ENVIRONMENT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it remains committed to the promotion of sustainable environment across its operations in the country. It stressed that its energy transition programme and support for carbon neutral projects are clear examples of its avowed commitment. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, stated this at an event organized by the ...

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), joins the global community in commemorating this year’s world environment day with the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration.’ The United Nations has set aside June 5, every year as a day of shared global reflection and action towards protecting our environment. This year’s world environment day theme is incredibly significant because it calls ...

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it is committed to ecosystem restoration through its environmental management policy and practices that supports environmental stewardship and sustainable development. CNL’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Rick Kennedy, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in commemoration of the World Environment Day marked annually on June 5. TBI Africa reports that the theme for ...

The Federal Ministry of Environment in Nigeria has inaugurated the project steering committee on the phasing out of the chemicals that deplete the earth’s ozone layer. The stage II of the Hydro chlorofluorocarbons Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP) is aimed at protectong the ozone layer. Inaugurating the committee on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 in Abuja, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, Minister of Environment, ...

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Civil society groups in Nigeria have urged the Nigerian government to compel Shell to clean up the massive pollution its extractive activities have created in the Niger Delta and cautioned that the company’s plans to move offshore is only targeted at evading the scrutiny that its onshore activities have attracted. Three organisations – Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Corporate ...

Following two days of virtual consultations chaired by the United Kingdom, environment and climate ministers from Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and the EU have agreed on ambitious joint goals and measures, chief amongst which is a pledge to cease investments in coal. This is the first time that combating climate change has been ...

There are strong indications that multinational oil Companies may be compelled to account for oil spills in countries of their operations. This is because a British Supreme Court ruling has brought to a head a 13-year-old battle to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for massive oil spills in the Niger Delta in 2008 and 2009. This creates a precedent for ...

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited says it is targeting to make its host community, Bonny Island in Rivers State, free of Malaria by 2030 towards its vision of developing the island into a megacity. A statement posted on the NLNG website on Thursday said the Managing Director of NLNG, Mr Tony Attah, made this known during a recent ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Total Upstream Nigeria Limited and their partners have donated a medical oxygen plant to the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos. The plant was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu said one of the most outstanding lessons from the coronavirus pandemic was the need to build stronger and more resilient ...