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Environmental Groups Demand Binding Targets as Nigeria’s Plastic Crisis Deepens Plastic sachet waste blocking drainage and causing flooding in Lagos

Oluwafunbi Bello February 18, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Environmental groups warn Nigeria’s plastic pollution emergency is accelerating, urging governments to adopt binding...

Nigeria Commissions West Africa’s First PCB Toxic Waste Facility PCB treatment facility commissioned at Sheda Science Complex Abuja

Oluwafunbi Bello December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria commissions West Africa’s first dedicated Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) treatment facility, marking a major...

Nigeria Imposes Nationwide Ban on Wood Exports to Save Forests Open defecation site in rural Nigeria highlighting sanitation challenges.

Oluwafunbi Bello December 18, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government imposes an immediate nationwide ban on the export of wood and...

Nigeria Pushes Digital Overhaul to Fix Environmental Impact Failures Environmental experts at AEIAN conference calling for Nigeria’s digital EIA reform

Oluwafunbi Bello December 11, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s top environmental experts are calling for an urgent digital transformation of the country’s...

Juliet Jacob September 15, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Environment Minister, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has warned that air pollution now poses a...

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