Category: Environment

Lagos: “80 percent of buildings in Lekki have no approval’ Govt.

Aminu Imam
Lagos Lekki

Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, has said that 80 percent of buildings in the Ibeju Lekki-Epe have no government approval. In an interview with newsmen, Olumide disclosed that despite the rigorous processes involved in securing government approval, developers and property owners are still circumventing due process. He said: Just last week Thursday and Friday, my team and I were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates…

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FCT JUAC honors FCTA ‘Best 2023 Director’

Aminu Imam
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Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, Ag. Director, FCT Reform Coordination and Service Improvement Department, has been honoured with the 2023 Best Director of the Year award by the FCT Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) . Com. Rifkatu Ioytyer, JUAC President, during the award presentation at the weekend, said Dr. Jumai Ahmadu was given the award due to her honesty, integrity and diligence of service to the FCT Administration (FCTA). While accepting the award, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu said she was truly honoured to be recognized as the ‘Best Director 2023‘ by the FCT…

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Severe floods threaten 31 States, 148 LGAs – Minister

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Flood alert

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 local government areas (LGAs) across 31 States are among the highly probable flood-risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) on Monday, in Abuja. The theme of this years AFO is: Promoting the Use of Data Analytics and Modeling for Flood Risk Assessments and Food Security. The identified states are Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,…

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Abuja, Kano residents, others face extreme danger of heat stroke NiMet

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned residents of most northern States, including Abuja, Kano, Sokoto and Kogi that they face extreme danger of heat stroke on Saturday if precautions are not taken. NiMet, in a Weather Warning for Heat Stress alert, released yesterday, categorised Nigerias 36 states and Abuja into five based on the potential for heat stress. The categories are: Normal, Caution, Extreme Caution, Danger and Extreme Danger. Most of the States fall into the extreme danger category for Saturday, with NiMet saying heat stroke or sunstroke highly…

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Tinubu appoints first female as new NEMA DG

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA). According to a statement by President Tinubus Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Mrs. Umars appointment further underlines the Presidents avowed commitment to gender inclusion. The new NEMA Director-General has over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including human resources, finance and administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Credit administration. Ngelale said the President expects that…

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Why Nigeria went to COP28 with 1,411 delegates Presidency

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has cleared the air on the huge number of delegates that the country has at the ongoing Climate Summit, (COP28), in Dubai. Nigeria has the third-highest number of delegates at COP28. The delegates number has been greeted by uproar and reproach as Nigerians, especially on social media, lambasted the government over the number of entourage and representatives amid widespread hardship and galloping inflation in the country. Reacting to the controversies surrounding the 1,411 Nigerian delegates, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi,…

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Niger Delta: Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution

Aminu Imam

Thousands of Nigerian villagers can bring human rights claims against the fossil fuel company Shell over the chronic oil pollution of their water sources and destruction of their way of life, the high court in London has ruled. A judge, Mrs. Justice May ruled, this week, that more than 13,000 farmers and fishers from the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger-Delta were entitled to bring legal claims against Shell for alleged breaches to their right to a clean environment. The judge ruled it was arguable the pollution had fundamentally…

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Northern Nigeria mostly affected by climate change – Environment Minister

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Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziak Salako, has noted that the northern part of Nigeria is more vulnerable to climate change than other parts of the country. The Minister, who spoke during the launch of Report on ‘Mapping Climate Change Impact, Policy and Action in Nigerias 36 States including FCT‘, explained that the impact of climate change varies according to every region in the country. The Minister explained that the low rainfall in the region exposes the population, who are mostly farmers, to different climate change effects such as…

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Owners of unoccupied houses nationwide to pay triple ground rent – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it will start charging owners of completed unoccupied houses triple ground rents instead of the single rate normally charged from three months after completion. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed ?angiwa, said this in an interview with newsmen during site visits of housing projects constructed by the Government and its agencies yesterday, in Abuja. The Suleja (Dikko) Prototype, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Cooperative, Gwagwalada National Housing Programme and Guzape Federal Housing Authority (FHA) are also under the PPP arrangement. ?angiwa affirmed that the issue of completed…

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Jigawa spent N500m on toilets – Commissioner

Aminu Imam

The Jigawa State government says it has spent N500 million on the provision of improved latrines in schools, hospitals, markets and motor parks across the state. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Ibrahim Hannungiwa, who said this on Wednesday in Dutse, the State capital, also noted that the government had adopted pro-active measures to ensure the sustainability of its leading position as an Open Defecation Free (ODF) State. According to Hannungiwa, the State is geared towards surpassing the nations ODF target by 2025. Hannungiwa said the feat was achieved by putting…

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