Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy, sunny weather activities from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday predicted dust haze conditions over the northern region with a moderate visibility range of 2KM to 5KM throughout the forecast period on Monday. According to it, the North central region is expected […]

Air pollution killed 476,000 newborns in 2019, with the biggest hotspots in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new global study which said that nearly two-thirds of the deaths came from noxious fumes from cooking fuels. More than 116,000 Indian infants died from air pollution in the first month of life, and the corresponding […]

The Board of Trustees and Governing Board of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation, ERDF, of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has distanced itself from “a purported General Assembly called on October 7 by the recently-disengaged executive director of ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Ojo, in Benin City” Edo State.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos To fight environmental degradation, curb erosion and prevent loss of agricultural land, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has flagged off the “plants for peace” campaign which is aimed at preserving trees and green areas in the State. The campaign targeted at planting a minimum of 250,000 trees across the 17 […]

In the EU, 13 per cent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight. Europeans are constantly exposed to environmental risks like air pollution, noise and chemicals, and the Covid-19 pandemic provides […]

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria, whose livelihoods have been adversely impacted by COVID-19 and other human-induced environmental stressors.

Following the incidence of the 1,000-tonne oil spill that occurred in the coastal environment of Mauritius, Oilwatch Africa has warned that African leaders must not allow the continent to drown in crude oil.

Mass mobilisations and marches happening across the globe make these times very interesting. From the United States to Europe, Asia and Africa people are saying enough is enough and demanding an end to global systemic injustice.

Oilwatch Africa has said the continent is choking on the COVID-19 pandemic and fossil fuel through exploitation and combustion, as the pandemic “exposed the entire fossil fuels ‘global value chain,’ now better described as a devaluation chain”.

By Dayo Johnson – Akure The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned that 28 states are at risk of flooding due to impending heavy rainfall. The agency’s Director, Operations in charge of Ekiti, Ondo and Osun states, Olusegun Afolayan, gave the warning in Akure after sensitising some residents on how flooding could be avoided […]

Over 300 African and international organisations and individuals, on the platform of the African Climate Justice Group, have signed a statement calling on African governments and institutions to respond urgently to the climate, health and COVID-19 crises facing Africa.

Community Development Advocacy Foundation, CODAF, also known as Rural Community Empowerment Initiative, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to halt proposed plans of opening up more mining fields.

By Davies Iheamnachor The people of Aggah community, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State and Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, are at daggers drawn over modalities for implementation of a contract to halt the raging flood that submerges the locality annually,   in the last 40 years. NDV learned that officials of company and community […]

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted rainy, thundery weather activities from Saturday to Monday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja said the atmosphere was predominantly wet due to thunderstorms activities earlier during the morning hours. According to the agency, pockets of thunderstorms were being observed over parts of the north, central, and south […]

Arcing eastward across Africa and Asia, it reached “maximum eclipse” — with a perfect solar halo around the Moon — over Uttarakhand, India near the Sino-Indian border at 12:10 local time (0640 GMT). More spectacular, but less long-lived: the exact alignment of the Earth, Moon and Sun was visible for only 38 seconds. In Nairobi, […]