failing to pay their fines.
In a bid to restore good environmental health practices in Nigeria, the Federal Government has approved capacity development for professionals in Environmental Health Sciences in the country.