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FG Warns 14,000 Communities at Risk of Severe Flooding in 2026 Flooded street in Lagos as NiMet issues heavy rainfall and flood warning

FG Warns 14,000 Communities at Risk of Severe Flooding in 2026

Korede Abdullah April 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has warned that more than 14,000 communities across Nigeria face a...

FG Warns of Flooding Risk Across 10 States After Heavy Rain Forecast Flooded street in Lagos as NiMet issues heavy rainfall and flood warning

FG Warns of Flooding Risk Across 10 States After Heavy Rain Forecast

Oluwatobi Adu April 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government warns that at least 10 states face potential flooding following forecasts...

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards Lagos health workers during water safety training session

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards

Korede Abdullah April 9, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State intensifies efforts to improve environmental health outcomes by training frontline health workers...

Nigeria Forest Loss Hits 90% – Conservationists Raise Alarm Deforested land showing severe forest loss in Nigeria

Nigeria Forest Loss Hits 90% – Conservationists Raise Alarm

Oluwatobi Adu March 21, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria has lost nearly 90 per cent of its forest cover in three decades,...

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets Stagnant drainage filled with animal waste beside Kubwa Market in Abuja

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets

Oluwafunbi Bello February 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – By the time you reach the gutter at Kubwa Market, your body reacts before...

Lagos Urges Circular Economy Adoption Amid Rising Plastic Pollution Risks Lagos officials speak on circular economy and plastic pollution risks

Lagos officials speak on circular economy and plastic pollution risks

Lagos Urges Circular Economy Adoption Amid Rising Plastic Pollution Risks

Korede Abdullah February 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government urges residents to embrace a circular economy model as officials...

Nigeria Opens Environment University to Tackle Niger Delta Crisis Students at Federal University of Environment and Technology matriculation in Rivers State

Students at Federal University of Environment and Technology matriculation in Rivers State

Nigeria Opens Environment University to Tackle Niger Delta Crisis

Oluwafunbi Bello February 4, 2026

DELTA, Nigeria – The Federal Government launches a specialised university to confront environmental degradation in the Niger...

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge LAWMA officials clearing illegal dumpsite along Lagos-Badagry Expressway

LAWMA officials clearing illegal dumpsite along Lagos-Badagry Expressway

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge

Korede Abdullah January 31, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has arrested several cart pushers allegedly involved in...

LAWMA Vows Prosecution as Attacks on Environmental Enforcement Officers Rise LAWMA waste trucks and compactors operating in Lagos streets

LAWMA Vows Prosecution as Attacks on Environmental Enforcement Officers Rise

Oluwafunbi Bello January 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) issues a stern warning against assaults on...

From Deluge to Reckoning: How Nigeria’s Deadly 2025 Floods Exposed a Climate System Built to Fail Flooded street in Lagos as NiMet issues heavy rainfall and flood warning

From Deluge to Reckoning: How Nigeria’s Deadly 2025 Floods Exposed a Climate System Built to Fail

Oluwafunbi Bello January 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When floodwaters tore through Nigeria in 2025, sweeping away homes, livelihoods and lives, the...

environment

FG Warns 14,000 Communities at Risk of Severe Flooding in 2026

FG Warns of Flooding Risk Across 10 States After Heavy Rain Forecast

Lagos Trains Health Workers to Boost Water Safety Standards

Nigeria Forest Loss Hits 90% – Conservationists Raise Alarm

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets

Lagos Urges Circular Economy Adoption Amid Rising Plastic Pollution Risks

Nigeria Opens Environment University to Tackle Niger Delta Crisis

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge

LAWMA Vows Prosecution as Attacks on Environmental Enforcement Officers Rise

From Deluge to Reckoning: How Nigeria’s Deadly 2025 Floods Exposed a Climate System Built to Fail

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