Giant cigarettes in the sky – Nigeria’s toxic gas flares
Gas flaring in Nigeria (PHOTO: foeurope) By Nnimmo Bassey Gas flaring is the obnoxious practice of burning natural gas associated ...
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Nigerian capital records first Lassa fever death
Rats (PHOTO: Prof S.R. Belmain, University of Greenwich) One person has died from Lassa Fever in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, taking ...
OPEC to call emergency meeting over nosediving crude prices
Emmanuel Kachikwu, Nigeria's oil minister Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Tuesday that he expects an extraordinary meeting of ...
Ogoni cleanup: The true cost of delay
Ogoni Environment (PHOTO: Nnimmo Bassey) By Nnimmo Bassey The 30 days ultimatum issued to the Federal Government of Nigeria by ...
A watchful new year under infernal oil pipes of the Niger Delta
A sad tale of neglect and polluted farm lands By Nnimmo Bassey Perhaps the most horrendous crude oil pipeline incident ...
Shell’s bad day in the dock
Contaminated waters at the Barabeedom swamp, September 2015.” © Michael Uwemedimo:cmapping.net By Nnimmo Bassey The decision of the Appeal Court ...
After COP 21, what next Nigeria?
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and his Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed at the Paris COP21. (PHOTO: ClimateReporters/Atayi Babs) By Ajobiewe Tolulope. ...
Nigeria submits climate action plan 60 days after deadline
Amina Mohammed, Nigeria's Environment Minister By Atâyi Babs Nigeria, the largest economy in sub-Sahara Africa and a lower middle income ...
Nigeria explores energy mix, targets 1,200mw from nuclear plants
Atâyi Babs Head of Nigeria's Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), Erapamo Osaisai, has confirmed the country's plans to generate power in ...
Climate change and the way out for Nigeria
By Success Shaibu According to the World Bank 2014, Nigeria has a total land coverage of approximately 910,770 sq. km, ...
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