Isheri Oil Spillage: LASEPA Asks NNPC to Avert Disaster
AfricaFiles | 26 Feb 2011
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has asked the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make a stronger effort toward repairing the damaged pipes in Isheri. This request is being made in the hopes that disasters such as fires fueled by the oil spills can be avoided.
 Nigeria | Energy Consumption | Environmental Impacts | Governance | Industry

Shell accused over misleading figures on Nigeria oil spills
AfricaFiles | 12 Feb 2011
Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International have filed an official complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches of basic standards for responsible business set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
 Nigeria | Energy | Environmental Impacts | Governance | Industry

Daily Independent
independentngonline.com | 27 Jan 2011
Experts are optimistic that organic agriculture could provide Nigeria the much desired economic emancipation at a time the world is craving for alternative farming measures that preserves the environment and provides healthy foods to the people. Consequently, a network of researchers, farmers and...
 Nigeria | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Farming Practices

Nigeria: Govt Exploring Renewable Energy Options - Abubakar
AllAfrica.com | 18 Jan 2011
The Federal Ministry of Environment and the Federal Ministry of Health are collaborating to build a modem where we can utilise wastes to generate electricity, using both municipal wastes and agricultural wastes, and to teach Nigerians on what type of their wastes that they can use to generate energy either for cooking or for lighting.
 Nigeria | Energy | Renewable Energy | Waste Management

Nigeria: E-Waste and Environmental Protection
AllAfrica.com | 11 Jan 2011
Adopting information Technology may be desirable, but there is an ugly side to it, which has to do with hazards arising in e-waste. The Nigerian government has made concerted efforts over the years to embrace Information Technology by setting up various agencies that would facilitate the domestication of the technology. Such agencies include the Information Technology Agency (NITDA), the Digital Bridge Institute. and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), among others.
 Nigeria | Economics and the Environment | Pollution | Waste Management

Nigeria: Oil Spill Incidents in Hit 3,700
AllAfrica.com | 21 Dec 2010
Lagos — The oil spill incidents in Nigeria have hit 3,700 in mid-December 2010 even as the federal government at the weekend commenced the review of national action plan for oil spill preparedness and response. Director, Department of Oil Spill Detection and Response, National Oil Spill Detection...
 Nigeria | Economics and the Environment | Energy | Fossil Fuels | Water Pollution

Nigeria: Revolutionising Electronics Through Eco-Friendliness
AllAfrica.com | 02 Dec 2010
Promoters of the Panasonic brand of electronic products contend that they exist to benefit people and improve society. The worldwide electronic giant held its annual convention in Nigeria last week where it showcased a number of the latest brands from its stable. Many of the distributors at the convention lauded the eco-friendly and energy-saving brands put on show at the Civic Centre in Lagos.
 Nigeria | Biotechnology | Economics and the Environment | Health and Environment

Africa warned of 'slum' cities danger as its population passes 1bn
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Nov 2010
Lagos to overtake Cairo as largest urban area by 2015. Africa has joined India and China as the third region of the world to reach a population of 1 billion people, and it is expected to double its numbers by 2050, the UN says. By then, there will be three times as many people living in Africa's cities, and the continent that had fewer than 500,000 urban dwellers in 1950 may have 1.3 billion.
 Nigeria | Urban Areas | Urban Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Pollution | Waste Management

Nigeria: Climate Change - Between Farmers and Cattle Rearers
AllAfrica.com | 09 Nov 2010
Clashes over land ownership and grazing land for the animals has continued to grow in the past few years. The ever growing pressure for land this past few years has been described by many experts and onlookers as a clear manifestation of the impact of climate change across Nigeria with most states...
 Nigeria | Climate Change Impacts | Farming Practices

Nigeria: Climate Change Bill Ready for President's Assent - Rep
AllAfrica.com | 01 Nov 2010
Hon. Eziuche Ubani, chairman of the House Committee on Climate Change, says the bill on the establishment of a Climate Change Commission is ready to be forwarded to the president for his assent. Ubani made the statement in Abuja on Thursday when he led members of the committee on a visit to the management of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Ubani said Nigeria was the first country in Africa trying to set up a commission on climate change, but stressed that "that is not all there is to it.
 Nigeria | Environmental Awareness | Education